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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1994

THE

EMERGENCY

то

WORK TOGETHER

PROVIDE

TRANSPORT

WITH PUBLIC

TEMPORARY

RELIEF

WHEN THE

WARRANTS, SITUATION CO-ORDINATION CENTRE WILL BE ACTIVATED TO

TRANSPORT

OPERATORS

то

MAINTAIN

SERVICES TO THE TRAVELLLING PUBLIC.

OR

PROVED VERY EFFECTIVE

SCHEME ON PILOT THE ON ROAD SAFETY,

RED REDUCING IN

RED

LIGHT

LIGHT JUMPING

CAMERA HAS

AND

TRAFFIC

ACCIDENTS.

MORE ROAD DRINK

JUNCTIONS IN

DRIVING

WILL

THE SCHEME WILL BE EXPANDED TO COVER

LEGISLATION REGARDING THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.

ALSO BE REVIEWED.

ON THE DEPARTMENT'S PERFORMANCE PLEDGE TOLD THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS OPERATING WELL WITHIN

WERE FOR LICENSING SERVICES AND CUSTOMERS THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE LICENSING OFFICES.

THE DEPARTMENT ALSO

TAKES HEED

OF

SCHEME,

WAS CHAN THE PLEDGED TIMES WITH GENERALLY SATISFIED

MRS

MADE SUGGESTIONS

AT THE

CUSTOMER LIAISON GROUP MEETINGS AND HAS REVIEWED AND REVISED MORE THAN 110 APPLICATION FORMS TO MAKE THEM MORE USER-FRIENDLY.

SECURITY GUARDS WERE EMPLOYED IN THE KOWLOON TO DETER TOUTING ACTIVITIES IN THE WAITING HALL.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR HU1, MRS CHAN ALSO VISITED

HONG KONG AREA HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE AND THE (RNTRE.

LICENSING OFFICE

TRAFFIC

THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL

0

PROCEDURES FOR PROMOTION FOLLOWED

* *

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES,

HAD CRITERIA

BEEN (THURSDAY)

THAT STRESSED

NORMAL PROCEDURES AND

AS DIRECTOR OF FOLLOWED LEADING UP TO THE POSTING OF MRS HELEN YU BUILDINGS.

HE SAID THE PROCEDURES AND GENERAL CRITERIA FOR PROMOTION LAID DOWN IN THE CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS AND MUST BE FOLLOWED.

WERE

FACTORS SUCH AS

11 ACCOUNT, THE

"IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT SO-CALLED POLITICAL PRESSURF FROM STAFF ASSOCIATIONS CANNOT BE TAKEN INTO SPOKESMAN SAID.

"FURTHERMORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IS ESTABLISHED AS AN INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG TO PREVENT THAT SORT OF THING HAPPENING.

IT

CAREFUL THAT THERE SUBSTANTIVELY

WAS PARTICULAR

DECIDED AFTER CASE, "IN THIS DELIBERATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROMOTION CRITERIA, WAS NO ONE FULLY SUITABLE AT THIS STAGE TO BE APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR.

/"THEREFORE, FOLLOWING