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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1992

HE SAID THE LEGAL PROCEDURES WERE DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND,

IN

THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (STRATEGIC COMMODITIES) REGULATIONS PROVIDE THAT THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE MAY, BY ORDER PUBLISHED THE GAZETTE, PROMULGATE AMENDMENTS TO THE LIST OF CONTROLLED

COMMODITIES.

DRIVERS DETERRED FROM SLOW-DRIVE DEMONSTRATIONS

WHEN GROUPS OF DRIVERS INTEND TO AIR GRIEVANCES BY DRIVING SLOWLY OR PARKING IN PROHIBITED AREAS, THE ADMINSTRATION WOULD TRY TO PERSUADE THE ORGANISERS TO SETTLE THEIR PROBLEMS THROUGH DISCUSSION WITHOUT CAUSING INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY} BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE VINCENT CHENG HOT-CHUEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

IF DRIVERS TAKE PART IN SLOW-DRIVES IN LARGE NUMBERS, POLICE WOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MINIMISE THE DISRUPTION CAUSED, ASPREY SAID.

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THEY WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT THE EVENT DOES NOT POSE A DANGER TO OTHER ROAD USERS OR THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL,

THEY WILL DO THIS BY CONTAINING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES INVOLVED, AND BY DIVERTING THEM TO LOCALITIES WHERE THERE WILL BE LESS IMPACT ON TRAFFIC.

"THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE AND THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE CONTAIN POWERS TO ENABLE THE POLICE TO DEAL WITH SUCH SITUATIONS EFFECTIVELY," MR ASPREY SAID.

PART III OF THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE, WHICH DEALS WITH THE CONTROL OF MEETINGS, PROCESSIONS AND GATHERINGS, IS BEING REVIEWED TO ENSURE THAT ITS PROVISIONS ARE EFFECTIVE AND IN LINE WITH PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

DAY

HIGH PRIORITY TO CURB LOANSHARKING ACTIVITIES

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THE POLICE GIVE HIGH PRIORITY TO INVESTIGATION OF LOANSHARKING ACTIVITIES.

THE PREVENTION AND

AND A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO ENHANCE POLICE POWERS ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED CRIMINAL ACTS OF DEBT IN THE PIPELINE.

TO CURB SUCH COLLECTION

IS

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