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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1984

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HIGHER CHARGES FOR OFFENDING MOTORISTS

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THE HOUSING (TRAFFIC) BY-LAWS WERE AMENDED TO BRING THEM INTO LINE WITH THE NEW PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE ROAD TRAFFIC (PARKING) REGULATIONS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON DONALD LIAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

MOVING A MOTION ON THE HOUSING (TRAFFIC) (AMENDMENT) BY-LAWS 1984, HE SAID THE AMENDMENTS PROVIDED FOR, AMONG OTHER THINGS, INCREASED CHARGES FOR THE IMPOUNDING, REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES ILLEGALLY PARKED ON RESTRICTED ROADS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

THE NEW CHARGES WERE:

* FOR IMPOUNDING A VEHICLE

* FOR REMOVING A VEHICLE

* FOR STORING A VEHICLE

$140 (FROM $50);

$200 (FROM $110) ↑

$50 (FROM $35) FOR EACH DAY

AFTER THE FIRST DAY DURING WHICH THE VEHICLE IS DETAINED.

EXPERIENCE HAD SHOWN THAT THE OLD CHARGES WERE TOO LOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE DETERRENT TO OFFENDING MOTORISTS, HE SAID.

MR LIAO SAID THE MAIN AMENDMENTS INCLUDED THE ABANDONING OF THE CONCEPT OF +NO WAITING+ AND REPLACING IT WITH NO PARKING+, AS WELL AS THE ADOPTION OF NEW SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGS.

ALSO INCLUDED WERE AN INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR VARIOUS OFFENCES FROM $500 TO $2 000, AND THE INTRODUCTION OF SOME DEFINITIONS, OFFENCES AND OTHER PROVISIONS BASED ON THE ROAD TRAFFIC (PARKING) RÉGULATIONS, HE ADDED.

MORAL EDUCATION ON COURSE ******

THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THAT HE WAS ENTIRELY SATISFIED THAT THE STRATEGY FOR MORAL EDUCATION EXPLAINED THROUGH THE GUIDELINES ISSUED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS BEING SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED.

+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAMMES OF ACTIVITIES NOW BEING PROVIDED FOR SCHOOLS WILL HELP TO STRENGTHEN AND CONSOLIDATE THIS STRATEGY, HE ADDED,

MR LEUNG WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RITA FAN ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MORAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS SINCE THE GUIDELINES ON MORAL EDUCATION WERE ISSUED THREE YEARS AGO.

/THE PURPOSE

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