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PARKING RESTRICTIONS

AT THE SAME MEETING THE REPRESENTATIVES ALSO OBJECTED TO NEW ROAD TRAFFIC (PARK ING) REGULATION 7 WHICH REQUIRES TRAILERS TO BE ATTACHED TO TRACTORS IF PARKED ON ANY ROAD. THEY COMPLAINED THAT INSUFFICIENT PARKING SPACE WAS PROVIDED FOR CONTAINER VEHICLES AND AS THERE ARE MORE TRAILERS THAN TRACTORS SOME TRAILERS WOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PARKED ON THEIR OWN. THE GOVERNMENT SIDE EXPLAINED THAT THE NEW REGULATION WAS DIRECTED AT ALL TRAILERS, NOT JUST CONTAINER TRAILERS AND THAT ITS OBJECT WAS TO PREVENT THE INDISCRIMINATE PARK ING OF TRAILERS WHICH NOT INFREQUENTLY POSED A HAZARD TO PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE MEANS OF TOWING THEM AWAY. IN ADDITION, EXPLANATION WAS PROVIDED OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUING EFFORTS TO MAKE MORE LAND AVAILABLE FOR CONTAINER VEHICLE PARKING.

CONTAINER PORT ROAD

THE REPRESENTATIVES ASKED THAT THE RECENTLY IMPOSED URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTION ON THE CONTAINER PORT ROAD BE RESCINDED AS SOME DRIVERS NEEDED TO STOP THE IR VEHICLES IN THE ROAD TO COLLECT SHIPPING DOCUMENTS FROM THE CONTAINER TERMINALS. THE GOVERNMENT SIDE EXPLAINED WHY THE RESTRICTION HAD BEEN INTRODUCED AND NOTED THE REPRESENTATIVES' SUGGESTION THAT SEVERAL PARKING SPACES FOR PRIVATE CARS AND TAXIS BE DESIGNATED NEAR THE TERMINAL ENTRANCES SO THAT SPECIAL DELIVERY MESSENGERS COULD GAIN EASY ACCESS TO

THEY UNDERTOOK THE TERMINALS FOR COLLECTING SHIPPING DOCUMENTS. TO SEEK A PRACTICAL SOLUTION WITH ALL CONCERNED.

VEHICLE EXAMINATION

THE REPRESENTATIVES ASKED WHETHER THE RE-EXAMINATION OF CONTAINER VEHICLES BY THE VEHICLE EXAMINATION DIVISION OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT FOR LICENSING PURPOSES COULD BE CARRIED OUT AT TWO YEAR INTERVALS INSTEAD OF ANNUALLY AS THE LACK OF GARAGE FACILITIES IN HONG KONG MEANT THAT THE PREPARATION OF THE CONTAINER VEHICLES FOR INSPECTION OF TEN TOOK THE VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD FOR AS LONG AS TWO MONTHS AT A TIME. THE GOVERNMENT SIDE REPLIED THAT THE REQUEST WOULD BE CONSIDERED.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

THE REPRESENTATIVES ALSO COMPLAINED THAT LOADED CONTAINER VEHICLES WERE SOMETIMES DETAINED BY THE POLICE FOR MINOR INFRINGEMENTS OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (CONSTRUCTION AND USE) REGULATIONS

THE WITHOUT ALLOWING THE GOODS BEING CARRIED TO BE UNLOADED. GOVERNMENT SIDE AGREED TO AND HAS ALREADY PASSED ON THIS COMPLAINT TO THE POLICE.

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