WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1984
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METERED PARKING SPACE ADEQUATE FOR CARS
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YUE
THE STANDARD 2.5 METRE BY 5 METRE ON-STREET METERED PARK ING SPACE IS, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, SUFFICIENT FOR ALL MAKES OF PRIVATE CARS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON JUSTIN YUE, SAID TODAY.
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP, MR YUE SAID ALSO THAT THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS ON THE SIZE OF A VEHICLE PERMITTED TO USE A METERED PARKING SPACE.
+HOWEVER, IT IS ILLEGAL FOR A PARKED VEHICLE TO PROJECT OVER ANY OF THE LINES MARK ING A SPACE OR TO OCCUPY MORE THAN ONE SPACE, UNLESS THE VEHICLE IS LONGER THAN ONE SPACE.
+A PERSON COMMITTING EITHER OFFENCE WILL BE ISSUED WITH A FIXED PENALTY TICKET, HE SAID.
WHERE MORE THAN ONE SPACE IS OCCUPIED, PAYMENT MUST BE MADE FOR EACH OF THE SPACES OCCUPIED OR PARTIALLY OCCUPIED,
ON THE QUESTION CONCERNING PROVISION OF PARKING PLACES, HE SAID PARKING FOR PRIVATE BUSES AND COACHES WAS CONSIDERED ADEQUATE.
PARKING FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WAS AVAILABLE AT PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STANDS DURING CERTAIN HOURS AND IN GOVERNMENT-OWNED MULTI- STOREY CAR PARKS, AND IT WAS ON THE WHOLE NOT A PROBLEM.
PARKING FOR GOODS VEHICLES, HE SAID, WAS +GENERALLY INADEQUATE+. RECENTLY, HOWEVER, MORE ON-STREET SPACES IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS HAD BEEN DESIGNATED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF GOODS VEHICLES AND NEW TEMPORARY OPEN-AIR LORRY PARKS HAD BEEN PROVIDED.
THE PROBLEM OF GOODS VEHICLE PARKING WAS BEING EXAMINED BY CONSULTANTS AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY INTO THE ECONOMIC AND TRANSPORT ASPECTS OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, CARRIED OUT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES.
THE CONSULTANTS WOULD BE PRESENTING THEIR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS LATER THIS YEAR, MR YUE SAID.
TWO LIQUOR BILLS INTRODUCED ****
THE MAIN OBJECT OF THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984 IS TO PROVIDE, WITH EFFECT FROM FEBRUARY 29, 1984, THE MEANS OF VALUING GOODS FOR DUTY ASSESSMENT PURPOSES, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
+THIS IS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT MY 1984 BUDGET SPEECH PROPOSAL FOR A MODIFIED AD VALOREM SYSTEM OF COLLECTING DUTY ON EUROPEAN-TYPE LIQUORS, OTHER THAN BEER, CIDER AND PERRY, SIR JOHN SAID, IN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL.
/THE AMENDMENTS
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