HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
香港立法局
12 July 1989
一九八九年七月十二日
103
計劃及運輸政策,應根據本港的實際發展情況,定期加以評估,靈活推行策略,以應付香港不斷 轉變的需求。
最後,我要指出,要有效執行符合本港整體利益的均衡運輸策略,不能單靠政府的努力,社會 人士亦應積極協助紓緩繁忙時間的交通擠塞;同時,我籲請各界人士就香港運輸政策綠皮書提出 意見,以訂定一套符合香港社會利益的運輸政策。
主席先生,我謹此陳辭,支持動議。
MR. DAVID CHEUNG: Sir, keeping people and goods moving in and around Hong Kong is a task which must be handled super efficiently, especially so when ours is a densely populated city with very limited space.
My honourable colleagues have dealt with other aspects of the Green Paper. I shall confine myself to a few points and try to be very brief.
The increase in goods vehicles by three times in the past decade is no small matter. On the one hand, the increased demand for goods vehicle reflects our growing economic activities and prosperity. For Hong Kong this is a good sign. On the other hand, I wonder if we should not now consider ways to harness the uncontrolled growth of the goods vehicle fleet and put it to efficient use. The fact is that many goods vehicles are not used in full capacities. Many of them lie idle in the streets or busy streets of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and even the New Territories waiting to be hired; many occupy on-street parking spaces constantly; and some double and triple park on the road causing great hindrance to traffic flow.
Other possible reasons for the growth in goods vehicles have already been pointed out in the Green Paper. One obvious reason is the use of vans as private cars to take advantage of the lower taxation enjoyed by the vans. Vans have indeed been used not only as private cars but also as mini-shops for selling clothes, fruits, vegetables, lunch boxes, tea, coffee and snacks. They enjoy the advantages of mobility, economy of space, and rent free storage when not moving.
A study must be made to find out whether such substantial increase is in response to actual need. A comprehensive policy to control the increase of goods vehicles must be mapped out because vans and small goods vehicles do not subscribe to the principle of economical use of road space.
My next point is on a rail link with the airport. The ad hoc group studying the Green Paper considers that wherever the new airport may be located, it is