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SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT : Sir, inspections of light goods

vehicles under 1.9 tonnes will start as soon as we have

amended the regulations governing the inspection of such

vehicles. I take the point that we need to look at the

vehicles' standards and their road worthiness in each

case. At present, according to police records, the number

of light goods vehicles inspected and found to be

defective is about 2,000 vehicles per year over the last

two years. This number is about 63 per cent of all

vehicles inspected by the police and Transport Department

spot-check basis. We do believe that because of

these figures, it is important to require vehicles under

1.9 tonnes to be inspected annually as a start. And as I

said earlier, this will be extended to all goods vehicles

by 1991.

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