XN000022-1993-05-20 — Page 5

THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1993

IN THE CASE OF BUS DRIVING TESTS, THE WAITING TIME HAS BEEN REDUCED BY AS MUCH AS FOUR MONTHS, HE SAID.

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IN

THESE MEASURES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THE SUPPLY OF DRIVERS TO PUBLIC BUSES AND CONTAINER VEHICLES. THE DEMAND FOR THE PARTICULAR, HAS BEEN INCREASING FAST.

THROUGH INTERNAL

DEPLOYMENT,

THAT THE SPOKESMAN ADDED DRIVING EXAMINERS WOULD REINFORCE THE EXISTING TEAM OF EIGHT

DRIVING TESTS FOR THESE VEHICLES WITH EXAMINER I TO CONDUCT FROM JULY, THEREBY BOOSTING THE OUTPUT BY 50 PER CENT.

FOUR DRIVING EFFECT

TYPES OF VEHICLES MEDIUM GOODS VEHICLES, ARE

OTHER HOWEVER, THE TEST WAITING TIMES FOR INCLUDING PRIVATE CARS, MOTORCYCLES AND LESS THAN SIX MONTHS.

AT PRESENT, SOME SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE SOME CANDIDATES APPLIED FOR POSTPONEMENT NOTICE. THESE EMPTY SLOTS RESOURCES.

SINCE

HAVE

WERE NOT TAKEN UP

AT OF TESTS

SHORT WASTED A LOT OF DRIVING EXAMINER

TRANSPORT

MANY

DEPARTMENT

EMPTY

HAS SLOTS

AS TO CANDIDATES WHO WOULD WISHED TO

TARGETING AT THIS PHENOMENON, THE

BEEN FILLING UP AS AUGUST LAST YEAR PRACTICABLE, BY ALLOCATING SUCH TIME SLOTS OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN PLACED AT THE END OF THE QUEUE IF THEY APPLY FOR POSTPONEMENT OF TESTS.

UTILISATION RATE HAS

INCREASED

SIGNIFICANTLY FROM FOUR PER BE REUSED OWING CENT TO 40 PER CENT DESPITE MANY EMPTY SLOTS CANNOT TO SHORT NOTICE BEING GIVEN BY CANDIDATES OR THE OFFERS FOR EARLY TEST APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY DECLINED.

SLOTS, INSTEAD

THE

OF BASIS

"AS A STEP FORWARD TO MAKING FULL USE OF THE EMPTY

OF OFFERING EARLY FEASIBILITY

TEST APPOINTMENTS, END-OF-APPOINTMENTS, TO REPEATERS ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED IS UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

APPOINTMENT WATCH ON

IN ADDITION, WITH THE HELP OF A COMPUTERISED SYSTEM, THE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO KEEP A CLOSE DOUBLE-BOOKING OF TEST APPOINTMENTS BY DISHONEST CANDIDATES.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID CANDIDATES INVOLVED

THE ROAD HAVING VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF

FINE OF UPON CONVICTION, WERE LIABLE TO A FOR SIX MONTHS.

AND

COULD BE REGARDED AS TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, AND $5,000

IMPRISONMENT

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