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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1986
+THIS IS ACHIEVED BY INSERTING INTO THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE AN INTERPRETATION PROVISION DEFINING DOCUMENT' AND 'RECORD' WIDELY ENOUGH TO INCLUDE COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND MICROFILM,+ MR CHAN SAID.
+THIS WILL ENABLE REGULATIONS TO BE MADE FOR THE KEEPING OF RECORDS ON COMPUTER.+
HE SAID COMPUTERISATION OF LAND REGISTRATION RECORDS WOULD ENABLE THE LAND OFFICE TO PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC BY SIMPLIFYING SEARCH PROCEDURES AND REDUCING THE SEARCH TIME TAKEN.
IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A MORE COST EFFICIENT AND LESS LABOUR INTENSIVE RECORD SYSTEM.
+THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THIS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED FUNDS TO COMPUTERISE LAND REGISTRATION RECORDS,+ MR CHAN SAID.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE COMPUTERISATION PROGRAMME WOULD START IN NOVEMBER 1986 AND BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 1988.
+WHEN COMPLETED, IT IS EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE AN ANNUAL SAVING OF ABOUT $6 MILLION ÎN STAFF COSTS AND $1.3 MILLION IN ACCOMMODATION COST, MR CHAN SAID.
PUTTING RIGHT TRAFFIC LAW ANOMALY WELCOMED
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ASKED TO WIDELY AND CLEARLY PUBLICISE THE NEW SYSTEM OF SPEEDING PENALTIES IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE SAFE DRIVING AND TO DETER THE WOULD-BE SPEEDER.
THIS CALL WAS MADE BY THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DURING THE RESUMED DEBATE OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1986 AND THE ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING-OFFENCE POINTS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986.
MR CHENG, CONVENER OF A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AD HOC GROUP STUDYING THE TWO BILLS, WELCOMED THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTION IN INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO PUT RIGHT A SERIOUS ANOMALY IN THE LAWS RELATING TO THE OFFENCE OF SPEEDING.
HE SAID THE REMOVAL OF THE MANDATORY DISQUALIFICATION AND RETEST FROM THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE AND THE ACCOMPANYING AMENDMENTS TO THE DRIVING-OFFENCE POINTS ORDINANCE WOULD PRODUCE A FAIRER AND MORE CONSISTENT SYSTEM OF PENALTIES.
/MR CHENG