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As the handover ceremony is a historical event for Hong Kong we fully intend to make proper arrangements to facilitate media coverage by, for example, establishing a press and broadcasting centre for this

purpose to facilitate the coverage of the handover ceremony and other related

events.

The current system of allowing foreign journalists to visit Hong Kong without restriction and to report on developments in the territory will continue. The government has no intention of making any change in the current practice of media coverage of major events.

Accidents involving vehicles hitting overhead bridges

Following is a question by the Miriam lau Kin-yee and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport, Mr Haider Barma, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Will the Government inform this Council:

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(b)

(c)

of the total number of accidents involving vehicles hitting overhead bridges in the past three years arising from vehicles (including the goods which they carried) exceeding the stipulated height limit and the owners of such vehicles failing to notify the Police and the Transport Department beforehand;

how the authorities concerned will enforce the provision in the Road Traffic Ordinance stipulating that the height of heavy goods vehicles should not exceed 4.6 metres; and

what measures will be adopted to prevent the occurrence of this kind of accidents?