XN000022-1984-12-25 — Page 3

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1984

MR LO SAID THAT THE CONTAINER VEHICLE FLEET IN HONG KONG COMPRISES MAINLY TWO-AXLED TRACTORS AND TWO-AXLED TRAILERS, AND THE MAXIMUM COMBINED WEIGHT OF THE LARGEST OF SUCH VEHICLES PERMITTED UNDER THE LAW IS 34 TONNES. LESSER COMBINED WEIGHTS APPLY TO SMALLER VEHICLES AND THE LIMITS ARE SPECIFIED IN THE ROAD TRAFFIC (CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS.

THE GROSS COMBINED WEIGHTS STATED IN THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS OF CONTAINER TRACTORS MUST NOT BE EXCEEDED, HE SAID.

+ IF EXCEEDED, HOWEVER, APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST THOSE FLOUTING THE LAW. OFFENDERS ARE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS, + MR LO SAID.

+ IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF CONTAINER VEHICLE OPERATORS AND LOCAL AND OVERSEAS SHIPPERS THAT THEY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE LIMITS TO WHICH CONTAINERS COULD BE LOADED IF THEY ARE TO BE CARRIED LEGALLY AND PROMPTLY WITHIN HONG KONG.

+DRIVERS OF CONTAINER VEHICLES MUST ASCERTAIN WHAT LOADS THEY CAN LEGALLY CARRY AND ENSURE THAT THEY DO NOT CARRY CONTAINERS WHICH OVERLOAD THE IR VEHICLES.

+THEY ARE ENTITLED TO REFUSE TO CARRY A CONTAINER UNTIL THEY HAVE SATISFIED THEMSELVES FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE SHIPPER THAT THE WEIGHT OF THE CONTAINER IN QUESTION DOES NOT EXCEED THE LIMITS.+

CULTURAL FACILITIES FOR TSIM SHA TSU1 *******

A +DREAM+ OF THE URBAN COUNCIL WHICH HAS BEEN HELD UP FOR MORE THAN A DECADE WILL SHORTLY COME TRUE.

BUT DESPITE THE DELAY, THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, BELIEVES THAT +GOOD THINGS ARE WELL WORTH WAITING FOR+.

THE +DREAM+ IS NONE OTHER THAN THE IMAGINATIVELY DESIGNED CULTURAL CENTRE IN THE HEART OF TSIM SHA TSUI.

+ INDEED, WHEN IT GOES INTO OPERATION WITH ITS MARVELLOUS RANGE OF VENUES FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, I AM CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WILL FORGIVE THE DELAY AND INSTEAD IMMEDIATELY EMBRACE AND APPRECIATE ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AND ULTRA MODERN AUDITORIA IN THE PACIFIC BASIN,+ HE SAID TODAY.

/MR CHEONG-LEHEN