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WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989

HE SAID THAT

THE

BY-LAWS

COVERED

CONTROL THE

OF

TRAFFIC, TYPES

OF

PAYMENT OF TOLLS AND PROHIBITION AND RESTRICTION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES IN THE ROAD TUNNEL AREA.

REGULATORY

MOTORISTS WHO CONTRAVENED THOSE BY-LAWS, WHICH WERE IN NATURE, WERE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $2,000 ON CONVICTION, HE ADDED.

TUNNEL OFFENDERS MAY PLEAD GUILTY BY LETTER * * * * *

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PASSED

PERSON CHARGED WITH ENABLING A

OFFENCES UNDER THE (GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS TO PLEAD GUILTY BY LETTER.

TO AMEND

THE THIRD

A RESOLUTION ROAD TUNNELS

MAGISTRATES MICHAEL

THE

HON THE

A MOTION

ΤΟ SCHEDULE ORDINANCE WAS MOVED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, LEUNG.

FOR A

ΤΟ DEFENDANT

PLEAD

AT PRESENT THE ORDINANCE PROVIDED GUILTY BY LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE MAGISTRATE FOR AN OFFENCE UNDER LION ROCK TUNNEL REGULATIONS, WHICH HAD BEEN REPEALED AND REPLACED THE ROAD TUNNEL (GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, MR LEUNG SAID.

THE BY

HOWEVER, THE SCHEDULE HAD NOT BEEN REVISED ACCORDINGLY.

MR LEUNG SAID THE PRESENT SITUATION WAS NOT SATISFACTORY AS INCREASED PUBLIC INCONVENIENCE, ADMINISTRATIVE COST AND COURT TIME.

IT

BY SCHEDULE

REFERRING IT WAS THEREFORE PROPOSED TO AMEND THE

THE REPEALED TO THE ROAD TUNNELS (GOVERNMENT) REGULATIONS INSTEAD OF ONES AND THEREBY COVER ALL

TUNNELS AND FUTURE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE "PLEAD-GUILTY-BY-LETTER" ARRANGEMENT.

EXISTING

LIMITATION ON FLB NUMBERS CONTINUES

A MOTION TO EXTEND THE LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES UNTIL JUNE 20, 1991 WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MOVING THE MOTION, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID THAT THE EXISTING LIMIT OF 4,350 PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WAS ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL ON JUNE 10, 1986.

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