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SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1993

ACCIDENT

"UP TO APRIL 1993, NOT A SINGLE RIGHT-ANGLE COLLISION HAS BEEN RECORDED AT ANY OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERA SITES AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS," HE ADDED.

MEANWHILE, WITH THE AID OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, THE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED A TOTAL OF 525 PROSECUTIONS ON RED LIGHT VIOLATIONS AT THE RED LIGHT CAMERA SITES UP TO MAY 27.

TWO HUNDRED AND SEVEN FIXED PENALTY TICKETS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND THE REMAINING 318 PROSECUTIONS ARE STILL BEING PROCESSED. SO FAR ONLY ONE OFFENDER HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND THE CASE WILL BE BROUGHT TO COURT IN JULY.

NOT

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FACT THAT ONLY ONE OFFENDER PLEADED GUILTY WAS A VERY GOOD PROOF OF THE INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE OF RED LIGHT VIOLATION OFFENCES PROVIDED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

HE ADDED THAT AN

OPINION SURVEY WAS NOW BRING PLANNED ΤΟ ASSESS THE PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM.

THE SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED IN JULY AND IT WILL BE TARGETTED AT THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT LARGE AS WELL AS TO VEHICLE OWNERS AND DRIVING LICENCE HOLDERS.

ПАТА

THE

IN ADDITION ΤΟ THE OPINTON SURVEY. MORE

ON PERFORMANCE OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM WILL BE COLLECTED.

A FULL EVALUATION OF THE SCHEME WILL BE CARRIED OUT LATER IN THE YEAR TO PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR CONSIDERING THE EXTENSION OF THE RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM TO COVER MORE SIGNALISED JUNCTIONS IN THE TERRITORY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

AND

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FINED FOR NEGLECTING WORK SAFETY

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AND

PROPRIETORS AND CONTRACTORS MUST COMPLY WITH SAFETY REGULATIONS TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE WORKERS' SAFETY HEALTH ON CONSTRUCTION SITES, THE ACTING CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, MR KAN HON-SANG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE HIP HING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED WAS CONVICTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH AND FINED A TOTAL OF $185,000 FOR NINE BY A TSUEN WAN MAGISTRATE FOR FAILING TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES

SUMMONSES

ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ITS WORKERS.

ΤΟ

THE OFFENCES WERE DETECTED BY FACTORY INSPECTORS DURING SPECIAL TASK FORCE OPERATION HELD IN JULY LAST YEAR.

A

HEIGHT AND

AT

DURING THE INSPECTION, INSPECTORS FOUND TWO WORKERS WORKING

ON TWO DIFFERENT PLATFORMS WITH NON-STANDARD GUARDRAILS NO GUARDRAILS RESPECTIVELY; A WORKER WORKING ON A PLATFORM WAS NOT CLOSELY BOARDED; FOUR

WHICH WORKERS INSTALLING WINDOW COMPONENTS WITHOUT A SUITABLE SCAFFOLD; THREE WORKERS DISMANTLING THE VERTICAL MAST OF A TOWER CRANE ON THE ROOF BY RIDING ON THE WEARING SAFETY BELTS.

MAST AND WITHOUT

/OTHER OFFENCES