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and Mrs.
accurate.
CHOW's figures seem to be more
Bearing in mind that the Secretary
has said that the complaints come from two sources,
does he know what proportion of those complaints
are from tourists who are visiting Hong Kong, and
if the greater majority of the complaints are from
tourists, what procedures or arrangements are
provided to take evidence from tourists so that a
prosecution can take place if there is a possibility
of such taking place?
SECRETARY
FOR
TRANSPORT:
Sir, I am sorry I do not have ready figures
involving tourists ready at hand, but the normal
course for charging a taxi driver for overcharging
is to use the summons procedure. The summons
procedure I realise is not highly satisfactory
Because it usually takes two to four months to
process a case, but in case there is sufficient
evidence, the police have assured me they can arrest
a driver and bring him or her to court within one
or two days.
MRS. CHOW:
Sir, may I have your leave to assure Mr. CHEONG-
LEEN that my figures are quite correct as they
were obtained from the Police Traffic Prosecutions
Statistics Office and the Secretary of the
Traffic Complaints Unit, and they are up to date
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and accurate. May I ask the Secretary whether the low
relation
percentage of prosecutions in to the total number
per cent
of complaints, that is, only 3, reflects difficulties