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TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1992
THE TAC WILL DISCUSS THE WORKING GROUP'S DRAFT REPORT AT ITS NEXT MEETING.
THE PUBLIC INCLUDING THE TAXI TRADE WILL BE CONSULTED AGAIN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER BEFORE ANY PROPOSALS WILL BE ADOPTED.
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WITH REGARD TO THE CONGESTION AT THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL, MEMBERS DISCUSSED PROPOSALS TO BUILD MORE FLYOVERS AT BOTH THE KOWLOON AND HONG KONG PORTALS OF THE CHT AND THE POSSIBILITY. OF RESTRICTING USE OF THE TUNNEL TO CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF VEHICLES DURING PEAK
THE
HOURS.
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BE UNDERTAKEN.
FURTHER CONSULTATION WITH THE PARTIES AFFECTED WOULD
MEMBERS WERE IN SUPPORT OF A THREE-MONTH TRIAL SCHEME TO BE LAUNCHED BY THE HK AND YAUMATI FERRY CO. TO REDUCE THE VEHICULAR HARBOUR-CROSSING FARE BY 50 CENTS FROM MID-JULY IN A BID ΤΟ PROMOTE GREATER USE OF VEHICULAR FERRIES.
MEMBERS FELT THE EFFECTS OF SOME OF THE MEASURES WOULD ONLY BE
MARGINAL.
THEY WOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AROUND THE PORTAL AREAS BUT THERE WERE DOUBTS AS TO WHETHER THEY COULD SOLVE THE CONGESTION PROBLEM WHICH WAS DUE LARGELY TO THE FACT THAT THE CHT WAS OPERATING 20 PER CENT ABOVE THE PRACTICAL CAPACITY DURING MOST TIME OF THE DAY.
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE NEEDED TO EXAMINE IN DETAIL THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES.
MEMBERS ALSO NOTED THAT AS PART OF THE PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICES, THE STAR FERRY IS TO ENTER INTO DISCUSSION WITH THE MTRC WITH A VIEW TO INTRODUCING THE COMMON STORED VALUE TICKETS ΤΟ ITS PASSENGERS IN 1994.
IT' ALSO PROPOSED TO INTRODUCE A FOUR-DAY TOURIST TICKET OVERSEAS VISITORS VALID FOR UNLIMITED TRAVEL ON STAR FERRY TRAMWAYS SERVICES.
FOR AND
SIMPLIFIED CONTROL ON LEFT HAND VEHICLES
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THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED A NEW MEASURE TO SIMPLIFY THE EXISTING LICENSING CONTROL PROCEDURES LEFT HAND DRIVE VEHICLES (LHDV).
MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE NEW MEASURE, PROPERLY REGISTERED LADY TRADERS IN HONG COULD APPLY FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE EXISTING CONTROL SCHEME, KNOWN THE DIRECTION ORDER CONTROL SCHEME, PROVIDED THAT THEY SUBMITTED THE DEPARTMENT A MONTHLY RETURN ON THE MOVEMENT OF THEIR VEHICLES.
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