Remarks by STL on Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles at media session
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Following are the remarks by the Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Ms Mable Chan, at a media session after going to the opening event of automated “Park & Fly” carpark of the Airport Authority Hong Kong today (November 15):
Press reporter: The (Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles) plan is now just scheduled for homeowners in 4 cities, specifically Jiangmen, Guangzhou, Zhongshan and Zhuhai. When is the schedule for opening to citizens of other cities? My 2nd concern exists have actually been rather a great deal of social networks clips revealing that the lorries from Guangdong province side, perhaps they are not knowledgeable about the traffic guidelines in Hong Kong, and for that reason, there are a great deal of infractions. How would the Transport and Logistics Bureau step up the education on Hong Kong traffic guidelines to these chauffeurs to alleviate such type of risks that they might bring?
Secretary for Transport and Logistics: The Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles plan is an ingenious policy which improves the connection in between Guangdong location and Hong Kong. The distance of the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge form a synergy in order to offer multimodal, i.e. land transportation and air transportation for Guangdong locals to allow them to experience locations offered by the HKIA. As far as the 2nd part of the plan is worried, we are altering type of efforts on various fronts in order to guarantee security, allow benefit and advantage different sectors and sell Hong Kong. We work extremely carefully with Guangdong entities and authorities. The Bureau worried the significance of car security along with roadway security. That is why we have actually currently supplied an overall of around 9 locations to perform lorry assessment. Throughout the car assessment procedure, we will likewise improve the awareness and offer beneficial suggestions on the roadway security requirements of Hong Kong to inform the Guangdong citizens.
I make sure through our numerous methods of promo and education, we will guarantee that they will observe the requirements of driving in Hong Kong and we will likewise continue to supply various marketing products to allow their cars and trucks and cars to divert into numerous areas such as hotels, sports centers, convention centers, so that they can invest some cash in Hong Kong and likewise can remain over night in Hong Kong in order to boost the economy and tourist in Hong Kong.
(Please likewise describe the Chinese part of the remarks.)