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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1992
THE
JUNCTION.
THE CAMERA IS MOUNTED ON A POLE OVERSEEING DETECTORS ARE LAID AT SUITABLE DISTANCE BEYOND THE STOP LINE SENSORS ARE LINKED WITH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNAL ASPECTS.
THE
AND
THE
THE CAMERA WILL BE SET TO A STANDBY MODE ONLY DURING THE RED PHASE OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT SIGNAL CYCLE. VEHICLES WILL BE SPOTTED BY THE DETECTORS AS THEY PASS THE STOP LINE AND IGNORED THE RED LIGHT,
IF A VEHICLE IS DETECTED DURING THIS PERIOD, THE CONTROL WILL IMMEDIATELY TRIGGER THE CAMERA ΤΟ TAKE CONSECUTIVELY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VEHICLE.
UNIT
TWO
THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS WILL SHOW THE OFFENDING VEHICLE IN AND THE RED SIGNAL LIGHT ASPECT,
MOTION
OTHER KEY INFORMATION SUCH AS TIME, DATE, LOCATION AND OF THE OFFENDING VEHICLE WILL ALSO BE PRINTED ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
SPEED
THE PHOTOGRAPHS WILL PROVIDE A HARD EVIDENCE FOR THE POLICE PROSECUTE THE "RED-LIGHT RUNNERS",
ΤΟ
IF A SECOND CAR VIOLATES THE SIGNAL BEFORE THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PRECEDING CAR HAS BEEN SHOT, PHOTOGRAPHS WILL THEN BE TAKEN.
THE THIRD AND
SECOND FOURTH
THE ALL-WEATHER SYSTEM IS OPERATIONAL ROUND-THE-CLOCK.
MR CHING SAID THE SYSTEM WAS NOT INTENDED AS A MOTORISTS AS LONG AS THEY OBSERVE THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. OFFENDERS SPOTTED BY THE SYSTEM WOULD BE PROSECUTED.
FIRE SERVICES PUBLICISES ITS PERFORMANCE PLEDGF
TRAP TO HOWEVER,
THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY} PERFORMANCE PLEDGE WHICH MADE IT CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC THE STANDARDS
ANNOUNCED ITS ITS FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES,
OF
SERVICES,
PART OF THE BY THE GOVERNOR
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE MR LAM CHEK-YUEN, SAID THE PERFORMANCE PLEDGE FORMED *SERVING THE COMMUNITY SCHEME, WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS IN OCTOBER.
IT COVERS THE RESPONSE TO FIRE CALLS AND EMERGENCY CALLS, AND COMPLAINTS ON FIRË BAZARDS OR DANGEROUS GOODS.
AMBULANCE
ON FIRE CALLS INVOLVING BUILDINGS, MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT STANDARD RESPONSE TIME FOR BUILT-UP
THE AREAS IS SIX REMOTE AREAS OR ISOLATED DEVELOPMENTS FROM NINE TO 23 MINUTES.
MINUTES AND FOR
HE SAID.
"IN 1991, WE MET 82.3 PER CENT of THESE CALLS WITHIN RESPONSE TIME AND FOR 1992/93, OUR TARGET IS TO RAISE IT CENT,
TO 85
THIS PER
/TURNING TO