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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT
United Kingdom. In view of the increasing magnitude of the traffic problem in the Colony, the trend has been to increase penalties for second or subsequent offences, and to enhance the Courts' powers and duties of disqualification for driving offences. This Ordinance, which was enacted in December 1957, will come generally into operation on Ist February, 1958, with the exception of section 13. This section introduces a general speed limit of thirty miles per hour on all roads covered by a prescribed system of street lighting, and also provides for other speed limits on roads designated as restricted by the Commissioner of Police. In order that the necessary signs may first be erected, section 13 will not come into operation on 1st February, 1958, but on a day to be appointed by the Governor by Proclamation in the Gazette.