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Following is the translation of the speech by the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, in moving the motion on the Tate's Cairn Tunnel (Amendment) Bylaw 2012 in Legislative Council today (July 17):
President,
I move that the second motion standing in my name on the agenda be passed.
The motion that I now move covers amendments made by the franchisee of the Tate's Cairn Tunnel, the Tate's Cairn Tunnel Company Limited under the Tate's Cairn Tunnel Ordinance, to amend the Tate's Cairn Tunnel By-laws.
Three of the key amendments have been mentioned in the overall introduction that I gave when I moved the motion on the Eastern Harbour Crossing Road Tunnel (Amendment) Bylaw 2012 earlier: first, providing for standardised autotoll signage; second, enabling the franchisee to control vehicular traffic and pedestrians by using light signals; and third, making the owner in addition to the driver of a vehicle liable to pay toll.
Subject to the approval of the motion by the Legislative Council, the amendment by-laws will commence on July 20, 2012.
President, I move the motion.
Ends/Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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