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Mrs. NG (in Cantonese): Sir, to follow up on Mr. CHEUNG'S question,
i.e. on the seats provided by the PLBs, could the Government consider
increasing the seating capacity of the PLBs so as to alleviate the
congestion on the road, i.e. instead of 14 seats
increase that to a certain number ?
could We
Secretary for Transport: Sir, I think this question basically is
slightly different from the original question that has been asked
but I will try to answer it. I think we must bear in mind that
the public light bus is a public light bus; it is not, in the
ordinary sense of the word, a bus, so there is indeed a limit as
to how far we can go,
from
14
to
20,
to
25,
65 or 100.
I
think
the
matter
has
to
be
studied very carefully before we can change what is now being
considered as the proper figure.