TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1988
TALKS ON DEFENCE COSTS AGREEMENT TO RESUME
THE
FOURTH ROUND OF
NEGOTIATIONS ON THE DEFENCE COSTS IN HONG AGREEMENT WILL RESUME
KONG ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY
25), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
EARLIER
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FOURTH ROUND HAD BEEN ADJOURNED TO ALLOW THE TWO SIDES TO CONSULT THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS. HE SAID HE EXPECTED THE TALKS TO LAST SEVERAL DAYS.
MORE TICKETS ISSUED FOR SPEEDING
POLICE ACTION AGAINST EXCESSIVE SPEEDING WAS HEIGHTENED IN 1987 WITH DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF OFFENCES BEING TICKETTED FOR EXCEEDING THE LIMIT BY OVER 30 KILOMETRES AN HOUR.
A TOTAL OF 4,524 FIXED PENALTY (MOVING) OFFENCE TICKETS WERE 155UKD POR EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT BY MORE THAN 30 KMH (A RISE OF 102.6 PER CENT), WHILE 494 WPRE PENALISED FOR DRIVING 45 KMH OVER THE LIMIT (UP 126.6 PFR CENT).
OR MORE
THESE TWO CATEGORIES
ATTRACT FIVE AND FIGHT DRIVING OFFENCE
POINTS RESPECTIVELY.
IN HIS ANNUAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT REPORT 1987, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, TRAFFIC, MR PEDRO CHING, NOTES THAT THE DREVENG OFFENCE POINTS SYSTEM IS NOW PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN ROAD SAFETY, WITH 2.214 DRIVERS ALREADY SUSPENDED, 12 OF THEM FOR THE SECOND TIME.
THERE ARE ALSO 15,848 DRIVERS HAVING ACCUMULATED 10 OR MORE POINTS, AN 85 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE FIGURE FOR 1986.
THE NUMBER OF SEAT BELT PROSECUTIONS DECREASED FROM 20,771 ΤΟ 13,170, OR 36.6 PER CENT. THIS FOLLOWS A DROP OF 29.7 PER CENT JN 1986, AND SUGGESTS A GENERAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE MOTOR ING PUBLIC THIS SAFETY PRECAUTION.
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THE NUMBER OF SUMMONS OFFENCES ALSO DECREASED, MAINLY DUE TO A POLICY OF VERBAL WARNINGS BEING GIVEN TO PEDESTRIANS INSTRAD OF SUMMONS ACTION BRING TAKEN.
IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS, TOGETHER WITH PEDESTRIANS OWN AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS THEY FACE, HAS ALSO PLAYED ITS PART.
HOWEVER, IT SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN THAT PEDESTRIAN NEOLIGENCE IS STILL ONE OF THE GREATEST CAUSATIVE FACTORS IN ACCIDENTS, THE REPORT POINTS OUT.
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