TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1989
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MEMBERS NOTED THAT A SEPARATE ROAD DRIVING TEST FOR LGV'S COMMENCED IN JUNE. AS AT THE END OF JUNE, 153 CANDIDATES HAD TAKEN THE ROAD TEST WITH 1,034 CANDIDATES WAITING FOR THE TEST.
MEANWHILE, DRAFT LEGISLATION ON EXTENDING THE PRIVATE CAR INSPECTION SCHEME TO LGV'S NOT EXCEEDING A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OF 1.9 TONNES AND IMPOSING STRICTER CONTROL ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF VAN TYPE LGV'S WAS BEING PREPARED. IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS FOR APPROVAL WITHIN THIS YEAR.
IT WAS PROPOSED THAT LGV'S SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL AN EFFECTIVE PROTECTION PARTITION BETWEEN THE SEATING AREA AND THE GOODS COMPARTMENT, AND THAT NO SIDE WINDOWS SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN THE COMPARTMENT.
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MEASURES TO CURB THE USE OF LGV'S AS PRIVATE CARS WERE BEING CONSIDERED. THESE WOULD BE FINALISED HAVING REGARD TO PUBLIC VIEWS EXPRESSED DURING THE CONSULTATION OF THE GREEN PAPER ON TRANSPORT POLICY IN HONG KONG.
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FIFTH MEETING OF PROVISIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
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THE PROVISIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY {PHA) HELD ITS FIFTH MEETING TODAY (TUESDAY AND REVIEWED THE PROGRESS OF WORK OF ITS VARIOUS COMMITTEES SINCE THE LAST MEETING HELD ON MAY 9.
"IT MUST NOT BE ASSUMED THAT LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE BY THE PHA SINCE THE LAST MEETING WAS HELD TWO MONTHS AGO," THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PHA, SIR S. Y. CHUNG, SAID.
"ON THE CONTRARY, A GREAT DEAL OF WORK HAD BEEN ACHIEVED BY THE SEVEN COMMITTEES AND THEIR WORKING GROUPS DURING THIS PERIOD.
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SIR S. Y. ELABORATED ON THE WORK OF THE PHA IN THE PAST TWO
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HAVING AGREED ON THE OVERALL ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (HA) AND THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE THREE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS (I.E. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AND SECRETARY GENERAL), THE AUTHORITY STRUCTURE COMMITTEE PROCEEDED TO CONSIDER THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE SUPPORTING THE THREE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS, ++ SIR S. Y. SAID.
THE COMMITTEE HAD ALSO HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS ON THE DELINEATION OF REGIONAL BOUNDARIES AND CONCLUDED THAT THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES SHOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED INITIALLY IN ORDER TO FACILITATE A SMOOTH CHANGE OVER TO THE NEW HA STRUCTURE. IT WILL REMAIN FOR THE AUTHORITY, WHEN FORMED, TO REVIEW THIS SUBJECT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OPERATIONAL NEEDS UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM. THE FUNCTIONS AND COMPOSITION OF REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES HAD ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED.
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