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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1990
ELECTRIC VEHICLES NOT YET COMMERCIALLY VIABLE
FOR SECRETARY COUNCIL TODAY
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AT THE PRESENT STAGE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT ARE NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE FOR GENERAL
THE USE, TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE (WEDNESDAY).
SAID
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM PROF THE HON C.K. POON, MR LEUNG THAT WHILE THE USE
OF THESE VEHICLES WOULD RESULT IN ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS,
WERE PRACTICAL LIMITATIONS TO THEIR WIDER USE IN HONG KONG.
THERE
CAPITAL COST,
REQUIRING
THE
KONG'S
AN TRAFFIC
THE LIMITING FACTORS INCLUDED THEIR HIGH NEED FOR FREQUENT RE-CHARGING OF THE BATTERIES, THUS INTENSIVE NETWORK OF RE-CHARGING FACILITIES, AND HONG AND TOPOGRAPHICAL LIMITATIONS.
MUCH FOR THE LONGER TERM,
WOULD DEPEND ON THE ABILITY OF VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS ΤΟ DEVELOP HIGH CAPACITY, TECHNOLOGICALLY EFFICIENT AND COMMERCIALLY
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS ATTRACTIVE. ALTERNATIVES TO VEHICLES POWERED BY CONVENTIONAL FUELS.
VIABLE
ALREADY
PROVIDED
LEGISLATION MR LEUNG SAID THAT PRESENT THE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN HONG KONG.
FOR
THERE WERE 34 ELECTRIC VEHICLES REGISTERED MAINLY FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES, SUCH AS FORKLIFT TRUCKS AND INDUSTRIAL TRACTORS.
NO INDICATION OF INCREASE IN USE OF FORGED TRAVEL PAPERS
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THERE IS NO INDICATION OF ANY RECENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF HONG KONG PEOPLE USING FORGED OR ILLEGALLY OBTAINED TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON ROSANNA TAM, 46 SUCH CASES HAD BEEN DISCOVERED DURING EXAMINATIONS AT CONTROL POINTS IN 1989, COMPARED WITH 84
SAID
1988.
TOLD THE
MR ASPREY PASSENGER CASES IN
ALL SUCH CASES WERE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED WITH A VIEW TO PROSECUTION, AS WERE ALL RELATED REPORTS OF SYNDICATES ENGAGED IN
THE FORGERY OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, OR OF THE PAYMENT OF BRIBES TO OBTAIN OR EXPEDITE THE ISSUE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.
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'ALL THE INFORMATION WHICH WE HAVE ON SUCH CASES SUGGESTS THAT THOSE WHO PURCHASE FORGED TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, OR DOCUMENTS TO WHICH THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED, ARE FULLY AWARE THAT THEY ARE ACTING IMPROPERLY.
"IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE IS NO QUESTION OF THE GOVERNMENT PROTECTING PEOPLE WHO SUFFER ANY FINANCIAL LOSS THROUGH PURCHASING SUCH DOCUMENTS," HE SAID.
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