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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1977
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GOVT CONCERN OVER MOTORCYCLE HIRING
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THE GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIRING OUT OF MOTORCYCLES AND INTEND TO EXAMINE THE PROBLEMS WHICH MAY ARISE IN DECIDING WHETHER SUITABLE CONTROLS OVER THE TRADE ARE NECESSARY AND COULD BE EFFECTIVELY ENFORCED.
THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY WHEN REPLYING TO QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE HON. ROGER LOBO.
MR. JONES ALSO SAID THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE FEARED THAT SOME OF THE THIRD PARTY INSURANCE POLICIES TAKEN OUT BY ESTABLISH- MENTS HIRING OUT MOTORCYCLES MIGHT NOT PROVIDE EFFECTIVE COVER IN THE EVENT OF ACCIDENTS, AS REQUIRED UNDER A SECTION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES INSURANCE (THIRD PARTY RISKS) ORDINANCE.
+HE IS SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE ON THIS QUESTION AND, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT EXISTING LEGISLATION IS NOT ADEQUATE TO MEET THE PROBLEM, SUITABLE AMENDMENTS WILL BE SOUGHT,+ MR. JONES SAID.
THE SECRETARY SAID, HOWEVER, THAT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE EFFECTIVELY TO ENSURE THAT ALL PERSONS WHO HIRED MOTORCYCLES WERE HOLDERS OF DRIVING LICENCES, BUT ANYONE WHO RODE A MOTORCYCLE ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY WITHOUT A FULL OR PROVISIONAL LICENCE WAS COMMITTING AN OFFENCE.
+SUCH OFFENDERS, IF THEY ARE FOUND BY THE POLICE IN RANDOM CHECKS, OR THROUGH COMMITTING SOME OTHER OFFENCE OR BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, ARE PROSECUTED IN COURT, HE SAID.
GOVT SEEKS ADVICE ON PROTECTION OF COMPUTER INFORMATION
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY ASKED FOR GUIDANCE ON THE PROTECTION OF PRIVACY OF COMPUTER-STORED INFORMATION FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHERE WHITE PAPERS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ON THE SUBJECT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
SIR DENYS WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION RAISED BY THE HON. S.L. CHEN WHO ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAD ANY PLANS TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO GOVERN PERSONAL INFORMATION KEPT IN COMPUTER BANKS, BOTH TO FACILITATE ACCESS BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO INFORMATION RELATING TO HIMSELF AND TO RESTRICT ACCESS BY OTHER PERSONS TO SUCH INFORMATION.
SIR DENYS SAID THE HONG KONG COMPUTER SOCIETY HAD RECENTLY APPOINTED A PRIVACY LEGISLATION SUB-COMMITTEE AND HAD UNDERTAKEN TO FORWARD ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT IN DUE COURSE.
+WHEN THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONSIDER WHETHER LEGISLATION IS DESIRABLE, HE SAID.
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