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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992

ON FURTHER DIVERSION OF VEHICLES,

MR LEUNG SAID MORE THAN

ΤΟ 2,900 VEHICLES ORIGINALLY AUTHORISED

USE MAN KAM TO HAD BEEN DIVERTED TO LOK MA CHAU SINCE ITS OPENING IN DECEMBER 1989. THIS NUMBER WOULD SOON INCREASE TO 3,170.

"IN ADDITION, WE ARE DISCUSSING WITH THE CHINESE SIDE THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER VEHICLE DIVERSIONS, HE SAID.

TRAFFIC DISCIPLINE ON NT EXPRESSWAYS ENFORCED

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PROVIDED

WITH 35 DISCIPLINE TRANSPORT,

THE POLICE HAD BEEN IN RECENT YEARS ADDITIONAL POSTS AND 10 EXTRA VEHICLES TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC ON EXPRESSWAYS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE SECRETARY FOR MR MICHAEL LEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SIMON IP SIK-ON, MR LEUNG SAID THIS HAD ALLOWED INCREASED PATROLLING OF THESE ROADS ΤΟ ENFORCE THE NEW LEGISLATION EFFECTIVELY.

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"IN ADDITION, SPECIAL POLICE OPERATIONS ARE MOUNTED ON TOLO HIGHWAY AND OTHER NT EXPRESSWAYS FROM TIME TO TIME, TARGETTED SPECIFIC TRAFFIC OFFENCES INCLUDING THOSE COMMITTED UNDER THE NEW LEGISLATION.

"IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AS A WHOLE, THERE HAVE SO FAR BEEN 520 PROSECUTIONS FOR OFFENCES UNDER THE NEW EXPRESSWAYS LEGISLATION, INCLUDING 412 CASES OF UNAUTHORISED USE OF THE OFFSIDE LANE AND 44 CASES OF OVERTAKING IN THE NEARSIDE LANE, HE SAID.

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MR LEUNG SAID THE POLICE USED RADAR AND OTHER SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT TO IDENTIFY VEHICLES EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMITS ON THE TOLO HIGHWAY.

"IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS, THE POLICE HAVE ACTED ON 10,567 SPEEDING OFFENCES COMMITTED ON NT EXPRESSWAYS, HE SAID.

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