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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986

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IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN

MR JEAFFRESON SAID THAT RELEVANT ORDERS AND INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY DISTRICT AND DIVISIONAL COMMANDERS WERE BEING RE-EXAMINED TO ENSURE THAT ANY POSSIBILITY OF MISUSE OF HANDCUFFS WAS KEPT TO A MINIMUM.

HE EXPLAINED THAT THE POLICE GENERAL ORDERS PROVIDED GUIDANCE ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE USE OF HANDCUFFS WAS, OR WAS NOT, CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE.

+WITHIN THESE GUIDLINES A POLICE OFFICER HAS TO MAKE HIS

OWN JUDGEMENT IN EACH CASE,+ MR JE AFFRE SON SAID.

+LOOKING AT ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES HE MUST SATISFY HIMSELF THAT THE USE OF HANDCUFFS IS A NECESSARY MEASURE OR A REASONABLE PRECAUTION TO SECURE THE SAFE CUSTODY OF A PERSON UNDER ARREST.+

DESIGN STUDY TO START ON TUNNEL ALIGNMENT

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A PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDY WILL BEGIN SHORTLY TO IDENTIFY THE PRECISE ALIGNMENT FOR A PROPOSED FUTURE TUNNEL LINK BETWEEN YUEN LONG AND TSUEN WAN. ANTICIPATED TO BE REQUIRED BY THE MID TO THE LATTER HALF OF THE 1990'S.

FURTHER STUDIES WILL ALSO BE MADE OF THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THIS LINK AND THE URBAN AREA THROUGH TSING YI AND KWA! CHUNG.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON DAVID LAN, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON F.K. HU ON PLANS TO IMPROVE THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

MR LAN POINTED OUT THAT THE BACKBONE TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES ITSELF WOULD BE THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD LINK THE MAJOR BUILT-UP AREAS IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN.

+CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SYSTEM COMPRISING 23 KILOMETRES OF TRACK, IS WELL UNDER WAY, HE SAID. +THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE SERVICE IN 1988.

MR LAN SAID THE NEXT FEW YEARS WOULD ALSO SEE SIGNIFICANT FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF BOTH PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.

JOR HIGHWAYS