WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1983
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BOARDS BEING CONSULTED ON ERPS
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ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PILOT ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING SCHEME WAS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC FULLY AND TO ASSESS HOW DRIVERS AND THE PUBLIC WOULD REACT TO A FULL SCHEME, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSULTING DISTRICT BOARDS ON THE MATTER AND AN INFORMATION PAPER ON THE SCHEME HAD BEEN SENT TO THE BOARDS, MR SCOTT SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PAULINE NG.
MR SCOTT SAID THAT SO FAR, FOUR BOARDS HAD DISCUSSED THE PAPER, EITHER AS FULL BOARDS OR IN THE IR TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEES.
+THE NEED TO TACKLE CONGESTION AND THE NECESSITY FOR MEASURES TO RESTRAIN PRIVATE CARS, BALANCED BY IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND IN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ARE GENERALLY ACCEPTED,+ MR SCOTT POINTED OUT.
BUT HE ADDED, IT WOULD REGRETTABLY NOT YET BE CORRECT TO SAY THAT EVERYONE IS PERSUADED OF THE VIRTUES OF ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING AS THE MOST ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING THIS.+
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REFUSE CHAMBERS TO BECOME MANDATORY
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REGULATIONS WHICH WILL REQUIRE NEARLY ALL NEW BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS TO INCLUDE PLANS FOR REFUSE STORAGE CHAMBERS SHOULD HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINTS AND IMPROVE HYGIENE.
THIS WAS SAID TODAY BY THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM THE HON ANDREW SO WHO ASKED WHAT WAS THE POSITION REGARDING THE PREPARATION OF LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE THE CHAMBERS IN NEW MULTI-STOREYED BUILDINGS,
MR BARNES SAID THAT A BILL HAS BEEN DRAFTED TO AMEND THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE TO ENABLE THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL TO MAKE REGULATIONS RELATING TO MANDATORY PROVISION OF SUCH FACILITIES IN NEW MULTI-STOREYED BUILDINGS AND IT WAS INTENDED THAT THE AMENDMENT BILL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN EARLY 1984.
IN ADDITION, AND FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION, HE SAID, REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN DRAFTED TO REQUIRE ALL NEW BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, TO INCLUDE PLANS FOR REFUSE STORAGE CHAMBERS IN WHICH ALL REFUSE FROM THE BUILDINGS MAY BE STORED PENDING COLLECTION.
+THE INTENTION IS TO MINIMISE THE NUMBER OF ON-STREET COLLECTION POINTS AND TO IMPROVE THE HYGIENE CONDITIONS IN MULTI-STOREYED DEVELOPMENTS, SAID MR BARNES.
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