TNAG-1607-FCO40-22122-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1987 — Page 232

(Question 9)

2.

fact, in many cases throughout the night, 24 hours of the day.

Mr. CHAM: Sir, as the specific time of stopping restrictions is displayed on a relatively small sign, it is not easy for a driver to distinguish whether he can stop or not while driving. Is the Government seeking to improve this when considering

restrictive zones?

the

Secretary for Transport: Sir, we have been considering whether it is possible to use other means in addition to the road signs, and as a matter of fact it is our intention after

certain review, that we should use

yellow-line system which is

to give better indication as to what type of restriction it is. If I may quote for example, for double yellow lines, it means a continuous 24-hour restrictive period; for double lines of which one is continuous and one is broken, it means a continuous restriction.

but less than 24 hours - for example, from

7 am to 6 pm. And

then we

have

one single

continuous yellow line which indicates busy periods only

7 am to 10 am, and 4 am to 7 pm.

There have also been other

suggestions that perhaps we should use different colours, whether

but I think we shall have to

it should be red or

black,

be very careful before we proceed any further with these other

suggestions.

CHAN (in Cantonese):

Mr. Jackie Sir, I understand that within the urban area, certain streets are subject to 24-hour restrictions and the restrictions

apply only to taxis. Would the Secretary for Transport explain

the rationale for this?

Secretary for Transport: Under the Road Traffic Ordinance and the subsidiary legislation, stopping restrictions can be imposed on any type or any class of vehicle. Stopping restrictions for example, on taxis are sometimes imposed for traffic control

reasons and in fact, for similar reasons we have put restrictions