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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1991

HE SAID TE

SPECIAL NEEDS OF ADEQUATELY MET " PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

DISABLED

HAD PERSONS

NOT BREN

DISABLED **IT IS HOPED THAT THE NEW MEASURE WILL ENCOURAGE MORE

A MEANS TO RESOLVE THEIR TRANSPORT PEOPLE TO USE PRIVATE CARS AS PROBLEM.

"CURRENTLY, ABOUT 1,100 DISABLED PERSONS ARE DRIVING LICENCE. OF THESE, 600 OWN A PRIVATE CAR,

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HOLDING A VALID THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

MOTORISTS LISTED AS APPLY ΤΟ THE CUSTOMS AND

AFTER THE NEW MEASURE COMES INTO EFFECT, DISABLED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT CAN EXCISE DEPARTMENT FOR A WAIVER OF THE PETROL DUTY.

MONTHLY

THE WAIVER IS SUBJECT TO THE LIMIT OF 200 LITRES OF PETROL MONTH FOR EACH DISABLED PERSON. THIS LIMIT IS CALCULATED ON A BASIS AND IS NOT CUMULATIVE. THE GOING MARKET RATE WILL BE CHARGED ANY AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE MONTHLY LIMIT OF 200 LITRES.

PER

ON

HAVE TO OPEN A PETROL CARD APPLICANTS FOR THE WAIVER WILL ACCOUNT WITH ANY ONE OF THE OIL COMPANIES TAKING PART IN THIS SCHEME.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR CUSTOMS AND EXCISE HAS ORDER THE SUSPENSION OF THE WAIVER TO ANY RECIPIENTS CONDITIONS.

THE AUTHORITY TO WHO BREACH THE

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THE

DUTY CAN BE APPLICATION FORMS FOR THE WAIVING OF THE PETROL OBTAINED FROM THE LICENSING OFFICES OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT AND THE DISABLED DRIVERS CLUB.

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NO 'CLOSED SHOP' SITUATION DUE TO REGISTRATION

RESTRICTING

PERSONS

FROM

THE USING

BECAUSE

TITLE SITUATION

OF

THE

PROPOSALS THE "REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL" WILL NOT LEAD TO A "CLOSED SHOP"

SURVEYORS AND PLANNERS TO THE PROFESSIONS OF

INTRODUCTION OF REGISTRATION UNDER TWO RELATED BILLS.

ENVIRONMENT AND

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, LANDS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, WHEN WINDING UP THE DEBATE ON THE SECOND 1991 AND THE PLANNERS READING OF THE SURVEYOR REGISTRATION BILL REGISTRATION BILL 1991 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AMENDMENT

SURVEYORS AND

MR BARNES NOTED THAT THE INITIATIVE FOR THE PROPOSED ΤΟ THE TWO BILLS CAME FROM THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS.

OF THE "REGISTERED POTENTIAL TO RESTRAIN TITLE WAS ALSO AND ALSO TO THE PUBLIC INTO BELIEVING THAT THEY WERE "REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL" WHEN THEY

THE TWO INSTITUTES FELT THAT THE STATUS

IF THE ENHANCED PROFESSIONAL" WOULD BE

INDIVIDUAL MISUSING THE "REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL" EXTENDED TO FIRMS AND PERSONS WHO IN ANY

WAY

COMPANIES MISUSING

THEIR MISLED

THE TITLE,

OR CLIENTS

ACTUALLY

WERE NOT.

/MR BARNES

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