FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1975 2 -
MAXI-CAB SERVICES PROPOSED FOR N.T.
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PUBLIC LIGHT BUS FEEDER ROUTES, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS +1AXI-CAL+ SERVICES, ARE LIKELY TO OPERATE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO SERVE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT FASSENGERS TO JUSTIFY THE PROVISION OF LARGE BUSES.
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT THIS AFTERNOON TABLED A LIST OF 14 P::OPOSED MAXI-CAB ROUTES FOR THE N.T. AT A REGIONAL MEETING WITH NT-PLD REPRESENTATIVES, CHAIRED BY THE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORT, MR. PETER MILLER.
THE PARTIES DISCUSSED THE OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS OF FEEDER ROUTES, INCLUDING FIXED TIMETABLES, FARES AND VEHICLE ALLOCATION, APPROVED STOPPING PLACES, THE GRANT OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHT FOR A PARTICULAR ROUTE, AND THE ISSUE OF PERMITS TO ENTER CERTAIN PLB FROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED ZONES, IF NECESSARY.
PLB REPRESENTATIVES GENERALLY SHOWED KEEN INTEREST IN THE PROPOSALS AND THEY WERE INVITED TO STUDY THEM MORE CLOSELY AND SUBMIT WRITTEN APPLICATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT ON ANY OF THE FEEDER { JUTES THEY MAY DE INTERESTED IN OPERATING.'
MR. MILLER SAID THAT IN CASES WHERE MORE THAN ONE APPLICANT APPLIED FOR ONE PARTICULAR FEEDER ROUTE, CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN EITHER ON THE BASIS OF +FIRST COME FIRST SERVED+ OR BY MEANS (A BALLOT, WHICHEVER THE PLB OPERATORS WOULD PREFER.
THE PROPOSALS ENVISAGE FEEDER ROUTES RUNNING FROM TUNG KOK VAI TO LUEN VO MARKET, TSZ TIN TSUEN TO TUEN MUN, LAU FAU SIAN TO BIM WAN, SHEUNG SHUI TO LIN MA HANG, WU KAU TANG TO TAIPO MARKET, AND O KWAI SHING NORTH TO TSUEN WAN FERRY.
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TODAY'S MEETING WAS THE SECOND OF A SERIES CONVENED ON A REGIONAL BASIS. THE FIRST WAS HELD LAST MONTH WITH PLB OPERATORS OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
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THE NEXT WILL BE FOR KOWLOON PLB OPERATORS WITH WHOM PROPOSALS *ILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED ON FEEDER ROUTES FOR KOWLOON AND NEW KOWLOON
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