HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
香港立法局
————一九八九年十月十八日
Control of commercial signboards
18 October 1989
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10.鍾沛林議員問:鑑於懸掛高空之霓虹光管及商業招牌林立,有部份可能日久失修,會危害路 人之安全,政府可否告知本局,有否考慮修改現行法例,對商業招牌加強管制,以保市民安全?
SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS: Sir, the Government is concerned to reduce the risk of death and injury caused by potentially dangerous signs. In order to strengthen the control of advertisement signs and to ensure public safety, the Public Health and Municipal Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1989 was enacted in April 1989.
1989. The Ordinance empowers the Building Authority immediately to render safe or remove dangerous advertisement signs in situations where there is, in the opinion of the authority, a real threat to public safety, and to dispose of any materials so removed. The authority may recover any expenses incurred in the removal of such signs and in the disposal of the materials.
At the time of enactment it was considered that a full system of control by licensing would be staff intensive, and that it would be better to concentrate resources on risk rather than embark on a more ambitious and more comprehensive approach.
Port management
11. MR. DAVID CHEUNG asked: Will Government inform this Council what measures are being taken to enhance the efficiency in the management of our ports in view of the rapid increase in the volume of cargoes moving through Hong Kong?
SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES: Sir, over the last 10 years the demand for port services has increased threefold. We have met that demand by the provision of the necessary resources at the appropriate time without over- provision. This enviable achievement has been due to the combination of two factors: first, prudent planning; and secondly sound professional development and operation of port facilities.
Regarding the first of these, the introduction of a Port Development Board, announced by His Excellency the Governor in his 11 October address at the opening of the 1989-90 Session of the Legislative Council, will in future enhance the effectiveness of our port planning role. By providing more co- ordinated initiatives and responses which reflect the views of all users and