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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1974
LION ROCK TUNNEL ORDINANCE TO BE AMENDED
MORE POWER FOR POLICE OR TUNNEL OFFICERS
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AMENDING LEGISLATION WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO BRING THE LION ROCK TUNNEL ORDINANCE INTO LINE WITH THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE IN RESPECT OF POWERS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON DRIVERS WHO HAVE ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED AN OFFENCE IN THE TUNNEL AREA.
THE LION ROCK TUNNEL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1974, GAZETTED TODAY, EMPOWERS POLICE OFFICERS OR TUNNEL OFFICERS TO REQUIRE A PERSON TO GIVE THE NAME, ADDRESS AND DRIVING LICENCE NUMBER OF THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF AN ALLEGED OFFENCE IN THE TUNNEL AREA, AS WELL AS TO DISCLOSE HIS RELATIONSHIP, IF ANY, TO THE DRIVER.
THE DEMAND FOR INFORMATION MAY BE MADE ORALLY OR BY MEANS OF A NOTICE SERVED PERSONALLY, OR BY POST, WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE ALLEGED OFFENCE.
HOWEVER, UNDER THE BILL, TUNNEL OFFICERS MAY EXERCISE THEIR POWERS TO DEMAND INFORMATION WITHIN THE TUNNEL AREA ONLY.
THE BILL ALSO PROVIDES THAT, IN SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS FOR AN OFFENCE AGAINST THE LION ROCK TUNNEL ORDINANCE, A STATEMENT PURPORTING TO HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY THE ACCUSED AND STATING THAT THE ACCUSED WAS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENCE. SHALL BE ADMITTED AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT THE ACCUSED WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THAT TIME.
FAILURE TO FURNISH THE REQUIRED INFORMATION, WITHIN 21 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE DEMAND, IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE BILL. PUNISHABLE ON CONVICTION WITH A FINE OF $2.000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS *****
A NUMBER OF STREETS IN LUEN WO MARKET AND SHEK WU HU! IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED IN OCTOBER TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS.
THESE WILL INCLUDE PARTS OF LUEN SHING STREET, WO TAI STREET, WO FUNG STREET AND THE JUNCTION OF LUEN HING STREET AND WO FUNG STREET IN LUEN WO MARKET AND SAN HONG STREET AND SAN FAT STREET IN SHEK WỤ HUI.
BOTH THE FOOTPATHS AND THE CARRIAGEWAYS OF THESE STREETS WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED IN CONCRETE.
THIS WORK, WHICH WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS TO COMPLETE, IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE GREATER SAFETY AND COMFORT FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS FOR MOTORISTS.
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