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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989

CURB ON TRUCKS AND VANS URGED

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OF

VANS AND SMALL TRUCKS DO NOT MEET THE PRINCIPLE USE OF ROAD SPACE, AND A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY TO CONTROL THE OF TRUCKS AND VANS MUST BE MAPPED OUT, THE HON DAVID THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

CHEUNG

ECONOMICAL INCREASE SAID IN

POLICY,

IN THE NUMBER OF WAS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL

SPEAKING IN THE DEBATE ON THE GREEN PAPER ON TRANSPORT

INCREASE TWO-FOLD MR CHEUNG DOUBTED WHETHER THE TRUCKS, VANS INCLUDED, IN THE PAST DECADE TO NEED AND DEMAND.

VANS SIMPLY USE "MANY OWNERS CUM DRIVERS OF THESE TRUCKS AND

AND IN THE BUSY THESE TRUCKS AND VANS AS MEANS OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT,

AND EVEN THE NEW TERRITORIES, MANY DISTRICTS OF HONG KONG, KOWLOON

WAITING ΤΟ BE CALLED, HE TRUCKS AND VANS LIE IDLE IN THE STREETS OBSERVED.

TO

MOREOVER, THE PARKING OF THESE TRUCKS AND VANS IN THE DOUBLE AND TRIPLE PARKING AT TIMES, WAS A GREAT HINDRANCE FLOW.

HE BELIEVED ONE OBVIOUS REASON FOR VANS BEING USED CARS WAS THE LOWER TAXATION ENJOYED BY THE VANS.

If

STREETS,

TRAFFIC

AS PRIVATE

BUT ALSO "VANS HAVE INDEED BEEN USED NOT ONLY AS PRIVATE CARS

VEGETABLES, LUNCH BOXES, AS MINI-SHOPS FOR SELLING CLOTHES, FRUITS, TEA, COFFEE AND SNACKS. THEY ENJOY THE ADVANTAGE OF MOBILITY, ECONOMY

HE SAID. OF SPACE, RENT FREE AND STORAGE WHEN NOT IN USE,

I

MR CHEUNG ALSO STRESSED THAT WHEREVER THE NEW AIRPORT MIGHT LOCATED, A RAIL LINK WAS ESSENTIAL IN TERMS OF THE POSSIBLE VOLUME CARGO AND THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS AND OTHER PEOPLE GOING TO AND THE AIRPORT.

THE BURDEN OF ROAD TRAFFIC WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY

A RAIL LINK, HE SAID.

BE

OF FROM

RELIEVED BY

FACILITIES IN THE

"TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE RAIL, CHECK-IN RAILWAY TERMINAL MUST BE AVAILABLE SO THAT PASSENGERS COULD CHECK IN THEIR LUGGAGE AND THEN TAKE THE COMFORTABLE TRAIN RIDE TO THE AIRPORT

THEIR LUGGAGE WITHOUT THE NEED OF CARRYING POINTED OUT.

ON то

THE

TRAIN,'

HE

FINALLY, MR CHEUNG SAID FURTHER THOUGHT MUST BE REGIONALISATION OF SCHOOLS.

GIVEN TO THE

HE REGRETTED THAT THERE WAS STILL TOO MUCH CROSS-REGION

STUDENTS STILL HAVING ALLOCATION, RESULTING IN TOO MANY

ΤΟ

SCHOOL TRAVEL

SOME DISTANCE TO SCHOOL.

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