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A SPECIAL

COLLECTION

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1993

SERVICE WILL

BE ALSO

PROVIDED ON

DECEMBER 19.

NO DELIVERY WOULD BE MADE ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND NEW YEAR'S DAY.

WOULD BE CLOSED DURING THE CHRISTMAS

POST OFFICES ALL

HOLIDAYS AND ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.

TRANSPORT LICENSING OFFICE ON MOVE

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE WILL MOVE TO NEW PREMISES AT UNITED CENTRE, QUEENSWAY, IN JUNE NEXT YEAR.

A SENIOR PROPERTY MANAGER OF THE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AGENCY,

OF MR ALAN WALKER, SAID THE NEW ACCOMMODATION ON THE THIRD FLOOR

THE UNITED CENTRE WAS EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM QUEENSWAY AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY,

"IT WILL PROVIDE A MODERN USER-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT FOR CLIENTS IN LINE WITH THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FACILITIES, HE SAID.

THE NEW PREMISES HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY THE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AGENCY. THE PRESENT LICENSING OFFICE IN MURRAY ROAD CAR PARK WILL BE CONVERTED FOR USE BY THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION WHICH HAS AN ACUTE SHORTAGE OF SPACE.

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HONG KONG AND MACAU YACHT RACE

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SOME 30 YACHTS WILL TAKE PART IN A RACE FROM HONG KONG TO MACAU ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 20), A MARINE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

"THE RACE WILL START AT 10 AM FROM THE SOUTHEAST OF LAMMA ISLAND. CONCENTRATION OF YACHTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE SOUTH OF LAMMA AND LANTAU, " THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"MASTERS, COXSWAINS AND PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF VESSELS NAVIGATING IN THE AREA AND ON THE WAY TO MACAU ARE REQUESTED TO TAKE EXTRA CARE, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA 1972 WAS MANDATORY.

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