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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1992

NO DECISION WAS TAKEN AS FURTHER

WOULD BE REQUIRED.

MEETING, THE AT

DELIBERATIONS

OF THE ISSUE

THE TAC WAS BRIEFED ON THE PROBLEM OF OVERLOADING GOODS VEHICLES WHICH AFFECTED ROAD SAFETY AND CAUSED SURFACE DAMAGE.

ROAD

AND

100 PER

CENT

NUMBER MEMBERS NOTED THAT THE

OF OVERLOADING SUMMONSES ARRESTS MADE BY THE POLICE LAST YEAR INCREASED BY OVER AND 280 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

FOUR IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE IN EVERY THE POLICE. WAS OVERLOADED.

VEHICLES

INTERCEPTED

BY

ON ROAD DAMAGE, TAC MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT A STUDY AT THE HIGHWAY SHOWED OVERLOADING WOULD BRING FORWARD THE RESURFACING TOLO HIGHWAY BY A FEW YEARS AT AN ESTINATED COST OF $220 MILLION.

TOLO

OF

THEY ALSO NOTED THAT IN SOME COUNTRIES SUCH AS

AND BRITAIN OVERLOADING THAN IN HONG SINGAPORE, THEY HAD STRICTER CONTROL OVER

PROPOSALS KONG. THE BRIEFING WAS TO PAVE WAY FOR A FULL DISCUSSION OF TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM MORE EFFECTIVELY AT THE NEXT TAC MEETING.

YAUMATI INCLUDED ITS

THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO INFORMED OF THE HONG KONG AND FERRY COMPANY'S FORWARD PLANNING PROGRAMME FOR 1992-96 WHICH A ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PROGRAMME AND FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S ASSESSMENT.

-

PUBLIC

THE THEY ALSO NOTED

ARRANGEMENTS BEING TAKEN BY TRANSPORT OPERATORS TO FORM PASSENGER LIAISON GROUPS OR SIMILAR CONSULTATIVE CHANNELS TO ALLOW FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BETWEEN THE COMPANIES AND THEIR PASSENGERS.

1992/93 LAND SALES PROGRAMME

THE GOVERNMENT'S PROVISIONAL LAND SALES PROGRAMME FOR THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR, WILL COMPRISE 29.67 HECTARES INVOLVING 45 SITES WHICH WILL PRODUCE ABOUT 16,500 RESIDENTIAL FLATS, THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR BOR POPE, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

MR POPE, WHO HEADS THE LAND ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, WAS ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE SALES PROGRAMME FOR COMMESSION TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

LAND

1992/93 FOLLOWING THE AGREEMENT OF LAND DISPOSAL PROGRAMME SUBMITTED

THE

LAND

BY

THE

/HE SAID