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PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES WELL PATRONISED

THE 67 PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES OF THE CITY AND NEW

BEEN TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) HAVE

WELL PATRONISED DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CNTA SAID DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD THE CENTRES, LOCATED CONVENIENTLY THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, HANDLED ABOUT THREE MILLION CASES.

HE SAID THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AVAILABLE AT THE CENTRES INCLUDED ANSWERING GENERAL ENQUIRIES, ADMINISTERING DECLARATIONS AND OATHS, MANAGING THE FREE LEGAL ADVICE SCHEME AND THE RENT OFFICER SCHEME.

OVERSEAS

VACANCIES,

THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS OF ENQUIRY RELATED TO EMIGRATION AND

VISITS,

CIVIL

SERVICE

JOB DECLARATION/OATH/AFFIRMATION AND THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS, LOCATIONS OFFICE HOURS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

AND

OF THE 388,000 DECLARATIONS AND OATHS ADMINISTERED DURING THE PERIOD, MOST WERE RELATED TO DECLARATIONS OF TRUE COPIES OF DOCUMENTS, EMIGRATION, DISPUTES, AND APPLICATIONS FOR HOUSING, HE ADDED.

ON THE FREE LEGAL ADVICE SCHEME, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LAN SOCIETY OF HONG KONG AND THE CNTA, THE SPOKESMAN SAID A TOTAL OF 1,407 CASES WERE REFERRED TO THE LAW

DURING THE FIRST SIX

MONTHS OF THE

YEAR.

SOCIETY

AS TO THE RENT OFFICER SCHEME, 8,281 PEOPLE HAD CONSULTED RENT OFFICERS OF THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT STATIONED IN 13 DISTRICT OFFICES FOR ADVICE ON RENT AND TENANCY PROBLEMS.

SERVICE

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE SERIVCES, THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRES ALSO DISTRIBUTED SOME 5.3 MILLION FORMS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS DURING THE PERIOD.

MAJOR ITEMS ISSUED WERE THE WHITE PAPER ON THE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND APPLICATION FORMS FOR ADMISSION TO EVENING COURSES OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, AND VARIOUS NON-GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES.

DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT JOBS, PUBLIC HOUSING

ANYONE INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE MAY TELEPHONE OR VISIT THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE SECTION AT CNTA HEADQUARTERS AT 13TH FLOOR, WORLD SHIPPING CENTRE, CANTON ROAD, HARBOUR CITY, TSIM SHA TSUI, KOWLOON (TEL. 3-692255).

THEY MAY ALSO CALL AT THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE THE 19 DISTRICT OFFICES AND THEIR SUB-OFFICES.

CENTRES AT

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