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TUE DAY, MAY 23, 1989

ITS MEMBERS ARE DRAWN FROM THE AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND MARKETING SECTORS AND EXPERTS IN THE RELATED FIELDS AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF OMELCO, THE LEUNG YEE KUK AND RELEVANT GOVERNMENT BRANCHES AND DEPARTMENTS.

ON

THE ACAF IS ASSISTED IN ITS WORK BY ITS FIVE SUB-COMMITTEES CROP FARMING, LIVESTOCK, AQUACULTURE. CAPTURE FISHERIES AND MARKETING.

THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIRMEN AND MEMBERS OF THESE SUB-COMMITTEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

TAC DISCUSSES URBAN TAXI SERVICE

THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) RECOMMENDED THAT THE ISSUING OF NEW TAXI LICENCES 200 THIS YEAR.

TODAY SHOULD

(TUESDAY) REMAIN

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MEMBERS MADE THE RECOMMENDATION AFTER ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF URBAN TAXI SERVICES BASED ON THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S SURVEY ON THE UTILISATION AND PROFITABILITY OF THE TRADE BETWEEN EARLY FEBRUARY MID-MARCH THIS YEAR.

AND

THE SURVEY ON THE UTILISATION OF TAXI SERVICES COMPRISED ROADSIDE OBSERVATIONS OF VACANT TAXIS AND STUDIES AT TAXI STANDS TO RECORD THE WAITING TIME OF PASSENGERS. IT SHOWED THAT THE DEMAND FOR URBAN TAXIS HAD BEEN RELATIVELY STABLE AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

THE COMMITTEE ALSO EXAMINED THE IMPACT OF ANY INCREASE IN TAXI NUMBERS ON THE PROFITABILITY OF TAXI OPERATIONS.

THE TAC NOTED THAT DESPITE THE INCREASE IN TAXI FARES. UTILISATION OF TAXIS HAD NOT BEEN AFFECTED.

MEMBERS WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY INVESTIGATION FOR IMPROVEMENT TO THE MID-LEVELS EAST-WEST

ROAD CORRIDOR.

TO

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CONSULTANTS WERE COMMISSIONED IN SEPTEMBER 1987 TO INVESTIGATE PRACTICAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT WORKS THAT COULD ВЕ IMPLEMENTED INCREASE TRAFFIC CAPACITY OF THE ROAD NETWORK IN THE MID-LEVELS, THEREBY QUANTIFY THE CORRESPONDING LIMIT

BUILDING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD BE REASONABLY TOLERATED.

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APART FROM CONSIDERING EXISTING ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS, NINE NEW TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES, 15 NEW JUNCTION IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES, 10 NEW ROAD WIDENING SCHEMES AND 41 NEW ROAD LINK SCHEMES WERE IDENTIFIED FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN THE SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG TERMS.

/THESE SCHEMES