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Question No. 10

Written Reply by the Hon. Michael Leung, Secretary for Transport,

to a Question asked by the Hon. Hilton Cheong-Leen in Legislative Council on 11.3.87

Question:

In view of the large number of traffic signs that appear at some busy locations and the confusion that might be caused to drivers, will Government inform this Council whether there are plans to reduce the number of traffic signs at such locations to avoid confusion to drivers?

Sir,

They

Traffic signs are the language of the road. have an essential function to perform, and it is inevitable that in a densely populated place with heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic there are going to be a lot of them.

At the same time it was recognized a year or

or two ago

road users that in some locations there were so many signs that

could be confused as a result.

Therefore, following the implementation of the Road

Traffic Ordinance in 1984, which allowed the Transport

Department to simplify signing arrangements,

signing arrangements, two trial areas,

East Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway Bay, were chosen to see what

As a result, could be done to reduce the number of signs. about 350 sign plates in East Tsim Sha Tsui have been reduced to 130, and in Causeway Bay 674 sign plates have been reduced to 281. In neither area have there been any complaints from