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occasion, they are told to go away and carry out
work to rectify the problem, and they may be
called back several times to see whether the
In due course if it problem has been rectified.
has not been rectified, the Commissioner for Transport can be asked to consider cancelling the registration
of the vehicle but there is no question of a fixed
penalty ticket being issued.
If it
MR. PETER POON: Sir, if I heard the Secretary for
Health and Welfare correctly, he just mentioned that
the examination centre is only half-staffed. is going to carry out efficiently the work to stamp out these sort of emissions, he has to recruit more
Can he inform this Council how long will
it be before. the centre
staff.
is
fully operational?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:
I hope that the
centre will be fully staffed within the next three
months.
MR. EDWARD HO: Sir, would the Secretary inform this
Council whether using
appointed spotters and
police officers rather than organised duty officers