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TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1989

FOR THE THE

RECOMMENDATIONS COMMITTEE'S APPLICATIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DECISION.

FARE

INCREASE

FOR A FINAL

TAXI

LANTAU

ROAD, THE

AFTER CAREFUL STUDY OF VARIOUS PROPOSALS FROM THE ASSOCIATION TO ALLOW LANTAU TAXIS TO OPERATE ON NGONG PING TAC DECIDED THAT THEY COULD NOT ACCEPT THEM FOR SAFETY REASONS.

PROVISION

OF

TRAFFIC

DIFFERENT MEMBERS

ON SIGNALS ON THE PROPOSED

ROAD TO AVOID HEAD-ON COLLISIONS, SECTIONS OF NGONG PING

TIME WOULD BE REQUIRED TO NOTED THAT AN UNACCEPTABLY LONG CYCLE

LONG

THE SECTIONS OF REGULATE ONE-WAY TRAFFIC ON TWO CONSIDERABLY ROAD.

THE RISK THIS WOULD CREATE DRIVER WAS TEMPTED TO THE JUMP LIGHT.

OF COLLISION

IF

ANY IMPATIENT

WERE

NOT LONG ENOUGH ANTICIPATED INCREASE

MOREOVER, THE SINGLE-LANE SECTIONS

THE ACCOMMODATE QUEUING TRAFFIC IN VIEW OF TRAFFIC FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE BIG BUDDHA STATUE.

TO OPERATE ON THE SUGGESTION THAT TAXIS BE ALLOWED PING ROAD FROM MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS, MEMBERS CONSIDERED THAT PING ACCESS ROAD WAS NOT YET OF A STANDARD TO ACCOMMODATE

TRAFFIC TRAFFIC AND THAT AN INCREASE CONFLICT OF HEAD-ON DANGER TO BUSES AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS AS THE ROAD AS A FOOTPATH FOR ACCESS TO PO LIN MONASTERY.

ΤΟ IN

NOONG ON THE NGONG ADDITIONAL

MIGHT POSE WAS ALSO SERVING

TAC ALSO DID

NOT 20

THE ACCEPT

PERMITS SPECIAL

LANTAU

TAXI ASSOCIATION'S TO THE ASSOCIATION

NGONG PING AT

FOR SUGGESTION OF ISSUING CONTROL THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TAXIS GAINING ACCESS TO ANY ONE TIME.

THAT IT

WAS UNDESIRABLE

TO

ALLOW

A ΤΑΧΙ

FELT MEMBERS ASSOCIATION TO CONTROL THE USE OF PERMITS ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT.

SHOULD BE

ALLOWED

THE COMMITTEE AGREED THAT LANTAU TAXIS REACH NGONG PING AFTER THE ACCESS ROAD WAS WIDENED AND MADE SAFE.

MEMBERS NOTED THAT DETAILED

DESIGN

то

OF THE ROAD WIDENING STARTING CONSTRUCTION

PROJECT WAS ALREADY UNDER WAY, WITH A VIEW TO LATER THIS YEAR AND COMPLETING IT BY LATE 1990 OR EARLY 1991.

ASSOCIATED

WITH ROAD

SURFACES CONCEALED

AND

THE TAC WAS ALSO

ON BRIEFED

PROBLEMS

OPENINGS IN HONG KONG.

MEMBERS NOTED THAT CARRIAGEWAY AND FOOTWAY

A MAZE OF CABLES, PIPES AND UPGRADING FROM TIME TO TIME.

MAINTENANCE WHICH REQUIRED DUCTS,

THE HIGHWAYS EXISTING ROADS,

IN ADDITION TO THE PROBLEM OF UTILITY OPERATIONS

AND RECONSTRUCT DEPARTMENT ALSO NEEDED TO MAINTAIN AND THESE WORKS WOULD ALSO OCCUPY ROAD SURFACES.

/MEMBERS OF