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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989

"THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, IN TURN, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING DIRT OR GRAFFITI FROM THE WALLS AND CEILING.

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AS TO THE SAFETY OF PUBLIC ELECTRICAL AND MECHANCIAL SERVICES OVERSEEING THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL ESCALATOR CONTRACTORS, WHO WERE SERVICING AND ATTEND TO FAULT CALLS ON A 24-HOUR BASIS.

ESCALATORS, MR BARNES SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC ESCALATORS BY SPECIALIST REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT WEEKLY

"THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE PUBLIC ESCALATORS IS MONITORED THROUGH TELEPHONE LINKS ΤΟ A MONITORING CONTROL CENTRE WITH BREAKDOWNS RECORDED AND RELAYED ΤΟ THE RESPECTIVE CONTRACTORS IMMEDIATE RECTIFICATION," HE SAID.

FOR

TO CLEAN

"BUT NONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAS THE STAFF RESOURCES THESE FACILITIES SUFFICIENTLY REGULARLY, AND NO SINGLE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CO-ORDINATING THE WORK DONE BY EACH OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

"SO IT HAS NEWLY BEEN DECIDED THAT HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SHOULD ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEANSING AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR WHEN IT HAS OBTAINED THE NECESSARY STAFF ΤΟ ORGANISE AND SUPERVISE A FULL CLEANSING CONTRACT."

MR BARNES ALSO SAID THAT THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF FOOTBRIDGES AND SUBWAYS AND ADDED THAT AS FAR AS SAFETY WAS CONCERNED, THE SITUATION WAS SATISFACTORY.

NEW DESIGN FOR BUS STOP SHELTERS

THE TWO FRANCHISED BUS COMPANIES COULD NOW PROCEED TO BUILD BUS STOP SHELTERS WITH AN IMPROVED DESIGN ENDORSED BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE LON MICHABL LEUNG, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

FOR PASSENGER SHELTERS

HAD

BUS

SINCE MID-1987, IMPROVED DESIGNS BEEN DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FRANCHISED COMPANIES, MR LEUNG SAID IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION PROM THE HON CHAN YING-LUN.

VARIOUS DESIGN PROPOSALS HAD BEEN EXAMINED IN DETAIL BUT FOUND

UNSATISFACTORY.

LAST MONTH, THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY HLAD PRODUCED A REVISED SHELTER DESIGN WHICH OFFERED GREATER PROTECTION TO PASSENGERS,

SOON

THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY HAD AGREED TO ADOPT THE SANE DESIGN AFTER IT HAD BEEN ENDORSED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND WOULD RESUME ITS SHELTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, MR LEUNG ADDED.

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