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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1987
CONSULTANTS APPOINTED TO STUDY TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
THE GOVERNMENT HAS APPOINTED COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES AND PLANNING INTERNATIONAL (CSPI), A HIGHLY REGARDED CONSULTANCY FIRM OF INTERNATIONAL STANDING, ΤΟ UNDERTAKE THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DEVELOPMENT STUDY ORDERED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN JULY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN COMMENTED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT CSPI HAD THE NECESSARY BREADTH OF EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE TO UNDERTAKE THIS WIDE-RANGING STUDY, WHICH WOULD COVER SUCH ISSUES AS THE BENEFITS OF COMPETITION, POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON CONSUMERS AND DISRUPTION ΤΟ THE PUBLIC.
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"CSPI WILL BE FIELDING A HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEAM TO UNDERTAKE THE STUDY WHICH WILL BE HEADED BY THE COMPANY'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, CHARLES JONSCHER, HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE CONSULTANCY WOULD TAKE ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND WOULD PROVIDE A SOUND BASIS ON WHICH THE GOVERNMENT COULD DETERMINE THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL BEST SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) BILL GAZETTED
A BILL SEEKING TO MAKE IT AN OFFENCE FOR ANYONE WHO PERMITS A MOTOR VEHICLE TO BE DRIVEN BY AN UNLICENSED DRIVER IS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
ELABORATING ON THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO.2) BILL 1987, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT UNDER SECTION 42(3) OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, IT IS AN OFFENCE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE OWNER ΤΟ ALLOW HIS VEHICLE TO BE DRIVEN BY A PERSON WHO DOES NOT HOLD A DRIVING LICENCE OF THE CLASS TO WHICH THE VEHICLE BELONGS.
"HOWEVER, THIS PROVISION DOES NOT COVER THE SITUATION WHERE A PERSON OTHER THAN THE VEHICLE OWNER PERMITS AN UNLICENSED DRIVER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IN THAT CASE, NEITHER THE OWNER NOR THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY PERMITTED THE DRIVING COMMITS AN OFFENCE.
"AS IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THE LIABILITY FOR THE OFFENCE SHOULD LIE WITH THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY GIVES THE PERMISSION, THE BILL SEEKS TO EXTEND THE LIABILITY FOR THIS OFFENCE 90 THAT IT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE REGISTERED VEHICLE OWNER," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
/THE BILL