MR. YEUNG:
SECRETARY
FOR
TRANSPORT:
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sources generally; the first are those addressed to
the Transport Advisory Committee, and the second
is from the public reporting directly to the
police, so this may account for the discrepancy
in the figures shown here.
Sir, is there any regulation governing that the
displayed
complaints hot line number should be 人 inside
spot that can easily be the taxi at a noticed by passengers, and whether
the relatively low number of prosecutions is a
result of the complainants failing or being
unwilling to appear as court witnesses?
It is not a statutory requirement to have the hot
Traffic Complaints Unit line number of the shown inside taxis, but we have
generally managed to obtain the co-operation of
shown taxi associations to have this number inside
taxis. In fact, most of the taxis have this
hot line number inside them, and it makes it
convenient for those who suspect they have been
overcharged to make
complaints.
MR. NGAI :
Sir, will the Secretary tell us
the number of successful prosecutions during the
period in question, and how heavy were the penalties
imposed, and under what circumstances would the
suspension of taxi licences be imposed as a
penalty?