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SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT
(in Cantonese)
: sir, we
have
looked into this and, in fact, in our road safety
campaigns, we have considered whether we need to educate
people with less experience So that their skill can be
improved. At present, we do not have plans to raise the
standard. However, if the situation deteriorates, we will
definitely consider how the standard can be raised in
order to make the tests more effective.
MR. JACKIE CHAN (in Cantonese) : Sir, the Secretary said
that now under the existing regulations people holding
private car driving licences can also drive light goods
vehicles .. Driving a private car is in fact very different
from a light goods vehicle; and the differences are
those between container trucks and goods
vehicles. Therefore, drivers of goods vehicles cannot
automatically be allowed to drive
similar
to
container trucks and
they will have to pass another test to qualify for driving
container trucks. Why is it then that holders of private
car driving licences can
drive light goods vehicles?
automatically be permitted to