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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1992
NO DECISION WAS TAKEN AS FURTHER
WOULD BE REQUIRED.
MEETING, THE AT
DELIBERATIONS
OF THE ISSUE
THE TAC WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROBLEM OF OVERLOADING GOODS VEHICLES WHICH AFFECTED ROAD SAFETY AND CAUSED SURFACE DAMAGE.
ROAD
AND
100 PER
CENT
NUMBER MEMBERS NOTED THAT THE
OF OVERLOADING SUMMONSES ARRESTS MADE BY THE POLICE LAST YEAR INCREASED BY OVER AND 280 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
FOUR IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE IN EVERY THE POLICE. WAS OVERLOADED.
VEHICLES
INTERCEPTED
BY
ON ROAD DAMAGE, TAC MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT A STUDY AT THE HIGHWAY SHOWED OVERLOADING WOULD BRING FORWARD THE RESURFACING TOLO HIGHWAY BY A FEW YEARS AT AN ESTINATED COST OF $220 MILLION.
TOLO
OF
THEY ALSO NOTED THAT IN SOME COUNTRIES SUCH AS
AND BRITAIN OVERLOADING THAN IN HONG SINGAPORE, THEY HAD STRICTER CONTROL OVER
PROPOSALS KONG. THE BRIEFING WAS TO PAVE WAY FOR A FULL DISCUSSION OF TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM MORE EFFECTIVELY AT THE NEXT TAC MEETING.
YAUMATI INCLUDED ITS
THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO INFORMED OF THE HONG KONG AND FERRY COMPANY'S FORWARD PLANNING PROGRAMME FOR 1992-96 WHICH A ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PROGRAMME AND FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S ASSESSMENT.
-
PUBLIC
THE THEY ALSO NOTED
ARRANGEMENTS BEING TAKEN BY TRANSPORT OPERATORS TO FORM PASSENGER LIAISON GROUPS OR SIMILAR CONSULTATIVE CHANNELS TO ALLOW FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BETWEEN THE COMPANIES AND THEIR PASSENGERS.
1992/93 LAND SALES PROGRAMME
THE GOVERNMENT'S PROVISIONAL LAND SALES PROGRAMME FOR THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR, WILL COMPRISE 29.67 HECTARES INVOLVING 45 SITES WHICH WILL PRODUCE ABOUT 16,500 RESIDENTIAL FLATS, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR BOR POPE, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
MR POPE, WHO HEADS THE LAND ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, WAS ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE SALES PROGRAMME FOR COMMESSION TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
LAND
1992/93 FOLLOWING THE AGREEMENT OF LAND DISPOSAL PROGRAMME SUBMITTED
THE
LAND
BY
THE
/HE SAID