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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1974
IMPROVEMENT OF PEDESTRIAN'S SAFETY AT ZEBRA CROSSINGS
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. JAMES ROBSON, SAID TODAY THAT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY HAD TO BE IMPROVED IN HONG KONG WHERE PEDESTRIAN FLOWS ACROSS THE ROADS WERE VOLUMINOUS.
HE WAS MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE FIXED PENALTY (TRAFFIC CONTRAVENTIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1975 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE BILL SEEKS TO AMEND THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE SO AS TO PERMIT THE DELINEATION OF +CONTROLLED AREAS+ ON BOTH SIDES OF A ZEBRA CROSSING WHERE, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, VEHICLES ARE PROHIBITED FROM STOPPING OR OVERTAKING.
IT ALSO ENSURES THAT THE EXPRESSION +ZEBRA CROSSING+ DESCRIBES PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS DELINEATED UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC (ROAD CROSSING) REGULATIONS.
MR. ROBSON POINTED OUT THAT THIS LEGISLATION WAS MODELLED ON THE UNITED KINGDOM LEGISLATION WHICH HAD PROVED SUCCESSFUL IN IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS ON ZEBRA CROSSINGS.
+THE NEED TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN HONG KONG WHERE PEDESTRIAN FLOWS ACROSS OUR ROADS ARE VOLUMINOUS, HE EXPLAINED, +IS EVEN GREATER THAN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IT IS THEREFORE PROPOSED TO FOLLOW THE UNITED KINGDOM'S EXAMPLE AND INTRODUCE CONTROLLED AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF ZEBRA CROSSINGS IN HONG KONG.+
DEBATE ON THE MOTION WAS ADJOURNED.
IMPORTATION OF WILD AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ANIMALS ******
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUE OF PERMITS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF WILD AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ANIMALS UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (ANIMALS AND BIRDS) ORDINANCE.
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, THE HON. JAMES ROBSON, SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, POINTED OUT THAT AT PRESENT THERE WERE 12 WILD ANIMALS IN HONG KONG, INCLUDING NINE BEARS, ONE JAGUAR, ONE LEOPARD AND ONE ELEPHANT.
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