WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991
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FIXED PENALTY COURT COSTS TO BE INCREASED
THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON PETER TSAO, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SOUGHT TO INCREASE THE COURT COSTS PAYABLE UNDER THE FIXED PENALTY (TRAFFIC CONTRAVENTION) ORDINANCE FROM $70 TO $125.
MOVING THE FIXED PENALTY (TRAFFIC CONTRAVENTIONS) (AMENDMENT) RESOLUTION 1991, MR TSAO TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT INFLATION HAD GIVEN RISE TO THE NEED FOR THE INCREASE IN THE COURT COSTS то MAINTAIN THEIR VALUE IN REAL TERMS.
"AT PRESENT, UNDER SECTION 20B OF THE ORDINANCE, A PERSON 19 ALLOWED TO DISCHARGE LIABILITY FOR A TRAFFIC CONTRAVENTION, DESPITE THE INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM, BY PAYING DOUBLE FIXED PENALTY TOGETHER WITH A SUM OF $70 BY WAY OF COURT COSTS AT LEAST 72 HOURS BEFORE A COURT APPEARANCE.
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COURT COSTS, HE ADDED, WERE REGULATORY FEES AND WERE BASED ON THE NEED TO ENFORCE PAYMENT OF THE FIXED PENALTIES CONCERNED,
MR TSAO POINTED OUT THAT THESE FEES WERE LAST REVISED IN 1984.
FOR IDENTICAL REASONS, HE ALSO MOVED THE FIXED PENALTY (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS} (AMENDMENT) RESOLUTION 1991 SEEKING AN INCREASE IN THE COURT COSTS PAYABLE UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE FIXED PENALTY (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) ORDINANCE FROM $70 TO $125.
BOTH RESOLUTIONS WERE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
CURFEW HOURS NOT AFFECTED BY ALTERNATIVE FLIGHT ROUTEING
TO ENABLE CIVIL AVIATION TO AVOID OVERFLYING THE GULF AREA DURING THE RECENT HOSTILITIES A NUMBER OF AIRLINES HAVE BEEN USING A NEW ALTERNATIVE ROUTEING FROM HONG KONG ΤΟ EUROPE OVER CHINA, MONGOLIA AND THE USSR, ON A CONTINGENCY BASIS.
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON ELIZABETH BOSHER, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON DANIEL TSE.
ALTHOUGH THE FLIGHT TIME ON THIS ROUTEING WAS SLIGHTLY SHORTER THAN THAT OF THE EXISTING ROUTEINGS, MRS BOSHER SAID IT HAD NOT GIVEN RISE TO A SITUATION WHERE FLIGHTS HAD TAKEN OFF OR LANDED DURING CURFEW HOURS AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BECAUSE THE AIRLINES CONCERNED HAD RE-SCHEDULED THE ARRIVAL TIMES OF THEIR FLIGHTS TO EUROPE.
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