Question No. 10
Speech by the Hon. CHAN Nai-keong, CBE, JP, Secretary for Lands and Works, to question by the Hon. Keith LAM, JP, at Legislative Council on 23 January 1985
Question: Will Government inform this Council
(a)
(b)
(c)
of the reasons for delay in installing the computerized inter-face system for the Aberdeen Tunnel;
whether there are any plans to remedy the situation; and
whether the contractor responsible for the system can be held liable for compensation?
Sir,
I presume that since the Aberdeen Tunnel computerised
control systems have been installed for some time Mr. Lam's question concerns the present position regarding their
operation and I therefore propose to answer accordingly.
(a)
There are two computer systems used in the
Aberdeen Tunnel one for Traffic Control which
controls warning signs and traffic movements
and the other for Toll Collection which is
essentially for accounting and statistics gathering purposes. The Traffic Control system has been operating successfully for more than a year and has been formally taken over and paid for. However, the Toll Collection system although operating
successfully for 98% of the time has not
measured up fully to requirements. consequence, we have not yet accepted and paid for the equipment concerned although in most respects such as controlling toll lanes, the Toll Colllection system is operating
In
satisfactorily. The faults which are
comparatively very small when compared to the