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IF THE OWNER COULD NOT BE FOUND, OR IF THE SPECIFIED PERIOD EXPIRED WITHOUT ANY REMOVAL OR REPAIRS BEING EFFECTED, THE AUTHORITY THEN REQUESTED THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TO HAVE THE SIGN REPAIRED OR REMOVED.
IN URGENT CASES, THE BUILDING AUTHORITY HAD DELEGATED POWER TO REMOVE DANGEROUS SIGNS IMMEDIATELY.
OWNERS OF ADVERTISEMENT SIGNS WERE ALSO REMINDED IN TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVISORY BULLETINS ISSUED OVER THE RADIO AND TELEVISION THAT THE FASTENINGS AND FRAMEWORK OF SIGNBOARDS WHICH OVERHANG PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES OR SITUATE ON TOP OF BUILDINGS SHOULD BE SECURE, AND THAT ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO THE SIGNS, IF ANY, SHOULD BE CUT OFF AS SOON AS TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 8 WAS HOISTED, HE SAID.
FEWER VEHICLES USE HARBOUR TUNNEL ***
A TOTAL OF 2 676 150 VEHICLES USED THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL IN JUNE THIS YEAR, FOLLOWING THE START OF THE CROSS-HARBOUR (PASSAGE TAX) ORDINANCE ON JUNE 1, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THIS FIGURE WAS DOWN FROM THE 3 285 858 VEHICLES USING THE TUNNEL IN MAY.
THE TOTAL COMPRISED THE FOLLOWING, WITH THE MAY FIGURES IN BRACKETS: 1 967 621 PRIVATE CARS AND TAXIS (2 465 685), 109 368 MOTORCYCLES (140 286), 57 591 LIGHT BUSES AND DUAL-PURPOSE VEHICLES (61 381), 37 633 SINGLE-DECKER BUSES (38 548), 111 591 DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES (116 565), AND 392 346 GOODS VEHICLES (463 393).
MR SCOTT WAS GIVING THE DETAILED FIGURES AS REQUESTED BY THE HON PETER POON.
THE DAILY AVERAGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES USING THE TUNNEL IN JUNE WAS 89 205, DOWN FROM THE AVERAGE OF 105 994 IN MAY, MR SCOTT SAID.
THIS WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO THE FOLLOWING, WITH THE MAY FIGURES IN BRACKETS: 65 587 PRIVATE CARS AND TAXIS (79 538) 3 646 MOTORCYCLES (4 525), 1 920 LIGHT BUSES AND DUAL-PURPOSE VEHICLES (1 980), 1 254 SINGLE-DECKER BUSES (1 243), 3 720 DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES (3 760), AND 13 078 GOODS VEHICLES (14 948).
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