WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1988
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INSTRUCTORS TO BE ALLOWED TO TEACH LICENCE HOLDERS
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING STEPS TO AMEND REGULATIONS то ENABLE DRIVING INSTRUCTORS TO GIVE LESSONS TO HOLDERS OF VALID DRIVING LICENCES.
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT. THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID THIS THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY} IN REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG.
IN
MR LEUNG SAID THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ROAD TRAFFIC LICENCES} REGULATIONS WOULD BE INTRODUCED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
(DRIVING
COUNCILS HAVE MAIN RESPONSIBILITY FOR ROADSIDE GRASS CUTTING
THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITY LIES WITH THE URBAN
FOR
OF MAINTENANCE
ROADSIDE VERGES COUNCIL IN THE URBAN AREA AND THE REGIONAL
FOR TERRITORIES, THE
DISTRICT SECRETARY TOLD LIAO,
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
NEW ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD
COUNCIL
IN THE
TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
MR LIAO
THE
OF DIVISION
A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHEUNG RESPONSIBILITY AMONG
WAS REPLYING ΤΟ YAN-LUNG WHO HAD ASKED ABOUT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR ROADSIDE GRASS-CUTTING.
THE TWO
COUNCILS WERK RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE
MAINTENANCE
OF
ROADSIDE VEGETATION UP TO FIVE METRES FROM THE EDGE OF GAZETTED ROADS, MR LIAO SAID.
AND THIS. THE AGRICULTURE
FOR MAINTAINING THE
THERE WERB SOME EXCEPTIONS TO
HAD THE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT
RESPONSIBILITY VERGES ALONG ROADS AND PATHWAYS WITHIN COUNTRY PARKS.
THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT
ROADS.
DID THE SAME FOR
ITS ACCESS
AND INSTEAD OF EFFICIENCY
TOLO
THE AND
"ALONG HIGH-SPEED ROADS, SUCH A3 THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAYS, THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT UNDERTAKES THE TASK,
PRIMARILY COUNCIL, REGIONAL
IN THE INTERESTS OF
SAFETY, HE SAID.
"
REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE
OF THE
VERGES ALONG
PASSAGE WAYS, MR LIAO SAID THIS HAD LONG BEEN A PROBLEM.
MOST
OF THESE
PASSAGE WAYS WERE THE PATHS TO VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
NON-GAZETTED
TRADITIONAL.
ACCESS
/"BECAUSE OF