WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1984
+WE ARE IN SOME DANGER OF FALLING UNDER GOVERNMENT BY EXPERTS WHICH IS AS BAD IN ITS WAY AS GOVERNMENT BY DEMAGOGUES, + HE ADDED.
HE DISAGREED WITH THE ARGUMENT THAT TAXIS WERE NO LONGER ESSENTIAL BECAUSE ONLY SEVEN PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE SURVEYED SAID THAT THEY USED TAXIS FOR URGENT PURPOSES.
+PLAYING ABOUT WITH NAMES DOES NOT SEEM TO ME TO BE ANY MORE CONVINCING,+ HE ADDED.
+WHETHER WE CALL IT PUBLIC TRANSPORT OR PERSONALISED PUBLIC TRANSPORT, WE CANNOT GET AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND DESIRABLE FOR A GREAT MANY MORE.+
HE BELIEVED THAT THE RELIANCE ON TAXIS HAD INCREASED AND WOULD BE INCREASING AS MORE AND MORE PRIVATE CARS WERE BEING TAXED OFF THE ROADS.
+WHILE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THERE IS SCOPE FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT MIXTURE, I DO NOT THINK WE WOULD GET IT RIGHT IF WE APPROACH IT FROM THIS WE KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU EVEN IF YOU DON'T' POINT OF VIEW,✦ HE STRESSED.
REFERRING TO THE PUBLICATION BY A NEWSPAPER OF THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT'S SPEECH IN FULL AND THE EDITOR'S COMMENTS THAT 'IN THESE TIMES, WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN, THE SMALL PRINT TENDS TO BE IGNORED AND GUT REACTIONS WIN THE DAY', MR WU SAID THAT RAISED THE IMPORTANT QUESTION OF PRACTICAL GOVERNMENT.
+ IS IT SERIOUSLY SUGGESTING THAT IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT A PIECE OF GOVERNMENT POLICY THE MAN IN THE STREET HAS GOT TO READ A 4 000 WORD SPEECH COMPLETE WITH STATISTICAL TABLES AND FOOTNOTES, HE ASKED.
+THE HONG KONG MAN-IN-THE-STREET IS NOT THE FIRST AND WILL NOT BE THE LAST TO IGNORE THE SMALL PRINT AND TO REACT FROM THE GUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN HIS LIVELIHOOD IS INVOLVED,+ HE WARNED.
+ IT IS THE DUTY OF ADMINISTRATORS TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THEY INTRODUCE NEW POLICIES AND DO NOT BELIEVE THEY DID SO SUFFICIENTLY ON THIS OCCASION, HE SAID.
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