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MONDAY, JULY 28, 1975
KWUN TONG PLB STAND ISSUE SETTLED ******
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) AMICABLY SETTLED WITH PUBLIC LIGHT BUS REPRESENTATIVES THE QUESTION OF PLB'S STANDING BY BEHIND A PLB STAND IN HIP WO STREET, KWUN TONG,
FOUR PLB REPRESENTATIVES THIS MORNING WENT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND REQUESTED THAT A NUMBER OF PLB'S BE ALLOWED TO STAND BY BEYOND THE REAR END OF THE PLB STAND SO THAT THEY COULD MOVE INTO THE STAND ONCE THE PLB'S IN FRONT DROVE AWAY. FOLLOWING LIAISON WITH THE POLICE, THE DEPARTMENT AGREED, AND THE REPRESENTATIVES ACCEPTED, THAT FOUR PLB'S, WITH DRIVERS ON BOARD, WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO SO DURING NON-PEAK HOURS, THAT IS
THAT IS, OUTSIDE THE PERIOD OF 7 A.M. TO 10 A.M. AND 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M.
THE PLB REPRESENTATIVES TOLD THE MEETING THAT SUCH STANDBY ACTIVITIES WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY DURING PEAK HOURS WHEN MOST PLB'S WOULD BE RUNNING ON THE ROADS.
THEY ALSO GAVE ASSURANCE THAT THEY WOULD ARRANGE TO HAVE THEIR OWN REGULATORS TO ENSURE STRICT OBSERVATIONS OF THE STANDBY ARRANGEMENTS AS WELL AS ROAD DISCIPLINE.
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