WEDNESDAY. JUNE 21. 1989
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NEW ROAD SIGNAGE SYSTEM WELL PUBLICISED
THE NEW SIGNAGE SYSTEM WHICH DROPPED THE "NO WAITING" SIGN IN 1984 WAS WELL PUBLICISED AT THE TIME AND SUBSEQUENTLY INCORPORATED IN THE ROAD USER'S CODE.
GAVE THIS
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, ANSWER IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON PEGGY LAM.
WERE
UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED SIGNAGE ARRANGEMENT. WAITING AND PARKING NOT ALLOWED ON ANY ROAD WITH STREET LIGHTING EXCEPT AT DESIGNATED PARKING SPACES. MR LEUNG SAID.
IT
THE ARRANGEMENT NOT ONLY SIMPLIFIED THE SIGNAGE SYSTEM, BUT ALSO BROUGHT SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IN NOT HAVING TO ERECT AND MAINTAIN "NO WAITING" SIGNS.
HE EXPLAINED THAT RE-INTRODUCING SUCH SIGNS AND MARKINGS THE STREETS WITH A SYSTEM OF STREET LIGHTING WOULD LEAD FROLIFERATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNS.
ALONG TO A
OLDER
THE PROBLEM WOULD BE PARTICULARLY SERIOUS IN THE DISTRICTS. SUCH AS WAN CHAI, WHERE MANY OF THE PAVEMENTS WERE NARROW AND THE ERECTION OF SIGNS ALONG THEM WOULD CAUSE INCONVENIENCE AND OBSTRUCTION TO PEDESTRIANS.
MR LEUNG ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD PUBLICITY TO REMIND THE MOTORING PUBLIC OF THE ARRANGEMENT.
MOUNT SUITABLE PRESENT SIGNAGE
GOVT MAINTAINS SYSTEM OF SOCIAL STATISTICS
THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY MAINTAINS A SYSTEM OF SOCIAL STATISTICS WHICH CAN BE USED AS BROAD INDICATORS OF SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG.
THIS IS DONE BY UTILISING DATA COLLECTED IN SURVEYS OR DERIVED FROM ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, GAVE THIS ANSWER IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG.
SIR PIERS SAID THE SYSTEM WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE FOLLOWING AIMS IN MIND:
/(A) TO PROVIDE
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