WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1982
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WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ON KING'S ROAD TO BENEFIT DURING NEXT STAGE
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WESTBOUND TRAFFIC WILL BENEFIT WHEN THE NEXT STAGE OF THE NEW KING'S ROAD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME IS COMPLETED, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY). THE NEXT STAGE WILL INVOLVE THE RELOCATION OF TRAM TRACKS BETWEEN WING HING STREET AND JAVA ROAD, AND WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED EXTRA ROAD SPACE FOR WESTBOUND TRAFFIC, MR SCOTT SAID.
WORK ON THIS WILL BEGIN IN AUGUST AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
MR SCOTT POINTED OUT THAT THE FLOW OF EASTBOUND TRAFFIC, PARTICULARLY BUSES, HAS BEEN IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE FIRST STAGE OF THE SCHEME WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION ON JULY 2.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON F.K. HU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WHETHER THERE HAD BEEN ANY IMPROVEMENT IN WESTBOUND TRAFFIC FLOW ON KING'S ROAD UNDER THE SCHEME.
BILL TO REMOVE DOUBT ABOUT TV LICENCES
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THE TELECOMMUNICATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1982, INTENDED TO REMOVE DOUBTS RELATING TO THE VALIDITY OF CERTAIN LICENCES GRANTED BY THE TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITY, WAS READ A SECOND TIME AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON D.G. JEAFFRESON.
EXPLAINING THE BILL, MR JEAFFRESON NOTED THAT IN 1973, THE TELECOMMUNICATION REGULATIONS WERE AMENDED WITH THE INTENTION OF EMPOWERING THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT BROADCAST RELAY STATION AND CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION LICENCES.
HOWEVER, THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE TELECOMMUNICATION REGULATIONS (DEALING WITH LICENCES) WAS NOT AMENDED TO INCLUDE THESE LICENCES, THEREBY RAISING DOUBTS AS TO THE LEGAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AMENDMENTS, HE SAID.
+TO REMOVE ANY DOUBTS, THE TELECOMMUNICATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1982 VALIDATES ANY SUCH LICENCES THAT THE AUTHORITY HAS GRANTED.
+THE OMISSION OF THESE TWO CLASSES OF LICENCES FROM THE FIRST SCHEDULE HAS BEEN RECTIFIED BY THE TELECOMMUNICATION (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1982, MR JEAFFRESON SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.