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LRT IS SAFE

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994

SERVICES), THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT (TRANSPORT CARRIE YAU, SAID A PRESS REPORT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SUGGESTING THAT LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM WAS "RIDDLED WITH POSSIBLE DEATHTRAPS" WAS UNTRUE.

MRS

THE

GROSSLY

AMONG

LRT IN

SHE SAID HONG KONG'S RAIL SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE LRT WERE

OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THE SAFEST IN THE WORLD. THE NUMBER VEHICLES REMAINED STEADILY LOW IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, NAMELY 28

ACCOUNTED FOR IT ONLY L992 AND 21 IN L993 AND 10 SO FAR THIS YEAR. 0.2 PER CENT OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN HONG KONG.

SHE EMPHASISED THAT BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE KOWLOON RAILWAY CORPORATION TOOK A SERIOUS VIEW ON RAIL ACCIDENTS.

CANTON

INSPECTORATE SEPTEMBER DESIGN,

INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE HONG KONG RAILWAY INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE LAST LRT ACCIDENT IN

WITH THE PROBLEM NO INHERENT CONFIRMED THAT THERE CONSTRUCTION OR OPERATION OF THE LRT.

WAS

IN

HEAD AN REVIEW ROAD

"IN

ORDER TO BE DOUBLE SURE THAT SAFETY IS NOT COMPROMISED

ME TO ASKED ANY WAY, THE

FOR TRANSPORT HAS SECRETARY INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM KCRC TO THE TRAFFIC SITUATION OF THE LRT WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON ALL CROSSINGS IN THE SYSTEM.

"THE COMMITTEE MET RECENTLY TO AGREE ON A NUMBER OF MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN THE SAFETY OF THE ROAD CROSSING IN THE SYSTEM.

LRT

"THESE INCLUDE A REVIEW BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT OF ALL

BY

INTENSIFYING THE POLICE, ACTION MORE JUNCTIONS,

ENFORCEMENT

JUNCTIONS PUBLICITY AND A PROPOSAL TO INSTALL CAMERAS AT SOME OF THE

SHE SAID. TO DETER MOTORISTS FROM JUMPING RED LIGHTS,

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ANY EVIDENCE то MRS YAU EMPHASISED THAT THERE HAD NOT BEEN

THE SUGGEST THAT VEGETATION AT JUNCTIONS WAS A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS.

LIKE ANY OTHER ROAD "THE SAFE USE OF LRT CROSSINGS, JUST

AND SIGNALS DEPENDS JUNCTION,

VERY MUCH ON THE OBSERVANCE OF SIGNS

SHE SAID. INSTALLED IN THESE JUNCTIONS,'

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