WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1976
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PLB STANDS IN CLEARWAY AREAS
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PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STANDS ARE BEING PROVIDED IN CLEARWAY AREAS TO HELP RELIEVE CONGESTION AND REDUCE ACCIDENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS FROM THE HON. S. L. CHEN, MR. JONES SAID THESE STANDS WERE PROVIDED EITHER ON ADJACENT SIDE STREETS OR, WHERE POSSIBLE, OFF STREET, TO FACILITATE THE PICKING UP AND SETTING DOWN OF PASSENGERS.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT AGREED THAT THE IRREGULAR STOPPING OF PLB'S IN HEAVY TRAFFIC DID CONTRIBUTE TO CONGESTION, AND PROBABLY TO ACCIDENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE MAIN COMMUTER CORRIDORS DURING PEAK HOURS.
+FOR THIS AND OTHER REASONS, CLEARWAYS ARE BEING INTRDOUCED ON SELECTED ROUTES ON WHICH THE STOPPING AND PARKING OF VEHICLES WILL BE LIMITED TO OFF-PEAK PERIODS,+ HE SAID,
MR. JONES POINTED OUT THAT ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC WAS THAT THEY COULD STOP ON DEMAND TO PICK UP OR LET DOWN PASSENGERS.
+TO MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR THEM TO STOP ONLY AT FIXED STOPPING PLACES WOULD NOT ONLY REMOVE THIS ATTRACTION AND REDUCE THE FLEXIBILITY OF THEIR SERVICES, BUT WOULD ALSO BE UNNECESSARY
IN MANY AREAS, HE ADDED.
MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOLS
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LEGISLATION IS NOW BEING DRAFTED TO REGULATE MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, HE SAID THAT OFFICIALS CONCERNED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE DRAFTING INSTRUCTIONS WERE ALIVE TO THE DESIRABILITY OF ACHIEVING A BALANCE BETWEEN TWO ASPECTS.
+ON THE ONE HAND THERE IS A NEED TO PREVENT THE RUNNING AND ORGANISATION OF, AND THE TRAINING IN, SUCH SCHOOLS BEING IN THE HANDS OF UNDESIRABLE ELEMENTS,+ HE SAID.
+ON THE OTHER WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE HEALTHY RECREATIONAL SIDE OF THESE POPULAR AND TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES,+ HE ADDED.
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