SPEECH BY SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. ON 4/12/85
ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 374)
Sir,
I move the motion standing in. my name on the Order Paper. This seeks, under section 23 (3) of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Chapter 374), to extend the present limits on the number of motor vehicles which may be registered as taxis as specified in Legal Notice No. 395 of 1984 to
17 July 1986.
The Taxis (Limitation on Number) Notice
1984 published as Legal Notice No. 395 of 1984 provides that the number of motor vehicles which may be registered as taxis is as follows: 14,000
for urban taxis, 2,638 for New Territories taxis
and 40 in the case of Lantau taxis. The limits
on the first two types of taxis were set by the Governor in Council on 17 July 1984 for a period of two years. As regards Lantau taxis, their utilisation rate at present does not call for any
revision in the current limit on the number of
vehicles.
A review of the limits on the number of
taxis will be conducted during the first half of
1986 and recommendations will then be made on the
limits to be applied after 17 July 1986. As Legal Notice No. 395 of 1984 remains in force only until
6 December 1985, a Resolution under section 23(3) of the Road Traffic Ordinance is required to extend the current limits to 17 July 1986, and accordingly Sir, I beg to move.