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SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1986

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TWO MORE VEHICLE SURRENDER CENTRES TO OPEN

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL OPEN TWO MORE TEMPORARY VEHICLE SURRENDER CENTRES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES NEXT MONTH TO BETTER SERVE CAR OWNERS WHO WANT TO DISPOSE OF THEIR UNROADWORTHY VEHICLES.

THE NEW CENTRES ARE AT MEI WAN STREET IN TSUEN WAN AND WONG CHUK YEUNG STREET IN PAT TSZ WO IN SHA TIN'S FO TAN AREA, THE TSUEN WAN CENTRE HAS A CAPACITY FOR 100 VEHICLES WHILE THE FO TAN CENTRE CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 200 VEHICLES.

THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT VEHICLE SURRENDER CENTRE AT CHI KIANG STREET, TO KWA WAN, CAN TAKE IN 400 VEHICLES.

DUE TO STAFF CONSTRAINTS, HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT CANNOT KEEP THE THREE CENTRES OPEN EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK. FROM APRIL 1, THE CENTRES WILL OPEN ON A ROTATION BASIS FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY EXCEPT PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

THE TO KWA WAN CENTRE WILL OPERATE ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS, THE TSUEN WAN CENTRE ON WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AND THE SHA TIN CENTRE ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS.

ON WEEKDAYS, THE OPERATION HOURS WILL BE FROM 10 AM TO 1 PM AND 2 PM TO 4.30 PM WHILE ON SATURDAY, THE SHA TIN CENTRE WILL BE OPEN BETWEEN 10 AM AND 11.30 AM.

VEHICLE OWNERS WHO SURRENDER THEIR CARS TO THE TSUEN WAN CENTRE CAN LEAVE THE AREA BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT ALONG SAI LAU KOK ROAD, INCLUDING KMB ROUTES 30, 39A, 39M, 59M, 60M, 66M AND 68M AND

THE CENTRE IS ALSO WITHIN GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES 95, 95M AND 96M.

EASY REACH OF THE TSUEN WAN MTR STATION.

CAR OWNERS LEAVING THE SHA TIN CENTRE CAN USE KMB ROUTES 81K AND 70M RUNNING ALONG SUI WO ROAD AND GREEN MINIBUS ROUTE EOK PLYING ALONG KWEI TEI STREET. THEY CAN ALSO BOARD KCR TRAINS AT THE FO TAN STATION.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REMINDED CAR OWNERS TO BRING ALONG WITH THEM THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS WHEN SURRENDERING THEIR VEHICLES AT THE CENTRES:

* A COMPLETED +APPLICATION TO SCRAP AND CANCEL THE REGISTRATION OF A VEHICLE+. THIS FORM CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE CENTRES OR AT ANY LICENSING OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT

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THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION DOCUMENT; AND

* THE IDENTITY