TNAG-1733-FCO40-2446-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 217

MR. YEUNG:

SECRETARY

FOR

TRANSPORT:

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sources generally; the first are those addressed to

the Transport Advisory Committee, and the second

is from the public reporting directly to the

police, so this may account for the discrepancy

in the figures shown here.

Sir, is there any regulation governing that the

displayed

complaints hot line number should be 人 inside

spot that can easily be the taxi at a noticed by passengers, and whether

the relatively low number of prosecutions is a

result of the complainants failing or being

unwilling to appear as court witnesses?

It is not a statutory requirement to have the hot

Traffic Complaints Unit line number of the shown inside taxis, but we have

generally managed to obtain the co-operation of

shown taxi associations to have this number inside

taxis. In fact, most of the taxis have this

hot line number inside them, and it makes it

convenient for those who suspect they have been

overcharged to make

complaints.

MR. NGAI :

Sir, will the Secretary tell us

the number of successful prosecutions during the

period in question, and how heavy were the penalties

imposed, and under what circumstances would the

suspension of taxi licences be imposed as a

penalty?