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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1986
MR MACPHERSON SAID THERE WERE 820 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING BICYCLES IN 1984 AND 460 IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF LAST YEAR.
*ARISING FROM THESE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, 234 PROSECUTIONS WERE TAKEN AGAINST CYCLISTS IN 1984 AND 172 IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1985,+ HE SAID.
THERE WERE 3 808 PROSECUTIONS AGAINST CYCLISTS NOT INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN 1984 AND 8 096 IN THE FIRST MONTHS OF 1985, + HE ADDED.
THIRD UNIVERSITY PROPOSALS BEING EXAMINED *****
THE GOVERNMENT IS EXAMINING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE ON THE POSSIBLE ACADEMIC PROFILE AND ORGANISATIONAL ASPECTS PERTAINING TO THE THIRD UNIVERSITY, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NEIL HENDERSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR HENDERSON SAID PROPOSALS WOULD VERY SHORTLY BE SUBMITTED TO THE EDUCATION COMMISSION AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR THEIR ADVICE,
+A PLANNING COMMITTEE WOULD THEN BE ESTABLISHED TO PLAN AND OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROJECT,+ HE SAID.
ON THE PROPOSED SITE FOR THE NEW UNIVERSITY, MR HENDERSON SAID A NUMBER OF SUITABLE SITES HAD BEEN EARMARKED, ALL OF WHICH WERE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+THE PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL HAVE, UNDER ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE CHOICE OF THE MOST SUITABLE SITE WHEN THE TYPE AND SIZE OF THE NEW INSTITUTION HAS BEEN DECIDED.
+ THE FINAL SELECTION OF THE SITE IS NOT LIKELY TO BE MADE FOR SOME TIME,+ MR HENDERSON ADDED.
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