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TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1988

MR PANG ADDED THAT THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A PROPER LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS ΤΟ CONTROL UNAUTHORISED PARKING ON PRIVATE ROADS.

THEIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES WOULD BE REGULARISED BY A NEW SET OF REGULATIONS.

THE REGULATIONS WOULD MAINLY COVER THE IMPOUNDING, REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES PARKED IN UNAUTHORISED PLACES ON PRIVATE ROADS, THE CHARGING OF FEES FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES AND THE DISPOSAL OF DETAINED VEHICLES.

HE SAID IT WAS INTENDED THE BILL WOULD BE ENACTED AND THE REGULATIONS MADE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

PROPOSALS IN THE BILL WERE PUT FORWARD BY AN INTER-DEPARTMENtal WORKING GROUP, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED то CONSIDER SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE NOT BEING ENFORCEABLE ON PRIVATE ROADS.

THE MANAGEMENTS OF MAJOR PRIVATE ESTATES, UNIVERSITIES, HOSPITALS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS WERE ALREADY CONSULTED ON THE BILL IN MAY AND SUPPORTED THE PROPOSALS.

DISTRICT OFFICE PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT

IN THE COURSE OF NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT, THE DISTRICT OFFICE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE WHICH IS DYNAMIC IN NATURE AND CHANGES ACCORDING TO NEED, THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN WAN, SAID

THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING.

SPEAKING AT A MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF THE NEW TERRITORIES MR WAN SAID IN THE EARLY STAGE OF NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT, THE MAIN TASK OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE WAS TO CO-ORDINATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND WORK PROGRESS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY WOULD BE COMPLETED IN TIME TO MEET THE NEED OF RESIDENTS THERE.

HOWEVER, AS MORE RESIDENTS MOVED IN, THE DISTRICT OFFICE PLACE EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

WOULD

MR WAN DESCRIBED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS THE ESTABLISHMENT A SOCIETY FORMED BY BOTH INDIGENOUS AND NEW CHARACTERISED BY A SENSE OF MUTUAL AID AND CONCERN.

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INHABITANTS,

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