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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1993

ALASDAIR SINCLAIR TAKES OVER AS COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS

MR ALASDAIR SINCLAIR WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR K J WOODHOUSE TOMORROW (MONDAY) AS COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS.

MR SINCLAIR, 41, FIRST JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1976 AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN APRIL 1983.

HE HAS HELD ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH, CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE BRANCH AND MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH.

HE WAS PROMOTED TO ADMINISTRATIVF APRIL 1986.

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BEFORE HE WAS APPOINTED AS THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR SINCLAIR WAS A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY.

SEASONAL REMINDER ON LICENCE RENEWAL

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY)

REMINDS DRIVERS AND

VEHICLE OWNERS WHO WISH TO RENEW THEIR LICENCES THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEIR LICENCES EXPIRE AS THEY CAN APPLY ANY TIME DURING THE FOUR-MONTH PERIOD BEFORE THE EXPIRY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE LICENSING OFFICES WERE USUALLY MORE CROWDED DURING THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF EACH MONTH.

ON EXTREMELY BUSY DAYS, THE LICENSING OFFICES WILL ADOPT A QUOTA SYSTEM UNDER WHICH APPLICANTS ARE GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT DISC FOR A SPECIFIED TIME TO HAND IN THEIR APPLICATIONS. THE APPOINTMENT DISCS WILL BE HANDED OUT ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

ΤΟ AVOID LONG QUEUES AT THE LICENSING OFFICES, THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED DRIVERS AND VEHICLE OWNERS THAT THEY COULD SAVE TIME BY APPLYING TO RENEW THEIR LICENCES BY POST OR THROUGH THE DROP-IN BOX PROVIDED AT THE FOUR LICENSING OFFICES.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL POST OFFICES, ENQUIRY CENTRES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, AND THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT LICENSING OFFICES.

"AS MANY POSTAL APPLICATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RECEIVED AROUND THIS PERIOD, THE PROCESSING TIME MAY BE INCREASED FROM THE NORMAL 14 WORKING DAYS TO 28, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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ASSURED APPLICANTS THAT THE LICENSING OFFICES WOULD TRY POST BACK THE LICENCES WITHIN 14 WORKING DAYS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

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