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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1992

"IN VIEW OF PUBLIC CONCERN FOR THE PROPER USE AND GOOD POLICIES PRACTICE OF TCM, WE CONCIDER SOME CHANGE TO THE GOVERNMENT'S AND PRACTICES BOTH APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY, MRS YU SAID.

"THIS WOULD

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BE IN KEEPING WITH THE WORLD TREND TO GIVE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE ADEQUATE IMPORTANCE, SHE ADDED.

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OF TCM IN HONG IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE PATTERN IN THE USE KONG AND ΤΟ ASCERTAIN PUBLIC

THE WPCM ATTITUDES TOWARDS IT, MEDICINAL MATERIAL COMMISSIONED CHINESE

RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG ΤΟ CONDUCT FOUR SURVEYS INTO

CHINESE

OF UNIVERSITY VARIOUS ASPECTS OF TCM.

YU MRS

"THE SAID:

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WORKING PARTY WELCOMES VIEWS ON WE VALUE PRELIMINARY PROPOSALS.

PUBLIC VIEWS AND WILL CAREFULLY CONSIDER THEM IN PREPARING OUR FINAL

то RECOMMENDATIONS

GOVERNMENT.

ITS

THE

COPIES OF THE INTERIM REPORT, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, AVAILABLE FROM ALL DISTRICT OFFICE TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

VIEWS IN WRITING SHOULD REACH THE SECRETARY BOX 13282, GPO, HONG KONG BY APRIL 16 THIS YEAR,

OF THE

WPCM, PO

PUBLIC

ENQUIRY

CENTRES

AS

WILL BE FROM

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WHO WISH TO INTERVIEW MEMBERS OF THE WPCM ARE WELCOME TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, MR PETER KWOK. MR KWOK CAN BE CONTACTED ON TEL. 810 2941 DURING OFFICE HOURS.

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PROCESSING OF URBAN TAXI TENDERS COMPLETED

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THE AVERAGE PREMIUM ACCEPTED IN THE LATEST TENDERS FOR 200 URBAN TAXI LICENCES IS $1,512,055.50, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).

THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 66.24 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE AVERAGE OF $909,562.03 IN THE LAST TENDER EXERCISE IN NOVEMBER 1990.

A TOTAL OF 387 TENDERS WERE RECEIVED WHEN ACCEPTANCE OF TENDERS CLOSED ON DECEMBER 20 LAST YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE HIGHEST TENDER ACCEPTED WAS $1,523,000 AND THE LOWEST $1,510,389.

DETAILS OF SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS AND THE AMOUNT'S THEY WILL BE PUBLISHED TOMORROW (FRIDAY) IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

OFFERED

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