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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1987

ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRY

DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE AT PRESENT ARE EITHER WHOLLY OR PARTLY

OVER 115 ELECTRONICS FACTORIES WHICH OWNED BY OVERSEAS INTEREST IN 1986. THEY EMPLOY THE TOTAL WORKFORCE IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.

AROUND ONE-THIRD OF

EMPLOYING

KONG'S TOTAL

ESTABLISHMENTS IN MARCH THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 1,691

OR 10 PER CENT OF HONG A TOTAL OF 89,401 WORKERS - EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

PRIVATE CAR INSPECTION SCHEME TO BE EXTENDED

THE

TRANSPORT

DEPARTMENT'S

PRIVATE CAR

INSPECTION SCHEME, CURRENTLY UNDERTAKEN BY DESIGNATED CAR TESTING CENTRES (DCTCS) IN THE

EXTENDED ΤΟ

FIVE-YEAR-OLD CARS COVER PRIVATE SECTOR, WILL BE LIGHT GOODS VEHICLES NOT EXCEEDING 1.9 TONNES GROSS.

THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT,

OF THE ROTARY CLUB KOWLOON SO, AT A LUNCHEON MEETING (WEDNESDAY).

MR SO SAID THAT THE PLANS TO EXTEND THE PRIVATE CAR SCHEME WOULD BE SPLIT INTO TWO PHASES.

AND

MR JAMES WEST TODAY

INSPECTION

THE SCHEME, INTRODUCED IN

CARS OVER SIX YEARS OLD TO

EARLY 1986, REQUIRES ALL PRIVATE BE INSPECTED BY DCTCS

ABOUT ANNUALLY. 42,000 INSPECTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT LAST YEAR.

THE REMAIN

ADVANCED COUNTRIES то ENSURE THREE YEARS OLD. FOR VEHICLE

"IT IS COMMON PRACTICE IN MOST THAT CARS ARE EXAMINED ANNUALLY ONCE THEY ARE OVER

OBJECTIVE LONG-TERM WHILST THIS MAY EXAMINATIONS IN HONG KONG, IT IS PROPOSED TO INTRODUCE THIS GRADUALLY.

"THE NEXT STEP WILL THEREFORE BE AN INCREASE BY ONE YEAR AND ENVISAGE THAT THIS WILL START SOON,

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MR SO SAID.

I

GOODS VEHICLES WAS HAD SHOWN THAT

MEANWHILE, THE ANNUAL INSPECTION OF LIGHT DEEMED NECESSARY BECAUSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT STATISTICS THESE VEHICLES WERE A HIGH RISK CATEGORY,

WITH A

SOME

BY CONCENTRATING INITIALLY ON VANS OVER FIVE YEARS OLD GROSS VEHICLES WEIGHT OF UP TO 1.9 TONNES, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT 3,000 INSPECTIONS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT BY THE DCTCS IN 1988.

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