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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1988

MR BARNES

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FIRE FIGHTING

HAD SEVEN DEPARTMENT SERVICES THE FIRE SAID

AND EQUIPMENT RESCUE CARRIED VESSELS WHICH DEPARTMENT ALSO HAD FIVE TEAMS OF FIVE DIVERS AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME.

THE

THE TERRITORY "THE TEAMS ARE DEPLOYED ON LAND THROUGHOUT HAVE A LIMITED UNDERWATER RESCUE CAPABILITY IN WATER UP TO 15 DEEP," HE SAID.

AND

METRES

MR BARNES POINTED OUT THAT THE ROYAL NAVY

STANDARDS TO THE HIGHEST WHICH WAS TRAINED

IT ALSO HAD UNDERWATER WORK INCLUDING RESCUE. CUTTING EQUIPMENT.

HAD

UNIT A DIVING

RANGE OF WIDE IN A SPECIALIST UNDERWATER

"THE DIVING UNIT CAN BE AVAILABLE IN ABOUT

HE ADDED. THEY ARE NOT DEPLOYED ON OTHER TASKS,

ONE HOUR PROVIDED

HAD

EQUIPMENT NO

WHICH

MR BARNES SAID THE MARINE DEPARTMENT COULD BE USED IN SUCH ACCIDENTS.

ORGANISATIONS

OPERATE SPECIALISED · ON TO ASSIST BUT THIS IS

HE ADDED.

"A NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL SALVAGE EQUIPMENT WHICH COULD BE CALLED EQUIPMENT DESIGNED FOR SALVAGE RATHER THAN RESCUE WORK,

TRAFFIC SIGNS PROVIDED TO HELP DRIVERS

**

TO USE THE ROADS TOLD THE

TRAFFIC SIGNS ARE PROVIDED TO HELP DRIVERS SAFELY, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE SIGNS ALSO SERVED TO

CONTROL THE EFFECTIVE

USE OF THE

ROADS.

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP, SO PLACED AS ASSURED HER THAT NO TRAFFIC SIGNS WERE EVER DRIVERS.

MR LRUNG TO "TRAP"

WHICH

THE POOR

EXTENT TO "NO STUDIES HAVE BEEN MADE OF THE LOCATION OF SIGNS IS A CONTRIBUTARY FACTOR TO THEIR CONTRAVENTION.

WELL ESTABLISHED SYSTEM PROPERLY, HE

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"THIS WAS BECAUSE THERE IS ALREADY A TO ENSURE THAT TRAFFIC SIGNS ARE DISPLAYED AND LOCATED SAID.

ROAD SIGNS AND THAT MR LEUNG SAID FOLLOWED INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND USAGE.

MARKINGS

IN HONG KONG

/STANDARDS AND