XN000022-1989-01-18 — Page 17

16

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1989

HONG

THE HEIGHT AND DESIGN OF THE

SOCIETY'S

AND PARAPETS FOR THE EXISTING COMPLIED WITH

PARAPETS WERE

RAILINGS HOUSING

ESTATES ALSO KONG REGULATIONS, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE, PLANTERS ON TOP OF PROVIDED TO PREVENT AGAINST CLIMBING OVER.

BE

POINTED

OUT THAT

INCIDENTS

SUCH AB A

"IT SHOULD PERHAPS REFERRED TO DO NOT NECESSARILY OCCUR AS THE RESULT OF THE HEIGHT OF PARAPET OR BALCONY, MR BARNES SAID.

H

+

"BETTER SUPERVISION OF SMALL CHILDREN, FOR EXAMPLE, IS PROBABLY MORE EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING INCIDENTS OF THIS KIND.

THE BOTH

HOUSING AUTHORITY "NOTWITHSTANDING THIS,

AND THE THEIR PROPERTIES HOUSING SOCIETY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE NEED TO MAKE AS SAFE AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE.

"FEEDBACK FROM INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE

IN THE DESIGN OF NEW BLOCKS AND THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, HE ADDED.

IS TAKEN ACCOUNT OF MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF

0

STEPS TAKEN TO REDUCE BORDER TRAFFIC CONGESTION

* * *

THE BORDER THE SECRETARY FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

MUCH HAS BEEN DONE TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT

AUTHORITIES, SHENZHEN BY BOTH THE HONG KONG AND SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, INFORMED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MORE CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION PROVISION OF AN EXTRA REPLY TO A

THIS INCLUDED THE PROVISION OF STAFF, OPENING MORE PROCESSING LANES AND THE LANE ON THE MAN KAM TO ROAD, MR BARNES SAID IN A WRITTEN QUESTION FROM THE HON MARTIN BARROW.

POINT

THE EXISTING HOURS OF AFTER CAREFULLY CONSIDERING EXTENDING

CROSSING

WAS

THE WHICH PM DURING

THE

OPEN, 7.30 AM TO 8

CHINESE ADMINISTRATION HAD DECIDED NOT TO SEEK ANY EXTENSION WITH THE AUTHORITIES, MR BARNES SAID.

CONGESTION AT

HE EXPLAINED THAT THOUGH THERE HAD BEEN SERIOUS THE MAN KAM TO BORDER CROSSING POINT IN THE PAST, PARTICULARLY IN SECOND HALF OF 1987, THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN LESS SERIOUS LAST YEAR.

MR BARNES POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW LOK MA CHAU BORDER POINT WAS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.

THE

CROSSING

/"WITH A