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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1992
PAST WAN.
HE SAID OF THE 44 COMPLAINTS OF NOISE FROM VESSELS RECEIVED THE
WEST YEAR, SIX WERE FROM RESIDENTS OF NORTH TSING VI AND
"THREE SUMMONSES HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND ONE PROSECUTION HAS COMPLETED WITH A FINE OF $5,000 BEING IMPOSED, MR EASON SAID.
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FIXED PENALTY FOR ILLEGAL PARKING IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES
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A BILL THAT SEEKS TO DEAL WITH ILLEGAL PARKING HOUSING ESTATES MORE EFFECTIVELY WAS INTRODUCED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE HOUSING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID THE BILL WOULD EMPOWER THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO MAKE BY-LAWS FOR THE ISSUE OF FIXED PENALTY PARKING TICKETS TO CONTROL PARKING OFFENCES ON ESTATE ROADS.
"UNDER THE FIXED PENALTY (TRAFFIC CONTRAVENTIONS) ORDINANCE, THE FIXED PENALTY TICKET SYSTEM HAS PROVED TO BE A VERY EFFECTIVE MEANS TO DETER INDISCRIMINATE PARKING ON PUBLIC ROADS, MR EASON SAID.
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"THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPOSES TO INTRODUCE A SIMILAR SYSTEM FOR MORE EFFECTIVE CONTROL OVER ESTATE ROADS.**
THE BILL ALSO SOUGHT TO ENABLE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO DELEGATE SOME OF ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS TO OTHER PERSONS IN RELATION TO THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF COMMERCIAL FACILITIES AND CAR PARKS.
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HOWEVER, THE POWERS TO PROSECUTE OFFENDING MOTORISTS AND ΤΟ ISSUE FIXED PENALTY PARKING TICKETS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE EXERCISED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, MR BASON SAID.
FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE BILL WOULD ALSO GIVE EXPRESS POWER TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO APPOINT TRIBUNALS FROM A PANEL TO HEAR TENANCY APPEALS, HE ADDED.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL RADIO EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVE
LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST THE INSTALLATION OF ILLEGAL RADIOCOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT IN TAXIS IS ALREADY EFFECTIVE, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"THE FREQUENCY OF SPOT CHECKS CARRIED OUT BY THE POST OFFICE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE POLICE WILL BE STEPPED UP FURTHER AS RESOURCES PERMIT," SHE SAID.
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