XN000022-1988-02-14 — Page 7

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1988

QUOTA SYSTEM FOR DRIVING AND VEHICLE LICENCE APPLICATIONS

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (

(SUNDAY) REMINDED DRIVING VEHICLE LICENCE APPLICANTS THAT A QUOTA SYSTEM MAY BE ADOPTED AT THE DEPARTMENT'S FOUR LICENSING OFFICES ON PARTICULARLY BUSY DAYS TO COPE WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE QUOTA SYSTEM WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED WHENEVER IT WAS CONSIDERED NECESSARY FOR THE SMOOTH OPERATION OF THE LICENSING OFFICES, WHICH WERE PARTICULARLY CROWDED DURING THE BEGINNING AND END OF BACH MONTH.

HE SAID: IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE QUOTA SYSTEM HAD BREN ADOPTED ON AN AD HOC BASIS TO ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANTS TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE LESS BUSY PERIODS OF THE MONTH. IT HAS BROUGHT ABOUT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO WAITING TIME ON EXTREMELY BUSY DAYS.

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"UNDER THE SYSTEM, THE APPLICANTS WILL BE GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT DISC AT THE LICENSING OFFICE BEFORE THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE PROCESSED. THE APPOINTMENT DISC WILL BE HANDED OUT ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT APPLICANTS WHO WISH TO RENEW THEIR LICENCES DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEIR LICENCES EXPIRE. THEY CAN APPLY ANY TIME DURING THE FOUR-MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE EXPIRY DATE, HE ADDED.

HE ALSO REMINDED APPLICANTS THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO APPLY IN PERSON, AND THAT POSTAL APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED FOR RENEWAL OF DRIVING LICENCES, LEARNER'S DRIVING LICENCES AND VEHICLE LICENCES; THE ISSUE OF INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMITS: AND THE TRANSFER OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP.

BY RELEVANT FORMS,

POSTAL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AND APPROPRIATE FEES IN CHEQUES AND SHOULD BE SENT BY REGISTERED MAIL TO P.O. BOX 69511, KWUN TONG POST OFFICE.

CAR OWNERS URGED TO TAKE HEED OF SECURITY MEASURES

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CAR OWNERS SHOULD TAKE TRAFFIC LAWS IN PARKING THEIR

HEED OF BOTH SECURITY MEASURES AND CARS.

MAKING THE PLEA TODAY (SUNDAY), A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID A MAJORITY OF THE VEHICLE CRIME CASES, INCLUDING THEFT OF AND THEFT FROM VEHICLES AS WELL AS TAMPERING WITH VEHICLES, WERE INDEED A THE NEGLIGENCE OF CERTAIN CAR OWNERS.

RESULT OF

/"SOME DRIVERS