WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1983
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CAR REPAIR OPERATIONS *****
COORDINATION OF EFFORT AND A UNIFIED APPROACH TO THE INTRACTABLE PROBLEM OF CAR REPAIRING OPERATIONS IN URBAN RESIDENTIAL AREAS WERE THE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE RESULTS, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DAVID AKERS-JONES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT DESIGNATING SINGLE AUTHORITIES, WHICH CUT ACROSS DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES, WAS THE CORRECT AND MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO HANDLE THE MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF A PARTICULAR PROBLEM.
MR AKERS-JONES WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHARLES YEUNG ON WHETHER GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER DESIGNATING A SINGLE AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER THE RULES APPLICABLE TO CAR REPAIRING OPERATIONS.
+1 HAVE A GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR STREET MANAGEMENT AND FOR TRYING TO BRING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE GENERAL PROVISION AND CONTROL OF CAR REPAIR WORKSHOPS, HE SAID.
+OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AUTHORITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY, THE CLEANLINESS, THE REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS AND THE COMPLIANCE WITH LEASE CONDITIONS OF CAR REPAIR WORKSHOPS.+
CONTRACT HIRE CARS
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HOLDERS OF CONTRACT HIRE CAR PERMITS, IN THE COURSE OF OBTAINING THE IR PERMITS, ARE PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE PENALTIES FOR ILLEGALLY SOLICITING FOR HIRE AND THE POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF VEHICLE LICENCES, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT, SAID TODAY.
THERE REMAIN FOR CONSIDERATION ILLEGAL +PAK PAI+ OPERATORS, WHO ARE LIABLE TO SUSPENSION OF THEIR VEHICLE LICENCES IN ADDITION TO THE IMPOSITION OF A FINE BY WAY OF FIXED PENALTY, OR BY WAY OF CONVICTION BY A COURT AFTER THE ISSUE OF A SUMMONS, MR SCOTT SAID.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON F.K. HU AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THERE WERE 134 SUCH SUSPENSIONS OF VEHICLE LICENCES SINCE APRIL 1, 1982. OF THESE, FOUR FOLLOWED UPON THE ISSUE OF FIXED PENALTY TICKETS: THE REMAINDER FOLLOWED UPON SUMMONS AND CONVICTION.
ON THE LARGER ISSUE OF GENERAL PUBLICITY THERE WERE MANY MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS WHICH RATED PRIORITY IN TERMS OF LIMITED RESOURCES AND THE ABSORPTION CAPACITY OF THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.
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