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Wednesday, January 3, 1973
OVERALL TRANSPORT POLICY FOR 70's AND 80's
Bill Will Improve Traffic Situation
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The Financial Secretary, the Hon. C.P. Haddon-Cave, today cited
three elements which he considered vital for Government's overall transport
policy for the Seventies and Eighties.
These are:
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the expansion of Hong Kong's network of roads and rail and water links.
the improvement of public transport facilities, and
* the optimisation of use of road space.
In moving the second reading of the Road Traffic (Amendment) (No. 2)
Bill 1973 in the Legislative Council, Mr. Haddon-Cave stressed: "In the
increasingly crowded conditions on Hong Kong, it is becoming more and more
necessary for a high and courteous standard of driving to be maintained at
all times and for the perpetrators of traffic offences to be brought to justice."
He added the Government hoped that the new provisions contained in
the Bill would go some way towards improving the situation in this respect.
The Financial Secretary said the element concerning the optimisation
of use of road space involved three aspects.
"First, the restraint of private transport so as to accord priority
to those vehicles which are the most efficient passenger carriers in relation
to road use.
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