WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989
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STUDY OFFERS OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING TRAFFIC SITUATION
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A WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING TRAFFIC UP TO 2001 ARE BEING ANALYSED UNDER THE SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY AND WILL BE SET OUT FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION IN A GREEN PAPER TO BE ISSUED LATER THIS YEAR.
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO FROM THE HON JAMES TIEN.
MR TIEN HAD ASKED IF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER OF FREEZING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLES BY CATEGORIES LEVELS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL MORE ROADS WERE BUILT.
SAID THIS A QUESTION
THE
OPTION
AT CURRENT
MR LEUNG SAID HE WOULD ARRANGE FOR MR TIEN'S SUGGESTION TO BE EXAMINED BY THE STUDY TEAM.
NO PLANS TO BAN SALE OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS TO PEOPLE UNDER 18
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLANS AT PRESENT TO PROHIBIT THE SALE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS BY RETAIL OUTLETS TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AS THE PROBLEM OF ALCOHOLISM AMONG THESE PEOPLE IS NOT SERIOUS.
THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON T.H. CHAU, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SO CHAU YIM-PING, MR CHAU SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S IMPRESSION, WHICH WAS SHARED BY THE POLICE, WAS THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT ALCOHOLISM WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AMONG PERSONS UNDER 18.
THIS IMPRESSION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S WORK WITH FAMILIES THROUGH ITS FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES.
THE DEPARTMENT'S STATISTICS SHOWED THAT IN THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD BETWEEN 1983-84 AND 1987-88, OUT OF A TOTAL OF 41,900 CASES REFERRED BY THE COURTS FOR SOCIAL ENQUIRY REPORTS, ONLY 61 PERSONS, OR 0.145 PER CENT, WERE CHARGED WITH THE OFFENCE OF "DRUNKENNESS AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT".
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OUT OF A TOTAL OF 13,172 CASES PUT ON
PROBATION DURING THE
SAME PERIOD, ONLY 20 CASES, OR 0.15 PER CENT, INVOLVED THIS OFFENCE.
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