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Vehicle and Driving Licence Fees

119.

My second proposal is to increase with immediate

effect vehicle and driving licence fees from the level set

last year.

I share my predecessor's view that this is a

sensitive area to which the 'little and often' principle

particularly applies (45). I therefore propose increases

of around 5%. I estimate that the additional revenue

accruing from these increases in 1987-88 will be $45

million.

Visa and Travel Document Fees

120.

My last proposal on fees and charges concerns

certain visa and travel document fees. Most of these fees

were last increased in 1984 (46). I therefore propose

immediate increases averaging 12% for those fees

affected. The additional revenue in 1987-88 will be

around $20 million.

(45) 1986 Budget Speech, paragraph 106.

(46)

The fees payable for an ordinary visa for Hong Kong and for a change of conditions of stay or an extension of a limit of stay in Hong Kong were further increased in 1985.

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