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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1974.
REGULAR INSPECTION OF ALL VEHICLES PLANNED
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THE GOVERNMENT HOPES TO CARRY OUT ANNUAL INSPECTION ON ALL VEHICLES ABOVE A CERTAIN AGE WHEN SUFFICIENT INSPECTION CENTRES MANNED BY QUALIFIED STAFF ARE AVAILABLE.
THIS WAS STATED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY BY THE HON. JAMES ROBSON, SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. SZETO WAI WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHEN LEGISLATION WOULD BE ENACTED TO PREVENT UNROADWORTHY VEHICLES FROM BEING ON THE ROADS.
MR. ROBSON POINTED OUT THAT EXISTING ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS ALREADY PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION OF VEHICLES BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT BUT, DUE TO THE LIMITED RESOURCES AVAILABLE, REGULAR INSPECTIONS WERE AT PRESENT LIMITED TO PUBLIC VEHICLES.
INSPECTIONS, HE SAID, ARE INTENDED TO ENSURE A VEHICLE'S ROAD WORTHINESS AND ITS COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS.
+IT IS HOPED THAT IT MAY BE POSSIBLE EVENTUALLY TO INSPECT POSSIBLY ALL VEHICLES ABOVE A CERTAIN AGE AT REGULAR PERIODS AS OFTEN AS ONCE A YEAR, BUT IT WILL BE SOME TIME BEFORE SUFFICIENT INSPECTION CENTRES, MANNED BY QUALIFIED STAFF, ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS,+ MR. ROBSON SAID.
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DISPLAY POSITION OF BUS ROUTE NUMBERS
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. JAMES ROBSON SUGGESTED TODAY THAT ROUTE NUMBERS FOR BUSES MIGHT BE MORE USEFUL TO WAITING PASSENGERS IF DISPLAYED ON THE NEAR SIDE OF THE BUSES RATHER THAN AT THE BACK OF THE VEHICLES.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM THE HON. JOYCE SYMONS AS TO WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ASK THE BUS COMPANIES TO DISPLAY THE NUMBER OF THE ROUTE ON THE BACK AS WELL AS THE FRONT OF BUSES.
MR. ROBSON POINTED OUT THAT EXISTING LEGISLATION ALREADY REQUIRED THAT THE DRIVER AND THE CONDUCTOR OF A BUS DISPLAY THE ROUTE NUMBER BOTH AT THE FRONT AND THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE.
THE MATTER WOULD BE TAKEN UP WITH THE TWO BUS COMPANIES, HE SAID, AND THE NEED FOR THIS LEGAL REQUIREMENT WOULD BE RE-EXAMINED, BEARING IN MIND THE WIDESPREAD INTRODUCTION OF ONE-MAN-OPERATED BUSES.
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