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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1993
"ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF UNSERVICEABLE
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ABANDONED, HE SAID.
VEHICLES ARE
MR LEUNG SAID THREE DEPARTMENTS WERE INVOLVED IN THE DISPOSAL OF ABANDONED VEHICLES.
AS WELL AS OFFERING A FREE DISPOSAL SERVICE AT ITS TWO CAR SURRENDER CENTRES, THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ALSO MONITORS THE ACTIVITIES OF A CAR-CRUSHING YARD OPERATED BY A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR, WHERE ABANDONED VEHICLES ARE DELIVERED FOR SCRAPPING.
FOR VEHICLES ABANDONED ON GOVERNMENT LAND, THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT REQUIRES OWNERS TO MOVE THEM BY A CERTAIN DATE, BEYOND WHICH THE VEHICLES ARE TOWED AWAY. VEHICLES ABANDONED ON PUBLIC ROADS ARE HANDLED BY THE POLICE IN A SIMILAR WAY.
MR LEUNG SAID THE SUGGESTION THAT OWNERS BE REQUIRED TO PROVE THAT THEIR VEHICLES HAD BEEN PROPERLY DISPOSED OF IF THEY DID NOT RENEW THEIR VEHICLE LICENCE HAD BEEN CONSIDERED BEFORE.
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'HOWEVER, NON-RENEWAL OF A VEHICLE LICENCE DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DISPOSED OF. FOR EXAMPLE, THE OWNER COULD BE ABSENT FROM HONG KONG FOR A LONG TIME OR THE VEHICLE MAY BE UNDER REPAIR.
"TO ESTABLISH THE REASONS FOR NON-RENEWAL OF A LICENCE IN RACH CASE WOULD REQUIRE TIME-CONSUMING INVESTIGATION WHICH IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM,'
HE ADDED.
MEASURES IN PLACE TO AVERT POLICE SUICIDES
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NUMBER OF MEASURES ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP PREVENT POLICE OFFICERS FROM RESORTING TO SUICIDE, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HUANG CHEN-YA, MR ASPREY SAID COURSES ON STRESS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WERE OFFERED TO POLICE OFFICERS AS PART OF THEIR TRAINING.
OFFICERS ARE ALSO GIVEN ADVICE ON HOW TO IDENTIFY SUICIDAL TENDENCIES AMONG THEMSELVES, THEIR COLLEAGUES AND THEIR SUBORDINATES, HE SAID.
POLICE OFFICERS, OR THEIR FAMILIES, WHO REQUIRE COUNSELLING CAN OBTAIN IT FROM THE WELFARE "OFFICERS AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN THE FORCE.
"EARLY INTERVENTION IS EMPHASISED, BEFORE THE PROBLEMS DEVELOP TO SUCH EXTENT THAT THEY COULD LEAD TO SUICIDE.
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