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WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989
HE SAID THAT
THE
BY-LAWS
COVERED
CONTROL THE
OF
TRAFFIC, TYPES
OF
PAYMENT OF TOLLS AND PROHIBITION AND RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES IN THE ROAD TUNNEL AREA.
REGULATORY
MOTORISTS WHO CONTRAVENED THOSE BY-LAWS, WHICH WERE IN NATURE, WERE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $2,000 ON CONVICTION, HE ADDED.
TUNNEL OFFENDERS MAY PLEAD GUILTY BY LETTER * * * * *
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PASSED
PERSON CHARGED WITH ENABLING A
OFFENCES UNDER THE (GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS TO PLEAD GUILTY BY LETTER.
TO AMEND
THE THIRD
A RESOLUTION ROAD TUNNELS
MAGISTRATES MICHAEL
THE
HON THE
A MOTION
ΤΟ SCHEDULE ORDINANCE WAS MOVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, LEUNG.
FOR A
ΤΟ DEFENDANT
PLEAD
AT PRESENT THE ORDINANCE PROVIDED GUILTY BY LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE MAGISTRATE FOR AN OFFENCE UNDER LION ROCK TUNNEL REGULATIONS, WHICH HAD BEEN REPEALED AND REPLACED THE ROAD TUNNEL (GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, MR LEUNG SAID.
THE BY
HOWEVER, THE SCHEDULE HAD NOT BEEN REVISED ACCORDINGLY.
MR LEUNG SAID THE PRESENT SITUATION WAS NOT SATISFACTORY AS INCREASED PUBLIC INCONVENIENCE, ADMINISTRATIVE COST AND COURT TIME.
IT
BY SCHEDULE
REFERRING IT WAS THEREFORE PROPOSED TO AMEND THE
THE REPEALED TO THE ROAD TUNNELS (GOVERNMENT) REGULATIONS INSTEAD OF ONES AND THEREBY COVER ALL
TUNNELS AND FUTURE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE "PLEAD-GUILTY-BY-LETTER" ARRANGEMENT.
EXISTING
LIMITATION ON FLB NUMBERS CONTINUES
A MOTION TO EXTEND THE LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES UNTIL JUNE 20, 1991 WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE MOTION, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID THAT THE EXISTING LIMIT OF 4,350 PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WAS ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL ON JUNE 10, 1986.
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