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and the

of the transport companies/Government, and this we

have

included in our new procedures.

And

finally

we

have learnt also from

this that

the utility companies have to play a

more active part in the organisation and we have already

impressed upon them the need to deploy all the resources

c. and to involve Government departments in the repair work.

the gas leakage incident was concerned,

As

far also

as

it was necessary to decide on the spot whether, in

the light of the traffic congestion that might

result from the repair work, the

inconvenience to

But in

the public was as important as the safety aspect.

this case we did learn that the safety aspect is over-

was the right one in that

riding and the decision made was

particular case.

DR. HO:

Sir,

does

the Lion Rock Tunnel Control

Office has in its possession towing cars which are

powerful enough to tow away the largest container trucks

so as to clear the road for traffic again? And in the Lion

Rock Tunnel incident why did it take so many hours to tow

away the disabled container truck?

is another

SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT: Sir, in fact, this

lesson we have learnt from this, although we did know about

the problem. The Transport Department does not have the

heavy duty cranes to tow away big

far.

Such

a

container trucks so

heavy duty crane

costs $3 million