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Wednesday, June 21, 1972
MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS
The Government is considering a proposal to set up a semi-
automatic vehicle inspection centre to cope with the regular inspection
of all motor vehicles.
The Financial Secretary, the Hon. C.P. Haddon-Cave, who
But in the interest
was replying to a question raised by the Hon. Szeto Wai in the Legislative Council, said at present there was no statutory requirement that motor
vehicles should be inspected on a regular basis. of road safety, powers should be sought to enforce such regular inspections.
Mr. Szeto had asked whether the Government would consider the
installation of automatic testing equipment in its existing vehicle inspection centres to speed up testing and enable compulsory periodic
inspection of all motor vehicles.
Mr. Haddon-Cave said that as it was physically impossible to
expand the existing centres, consideration was being given to the setting up of a new centre, possibly a semi-automatic inspection centre.
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