MR.
MARTIN LEE: Sir,
would the Secretary kindly inform
this Council what he means by the 'philosophical problems'
he referred to in the second paragraph of his reply which
apparently had found favour with the Secretary?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: Sir, I do not think I
problems' but I
actually referred to 'philosophical
is x property
which is
not
pointed out the basic difference between a public road and
a railway operation which
generally open to the public unless they are passengers.
In other circumstances they would be trespassers.
MR. PETER C. WONG: Can the Secretary explain what are the
practical problems?
SE CRE TARY FOR HEAL TH AND WELFARE:
Sir, if we extended the
the
system to the railways, where would we stop? The railways
are basically private property and accidents on the
railway line or in railway stations are subject to
responsibility of the railway corporation to take
reasonable measures to ensure the safety of their
passengers and the situation seems to me to be
different from
quite
from that
that on public roads
roads to which pedestrians
and other road users all have access.