WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1983
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GOVERNOR AND EXCO MEMBERS LEAVE FOR LONDON
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND EIGHT UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LEFT FOR LONDON THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING FOR FURTHER CONSULTATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
THE EIGHT UNOFFICIALS ACCOMPANYING THE GOVERNOR ON THE TRIP WERE SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, MR ROGER LOBO, MÀ LI FOOK-HO, MR LO TAK-SHING, MR DAVID NEWBIGGING, MISS LYDIA DUNN, MR CHEN SHOU-LUM AND MISS MARIA TAM.
ANOTHER THREE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, MR OSWALD CHEUNG, MR MICHAEL SANDBERG, AND MR LEE QUO-WEI, ARE CURRENTLY AWAY FROM HONG KONG AND WILL JOIN THE GROUP IN LONDON,
THE GOVERNOR AND HIS PARTY WERE SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE.
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NEW ROAD TRAFFIC RULES DUE
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MAJOR REVISIONS IN HONG KONG'S ROAD TRAFFIC LEGISLATION WILL COME INTO EFFECT NEXT AUGUST, MR JAMES SO, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI KAIFONG ASSOCIATION.
THE NEW ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE AND ITS SEVEN SETS OF SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS HAVE TAKEN OVER 10 YEARS TO DRAW UP, HE SAID.
+THE PURPOSES OF REVISING THE OLD ORDINANCE ARE THREE-FOLD, + MR SO ADDED.
FIRST, THEY AIM AT UP-DATING AND REPLACING THE EXISTING ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION, WHICH HAS BECOME OUT-DATED AND IS INADEQUATE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EVER CHANGING PATTERNS OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT IN HONG KONG'S FAST GROWING SOCIETY,
SECOND, THEY ARE DESIGNED TO SIMPLIFY AND TO BETTER INTEGRATE THE MANY DIVERSE PROVISIONS OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC LEGISLATION SO THAT THEY ARE MORE READILY UNDERSTOOD BY THE PUBLIC AND EASIER TO ADMINISTER BY THE AUTHORITIES.
+MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE MANY TRAFFIC SIGNS WHICH CLUSTERED OUR ROADS AND PAVEMENTS WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AND SIMPLIFIED BY USING MORE SYMBOLS AND LESS WORDS, MR SO SAID.
THIRD, AND