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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1993
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MR MACLEOD SAID IF A VALUE FOR MONEY AUDIT ON LEGAL COSTS WERE TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT, HE WOULD EXAMINE PROCEDURES TAKEN BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHETHER THEY ADEQUATE AND WHETHER THERE WAS ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THEM.
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HE SAID THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT DID NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE ESTABLISH WHETHER LOSSES OF COURT CASES RESULTED FROM ERRORS OR FAILURES OF A LEGAL NATURE.
CLOSED ROAD PERMIT SYSTEM WORKS WELI,
THE CLOSED ROAD PERMIT SYSTEM AT THE THREF BORDER CROSSINGS ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT TO SPECIFY WHICH CROSSING POINT SHOULD BE USED BY A PARTICULAR VERICLE, THUS HELPING TO SPREAD THE TRAFFIC
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY MR MICHAEL LEUNG, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR LEUNG SATD THE PRESENT PERMIT SYSTEM SIMPLE AND THERE WAS NO NEED TO CHANGE IT IN OPENING OF THE GUANGZHOU/SHENZHEN SUPERHIGHWAY.
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HE SAID THE OPENING HOURS OF THE BORDER CROSSING POINTS ADJUSTED
WERE TO MEET CHANGING TRAFFIC DEMANDS, SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT WITH THE CHINESE SIDE AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE NECESSARY RESOURCES.
HE SAID THE RECENT ARRANGEMENT OF ADVANCING THE OPENING TIME OF ALL BORDER CROSSINGS TO 7 AM AND EXTENDING THE CLOSING TIME AT MAN KAM TO AND LOK MA CHAU TO 10 PM HAD HELPED
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"TRAFFIC DEMANDS ARE KEPT UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW AND WHEN THE SITUATION WARRANTS IT, FOR EXAMPLE BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE GUANGZHOU/SHENZHEN HIGHWAY, WE WILL CONSIDER WHETHER AND HOW TO EXTEND FURTHER THE OPENING HOURS, HE SAID.
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ON PLANS TO INCREASE THE THROUGHPUT OF THE THREE VEHICLE BORDER CROSSINGS, MR LEUNG SAID MAN KAM TO AND SHA TAU KOK CROSSING WERE ALREADY OPERATING AT CAPACITY,
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'SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES AND AGREEMENT THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, MORE PROCESSING KIOSKS CAN BE BROUGHT USE AT LOK MA CHAU TO INCREASE ITS THROUGHPUT STILL FURTHER,
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