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procedures come in, and that is that we have decide at
a very senior level when to activate the system and when
to deploy those resources through the companies concerned.
Sir, the new procedures will now ensure that in future
any accident on the major routes will be
handled at the right level. So we hope this will avoid
a similar incident of this kind in future.
MR. EDWARD HO: Sir, I do not think the Secretary has
answered adequately my first question, neither has he
answered my second question. The first question was
regarding continuous broadcasting of traffic news to help
motorists to select the best route, because congestion
irrespective of
takes place almost every day whether there is an accident
or not. The second part of my question was displaying of
on
potential traffic congestion information along traffic
is
routes such as practised in Japan.
SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT:
Yes, Sir, I think on the first
point we will now be
ensuring that the radio stations
will do their best to disseminate information
as
frequently as possible. As regards the second
point, I would like to look at this and see whether we can
do the same thing in Hong Kong.