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Container truck parking

Question No. 3

Reply by the Hon. Michael Leung, Secretary for Transport to a Question asked by the Hon. Richard Lai in Legislative Council on 10.2.88

MR. LAI asked:

Question:

In the light of the recent container truck 'slow-drive' in Kwai Chung in protest of

insufficient parking spaces, will Government inform this Council of its policy regarding container truck parking?

SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT:

Sir,

I must first of all clarify that the immediate

was the Government's decision to

cause of the "slow-drive

take back a small portion of a 2.8 hectare site currently

occupied by a container tractor owners' association. This

decision was made in accordance with the terms of the tenancy

agreement. The association was fully aware of such terms.

The purpose of the drivers' action was apparently to press

their demand for a direct land grant which is not existing policy.

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In general, Government's policy on container truck

parking is that these vehicles should be parked off-street and

that this should best be achieved through adequate land being

provided for the private sector to operate container parking

facilities.

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Such facilities have so far been provided through

the allocation of land on short, term tenancies. Due to the

rapid growth in the container trade in recent years and the