WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1992
THE TYPES OF
INCLUDED VIDEO CONDITIONERS.
TYPICALLY GOODS
RECORDERS, CASSETTE
SMUGGLED INTO CHINA BY AND COMPUTERS, CAMERAS
LAND
AIR
HE SAID THERE
WERE TWO
INCIDENTS LAST YEAR WHEN VEHICLES BEING DIRECTED ΤΟ THE
CROSSING IN TO CHINA DROVE STRAIGHT ON AFTER CUSTOMS INSPECTION AREA IN HONG KONG.
THE VEHICLES WERE DIRECTED BACK TO HONG
AUTHORITIES, HE ADDED.
KONG BY THE
CHINESE
TO HAVE BEEN THE RESULT
OF
HE SAID THE INCIDENTS APPEARED MISUNDERSTANDINGS, AS NO CONTRABAND WAS FOUND IN EITHER CASE.
BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINESE
AND POINTS,
I WOULD NOT EXPECT
ARISE IN FUTURE,"
"THERE IS CLOSE CO-OPERATION CUSTOMS AT THE VEHICULAR CROSSING PROBLEMS OF THE TYPE ENVISAGED IN THE QUESTION TO MR ASPREY SAID.
APPROVAL NEEDED FOR DISPLAY OF SIGNBOARDS
APPLICATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS TO PUT UP PUBLICITY SIGNBOARDS FOR THEIR OFFICES AT PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THEIR CONSTITUENCIES ARE CONSIDERED AND PROCESSED IN THE SAME WAY AS OTHER APPLICATIONS FOR PUTTING UP SIGNBOARDS IN PUBLIC PLACES.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING (WEDNESDAY).
AND
TODAY
KAM-
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON GILBERT LEUNG HO, MR
BARNES SAID IN CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION, FACTORS SUCH AS OBSTRUCTION TO THE PUBLIC, TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE COMMERCIAL CONTENT OF THE SIGNBOARDS WERE ALSO TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
MR BARNES SAID AN APPLICATION WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE TO THE RELEVANT DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER IF THE SIGNBOARDS WERE PROPOSED TO BE PUT ON GOVERNMENT LAND.
HE
*HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION, APPROVAL BY THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS OR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED," SAID.
MR
BARNES SAID THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER WOULD ONLY APPROVE NON-COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING INVOLVING THE DISPLAY OF BANNERS OR POSTERS HIGHWAY STRUCTURES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, SUCH AS TRADE FAIRS AND FESTIVALS.
ON
"WHERE THERE MAY BE POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO TRAFFIC OR VIEW OF TRAFFIC, THE POLICE AND THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL BE CONSULTED," HE SAID.
MR BARNES SAID APPLICATIONS FOR PUTTING UP SIGNBOARDS NORMALLY TAKE SOME SIX WEEKS TO PROCESS.
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