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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1989

* TEXTILES IMPORT LICENSING

3-7372340

SYSTEMS AND COMMON SERVICES

3-7372291

CERTIFICATION

3-7372494

RESERVED (TOMMODITIES

3-7372506

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NON-TEXTILES IMPORT AND

EXPORT LICENSING

GENERAL ENQUIRIES

STRATEGIC COMMODITIES

3-7372255

3-7372521

THE

FACSIMILE NUMBER 3-7304633 WHILE THAT OF THE 3-7356135.

AND

OF TRADE

INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HAS BECOME

DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN

CHANGED

ΤΟ

DECLARATIONS WITH ENQUIRY NUMBER OF THE

THE CUSTOMS STAR HOUSE

FOR TRADERS WHO HAVE TO LODGE

DEPARTMENT, EXCISE

THE

COLLECTION OFFICE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 3-7350225.

MORE PEOPLE MAKE USE OF CNTA PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE

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THE 67 PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAVE HANDLED 6,532,000 CASES DURING

1988, REPRESENTING A 1.1 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE NUMBER FOR 1987.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID TODAY (SUNDAY THAT THE 67 CENTRES, LOCATED CONVENIENTLY AT THE 19 DISTRICT OFFICES AND THEIR SUB-OFFICES AS WELL AS AT THE CNTA HEADQUARTERS IN TSIM SHA TSUI, PROVIDED A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES то THE PUBLIC.

THESE INCLUDED ANSWERING GENERAL ENQUIRIES, ADMINISTERING DECLARATIONS, ADVISING ON SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT, HANDLING SIMPLE COMPLAINTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, RENDERING ASSISTANCE IN SOLVING PERSONAL PROBLEMS, AND ARRANGING REFERRALS FOR COMPLICATED CASES WHICH REQUIRED LEGAL AND EXPERT ADVICE, HE SAID.

DURING 1988. THE MOST POPULAR SUBJECTS OF ENQUIRIES WERE GOVERNMENT JOB VACANCIES; DECLARATION/OATH/AFFIRMATION; PROCUREMENT OF POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, FORMS AND CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS: LOCATIONS, TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND OPENING HOURS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES; AND ISSUES RELATED TO EMIGRATION AND OVERSEAS VISITS.

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