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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1991

PROVIDE

HE SAID AT PRESENT, THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE DID NOT

USE OF SUFFICIENT CONTROL OVER THE

SUCH ROADS, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO SAFETY STANDARDS.

POR

TRANSPORT

TO

HE SAID THE BILL EMPOWERED THE COMMISSIONER DESIGNATE ROADS AS EXPRESSWAYS AND DETERMINE THEIR BOUNDARIES.

AN

IT REGULATED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ROADWORKS ON EXPRESSWAYS, PROVIDED FOR THE REMOVAL OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT CAUSING OBSTRUCTION, AND RESTRICTED ACCESS TO AND EXIT FROM THESE ROADS.

MR LEUNG ADDED THAT THE BILL ENABLED THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL THE TYPES OF VEHICLES TO MAKE REGULATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, CONCERNING PERMITTED TO USE EXPRESSWAYS AND THE NEW DRIVING RULES APPLICABLE.

THE EMPHASIS IN THE NEW REGULATIONS WOULD BR ON MEASURES TO REGARD TO LANE IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF EXPRESSWAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH DISCIPLINE, THE SECRETARY SAID.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

POLICE TRUST BILLS INTRODUCED

THE POLICE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION TRUST (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991 WERE AND THE POLICE EDUCATION AND WELFARE TRUST (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991 INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

OF THR MONTHS

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE POLICE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION

FOR SECURITY, TRUST (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991, THE ACTING SECRETARY HON IAN STRACHAN, SAID THE BILL SOUGHT TO AMEND SECTION 10(3) POLICE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION TRUST ORDINANCE TO EXTEND BY THREE THE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH THE ANNUAL AUDITED STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND

OF THE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE ON THE ADMINISTRATION ORDINANCE HAD TO BE TABLED IN THE LEGCO.

THE REVISED DEADLINE WOULD ALLOW THE

REASONABLE

FUND UNDER THE

COMMISSIONER

SUBMIT

OF HIS

то TIME POLICE, WHO WAS THE TRUSTEB, A MORE REPORTS SO AS TO AVOID LATE SUBMISSIONS, MR STRACHAN SAID.

THE COMMISSIONER WAS NOW ALLOWED SIX MONTHS TO SUBMISSION EACH YEAR.

PREPARE HIS

"THIS HAS PROVED TO BE INSUFFICIENT GIVEN THE CONSIDERABLE ASSETS AND TRANSACTIONS INVOLVED, HE SAID.

+

++

IN

A TOTAL OF 1,700 STUDENTS AND OFFICERS RECEIVED ASSISTANCE

AND WELFARE TRUST FROM THIS TRUST AND FROM THE POLICE EDUCATION 1989-90, HE ADDED.

MEANWHILE, THE RATIONALE OF THE POLICE EDUCATION AND WELFARE READING SECOND EDUCATION TRUST

GIVEN A CHILDREN'S

TRUST (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991, WHICH WAS ALSO TODAY, WAS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE POLICE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991.

/THE BILL