- 4.
"At present, certain class of vehicles, such as medium and heavy goods vehicles, are prohibited from using the offside lane of an expressway where there are three or more traffic lanes open for use in the same direction.
"The amendment regulation seeks to lift this restriction in the situation where the nearside lane of an expressway is designated as a bus lane," the spokesman said.
He said the amendment also called for a new provision to provide that where the nearside lane was designated as a bus lane, a driver other than bus driver would be required to drive in the lane immediately to the right of the bus lane.
"He should also move back, after overtaking other vehicles or merging with one or more traffic lanes or diverging from other traffic lanes, to the lane immediately to the right of the bus lane," he said.
End/Friday, March 24, 1995
Personal Communications Services Licensing
The Telecommunications Authority, Mr Alexander Arena, announced today (Friday) that 14 proposals had been received from consortia interested in operating Personal Communications Services (PCS) in Hong Kong. Most of these consortia had local and overseas partners.
"I am glad to see such an enthusiastic response from the telecommunications industry. This shows that both local and overseas investors have great confidence in the development of the telecommunications industry and the future of Hong Kong," Mr Arena said.
"We are looking for proposals which offer the best value-for-money for
consumers.