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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1990

"IT WOULD THUS HAVE BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE FOR THE

TAX-PAYERS.

HONG KONG

THE PROVIDES

THE CHIEF SECRETARY STRESSED THAT AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IS THE OPPORTUNITY IT FOR PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCING.

"THE COST OF THE LANTAU BRIDGE REPRESENTS LESS THAN 10 PER CENT PRIVATE OF THE WHOLE PROJECT AND SUBSTANTIAL OPPORTUNITIES REMAIN FOR SECTOR INVOLVEMENT IN SUCH MAJOR PROJECTS AS THE AIRPORT ITSELF, PORT, THE AIRPORT RAILWAY AND THE THIRD CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL.

THE

PROJECT

IN THESE

"WE BELIEVE THAT THE CERTAINTY INJECTED INTO THE WHOLE BY OUR DECISION TODAY WILL DO MUCH TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT

CAN ΤΟ FACILITATE OTHER PROJECTS, AND WE WILL OF COURSE DO ALL WE THIS," HE SAID.

LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS TO IMPROVE DRIVING OFFENCE POINTS SYSTEM

THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL

HAS APPROVED THAT

LEGISLATIVE ORDINANCE BE

AMENDMENTS TO THE ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING-OFFENCE POINTS) MADE TO IMPROVE THE DRIVING OFFENCE POINTS SYSTEM.

MUST

THIS WILL MEAN THAT DRIVERS DISQUALIFIED UNDER THE SYSTEM SURRENDER ALL DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL DRIVING LICENCES AND PERMITS.

AND

FOR

DISQUALIFICATION THE AMENDMENTS WILL PROVIDE FOR SUMMONSES FOR

SEEK TO AUTHORISE THE COMMISSIONER TO BE SERVED BY POST

MAGISTRATE IN CALCULATING TRANSPORT THE USE OF THE SAME METHOD OF A THE NUMBER OF DRIVING OFFENCE POINTS INCURRED BY A PERSON.

MORE POINTS A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT WHEN 15 OR

DRIVING OFFENCE POINTS HAD BEEN INCURRED WITHIN TWO YEARS UNDER THE

FROM HOLDING (DOP) SYSTEM, AN OFFENDER WAS LIABLE TO BE DISQUALIFIED

FIRST CONVICTION, OR OBTAINING A DRIVING LICENCE FOR THREE MONTHS ON AND SIX MONTHS ON SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT CONVICTIONS.

COURT, ALL LICENCES THE COURT

ISSUED BY THE WHEN A DISQUALIFICATION ORDER WAS DRIVING LICENCES OR PERMITS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL DRIVING OR FOREIGN DRIVING LICENCES/PERMITS MUST BE SURRENDERED TO DURING THE DISQUALIFICATION PERIOD.

FROM A

DRIVER DISQUALIFIED UNDER

AN

DRIVING INTERNATIONAL

THE LICENCE/PERMIT

DURING

"THE MOVE IS AIMED AT PREVENTING A

SYSTEM

DRIVING ON EITHER THE DOP LICENCE, OR

FOREIGN DRIVING DISQUALIFICATION PERIOD, HE SAID.

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ON THE SERVING OF SUMMONSES FOR DISQUALIFICATION BY SPOKESMAN SAID THE AIM WAS TO REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.

POST, THE

/AT PRESENT