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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1989

APPLICANTS

TO ANSWER MORE

HAVE TAKING THE NEW TEST WILL QUESTIONS ON GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS AND TAXI REGULATIONS.

"THIS

TO

OF

ARBAS FOR

MEANS THAT PROSPECTIVE TAXI DRIVERS WILL BE REQUIRED AND MAINTENANCE HAVE A BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW ON THE USE VEHICLES; REGULATIONS GOVERNING THEIR CONDUCT; AND GEOGRAPHICAL WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION LIVE AND WORK," A SPOKESMAN THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID.

PART A

THE CURRENT TAXI WRITTEN TEST COMPRISES THREE PARTS: COVERING THE ROAD USER'S CODE; PART B, THE REGULATIONS REGARDING TAXIS ; AND PART C, GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS.

PART B WILL BE INCREASED FROM THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN ΤΟ 10 AND IN PART C FROM 16 TO 32. PART A WILL HAVE 100 QUESTIONS AT PRESENT. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WILL THUS BE INCREASED 122 TO 142, AND THE TEST TIME WILL BE EXTENDED FROM 60 TO 70 MINUTES.

SIX

FROM

FIVE THE EXISTING MARKING SCHEME WILL BE MAINTAINED: MORE THAN

OR MORE THAN MISTAKES IN PART A, MORE THAN ONE MISTAKE IN PART B, THREE MISTAKES IN PART C WILL CONSTITUTE A FAILURE. FAILURE IN ANY ONE PART WILL RESULT IN FAILURE OF THE TEST.

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HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT PRAISED FOR REPLACING OLD BRIDGE

FOR

DISTRICT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

DEPARTMENT HIGHWAYS

HAVING IN NO MORE

THE NEW TERRITORIES NORTH TODAY (THURSDAY) COMMENDED THE REPLACED AN OLD BRIDGE IN FANLING KWAN TEI NORTH VILLAGE THAN FIVE MONTHS.

ASSOCIATION, TO THE DEPARTMENT'S

AS A GESTURE OF APPRECIATION, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE

A SOUVENIR PLAQUE MR CHAN GIN-HUNG, PRESENTED ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MR JIM KESSLER.

AGO, WAS THE ONLY VEHICULAR

THE OLD BRIDGE, BUILT 30 YEARS LINK BETWEEN THE VILLAGE AND SHA TAU KOK ROAD ACROSS RIVER INDUS.

HEAVY VEHICLES WERE BANNED FROM USING IT LAST FEBRUARY

OF ITS POOR CONDITION.

BECAUSE

THE NEW BRIDGE WAS PLANNED, DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE STRUCTURES DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.

DESIGN

OF THE

THE

THE

BRIDGE STRUCTURE, BY USING STEEL IN THE DIVISION MANAGED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT WITHIN FIVE MONTHS. IT WOULD

MONTHS IF A 10 MORE

CONCRETE LEAST HAVE TAKEN AT STRUCTURE HAD BEEN ADOPTED.

CONVENTIONAL

THE NEW BRIDGE WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC LAST MONTH.