Question No. 11
Written Answer to Question by Hon POON Chi-fai at the Legislative Council sitting on 25 June 1986
Question: Since one of the main causes of morning traffic
congestion is that most people go to work or school within the same short span of time, will Government inform this Council :-
(a)
(b)
(c)
whether the authorities concerned have encouraged and assisted schools in areas where many schools are located (such as Oxford Road in Kowloon) to systematically stagger their school hours;
whether Government has any concrete plans to encourage private firms and factories to adopt the flexitime system; and
which Government departments have adopted the flexitime system; what criteria were used to
formulate the system; whether the system has caused inconvenience to civil servants
servants or the public?
Secretary for Transport
Sir,
Whilst the Government encourages the use of
flexitime and staggered working hours, there are no plans to
introduce legislation or to direct the adoption of such systems.