programme is encouraging?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: Sir, we intend
to review the standards to see whether they are
still appropriate. They were incorporated in
legislation some time ago. The point that my
comment that the initial results of the present
programme are encouraging, means that the standards
as they exist in the legislation at the moment
most of the vehicles which are called up do seem
able to comply with these standards the first time
they come. To that degree, the initial results
are satisfactory but we need to look at the standards
from time to time to see if they need adjusting
themselves.
MRS. CHOW: Sir, with reference to the last sentence
of paragraph 2 of the answer, how many excessively
smoky vehicles have been issued with fixed penalty
tickets or examination orders in the last 12 months, and
does this figure indicate an increase or decrease
over the previous two years and has such police
action been an effective deterrent?
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