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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1988
USERS
MR LEUNG SAID THE ROAD
CODE WHICH PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE TO ROAD USERS, ALSO ADVISED DRIVERS TO KEEP THE LEFT EXCEPT WHEN OVERTAKING.
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SPECIFIC ADVICE WAS GIVEN TO DRIVERS OF MEDIUM AND HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES, BUSES, COACHES AND VEHICLES WITH A TRAILER NOT TO DRIVE IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE OF A THREE-LANE CARRIAGEWAY UNLESS EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES PREVAILED.
SUCH ADVICE WAS TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENTS, HE ADDED.
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REGULARLY THROUGH RADIO AND
MINIMAL ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS IN WATER CONTROL ZONE
THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE IN TOLO HARBOUR HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE MINIMAL.
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON JAMES TIEN.
MR BARNES SAID IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE WAS INITIALLY CONFINED TO TOLO HARBOUR, DECLARING IT A CONTROL ZONE, TO ASSESS ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS BEFORE EXTENDING IT TO COVER OTHER AREAS.
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AS A RESULT OF THE ASSESSMENT, THE GOVERNMENT HAD RECENTLY DECLARED THE SOUTHERN WATER CONTROL ZONE, WHICH COVERED SOUTH LANTAU AND SOUTH HONG KONG, AND WOULD IMPLEMENT THE ORDINANCE THERE NEXT APRIL, MR BARNES SAID.
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"IN EARLY 1989, WE INTEND TO DECLARE
CONTROL ZONES IN JUNK BAY AND PORT SHELTER. AND THEREAFTER, WE WILL STEADILY DECLARE ALL REMAINING ZONES OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, HE ADDED.
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MR BARNES ALSO SAID THE ADMINISTRATION PLANNED TO TIGHTEN UP CONTROLS IN THE EXISTING LAW.
"ITS PROPOSALS WILL INCLUDE A REDUCTION IN THE LEVEL OF EXEMPTION FOR EXISTING INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS WHEREBY DISCHARGES ARE AT PRESENT PERMITTED ΤΟ INCREASE IN QUANTITY OR CONCENTRATION OF POLLUTANTS BY UP TO 30 PER CENT BEFORE THE EXEMPTION BECOMES INVALID AND A LICENCE MUST BE SOUGHT, HE SAID.
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THE PROPOSALS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE IMPOSITION OF A REQUIREMENT TO CONNECT SEWERAGE OUTFALLS TO PUBLIC SEWERS WHERE THEY EXISTED.
"I AM AIMING TO FINALISE PROPOSALS FOR AN AMENDING BILL BY MID-1989, HE ADDED.
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