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Wednesday, October 31, 1973
On transport, Mr. Lobo said he hoped the forthcoming green paper
would set out detailed plans for improving the services of the two bus
companies, for eliminating over-charging and other malpractices among
taxi drivera, and for ensuring a better observance of the traffic code
by motorists and pedestrians alike.
He proposed that Hong Kong should follow the practice observed
in many parts of the world, whereby pedestrians on pavements walk on the
right and divide themselves into two streams moving in opposite directions.
Commenting on the number of abandoned vehicles on the streets,
he suggested that it should be made compulsory to report unlicensed vehicles
and to deliver them to a particular place set aside by the government, or
to a private acrap heap.
Mr. Lobo expressed great interest in the ten-year housing programme
and asked that a statement be made on progress in building up the new
Housing Department.
He pointed out that it would be some years before the housing problem
could be solved, and suggested certain interim measures to tackle the
problem of homelessness facing people evicted from buildings due to be
re-developed.
This would include the immediate provision of more resite areas
and the improvement of living conditions in present resite areas.
We
also need more transit camps where there are proper facilities for family
life for those who are temporarily dispossessed," he added.
/On social