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Following is a question by the Hon Lau Kong-wah and a written reply by the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, Dr Sarah Liao, at the Legislative Council meeting today (April 18) :
Question :
Will the Government inform this Council of:
(a) the respective defect rates of streetlights in urban and rural areas in the past two years; and
(b) the respective numbers of streetlights which have been installed for more than one month but have not yet been put into use in various districts at present, and the reasons for that?
Reply :
Madam President,
(a) The total number of street lights in the territory is 129,410 as at end of March 2006 and 131,248 as at end of March 2007. The defective rates of street lights are currently grouped by three regions managed under the "management, operation and maintenance contract", viz. (1) Hong Kong Island, (2) Kowloon and New Territories East and (3) New Territories West. The defective rates of street lights for the past two years and their distribution are set out at the Annex 1.
(b) At present, there are 112 street lights in the territory which have not been put into service after being installed for more than one month. Their distribution and reasons for not putting into service are set out at the Annex 2.
Ends/Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Issued at HKT 12:36
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