MANAGEMENT REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
業務回顧報告書
are continuing, and have caused some interest amongst the public. In addition, as part of the Company's ongoing programme to increase capacity and to
modernise the fleet, more routes are
now served by high capacity 11-metre,
3-axle buses.
KMB-MTR Integrated Fare System KMB and the MTR are now jointly developing a bus/rail integrated
ticketing system. An agreement with the MTR to install 100 Automatic Fare Collection machines on a number of
buses operating MTR feeder routes
was signed in August, 1988. The
development of these machines is well.
on schedule and the operation is
expected to begin in Autumn 1989. Both the MTR stored value tickets and
cash will be accepted for payment of
bus fare on those selected MTR feeder
routes where the buses are equipped
with the Automatic Fare Collection
machines as well as the usual coin
boxes. This provides the passengers with an extra choice of fare payment method.
BETTER BACK-UP FROM NEW DEPOTS
Lai Chi Kok Headquarters
The Lai Chi Kok Depot is being
developed into a modern headquarters
for the Company at an estimated
construction cost of $70 million. The
new building will have four floors of
carpark accommodating 90 cars and 13
floors of office accommodation with a
total floor area of 178,320 square feet.
Construction of the superstructure was started in May 1988 and the completion of the new building is scheduled to be in the latter half of 1989.
對這些新巴士亦甚感興趣。此外作爲
本公司增加載客量及將車隊現代化計劃之
一部份,現時更多巴士線已改以載客量
較高之十一米三軸巴士行走。
九巴/地下鐵路聯通收費系統
本公司正與地下鐵路公司合作發展一項
巴士/鐵路聯票系統。本公司於一九八八
年八月與地下鐵路公司簽訂協議,在
行走地下鐵路接駁路線之巴士上安裝
一百部自動收費機。安裝該等收費機之
計劃發展順利,預料可於一九八九年秋季
應用。屆時乘客可使用地鐵儲值車票或
現金繳付車費乘搭這些裝置有自動收費機
及錢箱的地鐵接駁巴士,此舉為乘客提供
另一種繳付車資的選擇,
新車廠提供更佳支援
荔枝角總寫字樓
。
荔枝角車廠現正發展為本公司之新型總
寫字樓,建築費用估計為七千萬元。新
大廈將有四層停車場,可停泊九十部
車輛,另有十三層寫字樓,樓面總面積爲
十七萬八千三百二十平方呎。上層建築
已於一九八八年五月動工,預計新大厦
將於一九八九年下半年完成。
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