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Container truck parking
Question No. 3
Reply by the Hon. Michael Leung, Secretary for Transport to a Question asked by the Hon. Richard Lai in Legislative Council on 10.2.88
MR. LAI asked:
Question:
In the light of the recent container truck 'slow-drive' in Kwai Chung in protest of
insufficient parking spaces, will Government inform this Council of its policy regarding container truck parking?
SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT:
Sir,
I must first of all clarify that the immediate
was the Government's decision to
cause of the "slow-drive
take back a small portion of a 2.8 hectare site currently
occupied by a container tractor owners' association. This
decision was made in accordance with the terms of the tenancy
agreement. The association was fully aware of such terms.
The purpose of the drivers' action was apparently to press
their demand for a direct land grant which is not existing policy.
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In general, Government's policy on container truck
parking is that these vehicles should be parked off-street and
that this should best be achieved through adequate land being
provided for the private sector to operate container parking
facilities.
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Such facilities have so far been provided through
the allocation of land on short, term tenancies. Due to the
rapid growth in the container trade in recent years and the