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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1986

PRIVATE TUTORIAL CLASS REGISTRATION STRESSED

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PRIVATE TUTORIAL CLASS OPERATORS ARE REMINDED THEY SHOULD REGISTER WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHEN PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR 20 OR MORE PERSONS DURING ANY ONE DAY.

FAILURE TO DO SO WOULD MAKE THEM LIABLE TO PROSECUTION IF A TUTORIAL CLASS FALLS WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF A SCHOOL, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

+ THE DEFINITION OF A SCHOOL IN THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE 15 AN INSTITUTION, ORGANISATION OR ESTABLISHMENT WHICH PROVIDES FOR 20 OR MORE PERSONS DURING ANY ONE DAY, WHETHER OR NOT AT THE SAME TIME, ANY NURSERY, KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY, SECONDARY OR POST SECONDARY EDUCATION OR ANY OTHER COURSES BY ANY MEANS, INCLUDING CORRESPONDENCE DELIVERED BY HAND OR THROUGH THE POSTAL SERVICES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+ANY PERSON WHO IS AN OWNER OR MANAGER OF OR A TEACHER IN A SCHOOL WHICH IS NOT REGISTERED OR REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY IS LIABLE TO PROSECUTION. +

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THE SPOKESMAN URGED STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO MAKE FULL ENQUIRY AS TO THE NATURE OF THE CLASS AND TO CHECK WHETHER IT WAS REGISTERED AS A SCHOOL.

STUDENTS AND PARENTS SHOULD NOT MAKE USE OF THE SERVICES OF UNREGISTERED SCHOOLS WHICH MAY BE OPERATING IN PREMISES WHERE THERE IS RISK TO STUDENTS IN THE EVENT OF FIRE AND MAY BE EMPLOYING UNQUAL IF IED TEACHERS.

THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CARRY OUT INVESTIGATION INTO ALL REPORTS OF UNREGISTERED SCHOOLS AND TAKE ACTION AGAINST UNREGISTERED OPERATORS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

APPLY EARLY FOR ARTICULATED VEHICLE DRIVING TEST

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GOODS VEHICLE DRIVERS WISHING TO CONTINUE DRIVING ARTICULATED VEHICLES AFTER AUGUST 24 NEXT YEAR SHOULD APPLY TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT FOR A DRIVING TEST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

+UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS WHICH TOOK EFFECT ON AUGUST 25, 1984, GOODS VEHICLE DRIVERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DRIVE ARTICULATED VEHICLES AS BEFORE. INSTEAD, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE EITHER PASSED OR BEEN EXEMPTED FROM THE APPROPRIATE DRIVING TEST BEFORE THEY CAN HOLD AN ARTICULATED VEHICLES DRIVING LICENCE,+ A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

/+THE REGULATIONS,