WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1993
MEASURES AGAINST ILLEGAL CAR RACING
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THE POLICE USE TRAFFIC PATROLS, RADAR SPEED DETECTORS AND ROAD AS WELL AS SPECIAL UNDERCOVER, SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS AND
BLOCKS, OTHER SPECIAL OPERATIONS TO COUNTER ILLEGAL CAR RACING.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM KUI – SHING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SINCE JANUARY 1990, THE POLICE HAVE MADE 143 ARRESTS FOR THE OFFENCE OF MOTOR RACING UNDER SECTION 55 OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, MR ASPREY SAID.
HE SAID A TOTAL OF 38 PEOPLE HAD BEEN CONVICTED UNDER THIS SECTION WITH PENALTIES RANGING FROM A FINE OF $1,500 TO IMPRISONMENT OF SEVEN MONTHS.
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"ARISING FROM THESE ARRESTS THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN PROSECUTIONS CONVICTIONS FOR RECKLESS DRIVING AND DRIVING IN EXCESS OF THE SPEED LIMIT," HE ADDED.
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HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT KEEP STATISTICS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, OR DEATHS OR CASUALTIES CAUSED ILLEGAL CAR RACING.
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"EXCESS SPEED HAS BEEN A FACTOR IN SOME 13 PER CENT OF ALL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING INJURIES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
"HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION OF SUCH ACCIDENTS HAVE INVOLVED CAR RACING, MR ASPREY SAID.
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GOVT ENCOURAGES CHINA EXCHANGE VISITS
THE GOVERNMENT
WILL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE BETWEEN OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF CHINA AND SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL (WEDNESDAY).
EXCHANGE VISITS HONG
THE KONG, SZE, SAID TODAY
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BARROW A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR SZE SAID THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT PRESCRIBE THE NUMBER OF VISITS THAT TOOK PLACE EACH YEAR, AS MUCH THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS.
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"HOWEVER, WR EXPECT THE NUMBER OF VISITS IN 1993 TO BE COMPARABLE TO THE NUMBER IN 1992, HE SAID.
BROADLY
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LAST YEAR, 354 GROUPS OF HONG KONG OFFICIALS VISITED CHINA 136 GROUPS OF CHINESE OFFICIALS VISITED HONG KONG.
AND
IT IS DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PURE EXCHANGE VISITS AND BUSINESS TRIPS: FOR
ARE EXAMPLE, CROSS-BORDER LIAISON MEETINGS
SAID. SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY EXCHANGE VISITS AND VICE-VERSA, MR SZE
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