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EDUCATION THE PERIOD AND REPORT OF THE FUND UNDER THE ORDINANCE
THE BILL SOUGHT TO AMEND SECTION 10(3) OF THE POLICE
BY THREE MONTHS AND WELFARE TRUST ORDINANCE TO EXTEND WITHIN WHICH THE ANNUAL AUDITED STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS THE TRUSTEE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF MUST BE TABLED IN THE LEGCO.
DEBATES ON THE BILLS WERE ADJOURNED.
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REVIEW ON PUBLIC VEHICLE DRIVER MEDICAL CHECKS
OF PRACTICES ELSEWHERE HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE DRIVERS, HON MICHAEL LEUNG,
THE GOVERNMENT IS CONDUCTING A REVIEW CONCERNING MEDICAL CHECKS FOR BUS AND THE SECRETARY FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TRANSPORT,
THE
THIS EXERCISE WAS PART OF
A REGULAR REVIEW OF
MEASURES, MR LEUNG SAID.
QUESTION
TOLD
THE
ROAD SAFETY
ON WHETHER THE RESPONSE ΤΟ THE PUBLIC VEHICLES
IN REPLY TO THE HON CHUNG PUI-LAM'S GOVERNMENT WOULD INTRODUCE LEGISLATIVE MEASURES IN RECOMMENDATIONS OF A CORONER'S COURT THAT DRIVERS OF HAVE TO
MEDICAL EXAMINATION WHEN UNDERGO ANNUAL
OF RECOMMENDATIONS PRESCRIBED AGE, MR LEUNG SAID THE COURT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT OF THAT REVIEW.
THEY THE
REACH A CORONER'S
AGE, CERTAIN
TO PRODUCE
CERTIFYING
THERE WAS MEDICAL THEIR
HE SAID LAST YEAR THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED WHETHER
REQUIRE
COMPANIES A NEED TO
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
ABOVE A CERTIFICATES FOR EMPLOYEES FITNESS TO DRIVE.
EMPLOYED
HAVING REGARD TO THE ROAD ACCIDENT RECORDS OF DRIVERS
AND THE MANAGEMENT BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMPANIES, THEIR AGE PROFILE, AND CONTROLS ALREADY IMPOSED BY THESE COMPANIES IN TERMS OF RETIREMENT AGE
CONCLUDED GOVERNMENT
THAT IT AND MEDICAL CHECKS, MR LEUNG SAID THE
STATUTORY MEDICAL WAS NOT NECESSARY TO RECOMMEND THE INTRODUCTION OF CHECKS.
CARRYING OUT
SAFETY PRACTICES
BUT, AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S REGULAR REVIEW OF ROAD
A REVIEW OF MEASURES, THE GOVERNMENT ELSEWHERE ON THIS MATTER, HE ADDED.
WAS
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