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The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, has written to the Chairman of the Transport Advisory Committee (TAC), Mr Larry Kwok, today (March 24) to invite the TAC to conduct a study on road traffic congestion in Hong Kong.
"Traffic congestion has increasingly become a cause for concern in our community. It affects all road users, not just bringing inconvenience to them but also causing an adverse impact on our economic activities. The Government is determined to tackle the problem," Professor Cheung said. "The TAC, with members of various professional or trade backgrounds, has all along been providing the Government with invaluable suggestions and advice on transport policies and issues. It is considered the most relevant forum to study the congestion problem and to advise on how it could be tackled."
The TAC will discuss the issue at its meeting tomorrow (March 25).
Ends/Monday, March 24, 2014
Issued at HKT 16:40
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