MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1984
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'SAFETY ON BUSES' PUBLICITY DRIVE STARTING SOON
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A TWO-WEEK PUBLICITY EXERCISE WILL BE LAUNCHED NEXT MONDAY (MARCH 12) TO EDUCATE BUS PASSENGERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COURTESY AND SAFETY ON BUSES.
THE EXERCISE, CO-ORDINATED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, IS A JOINT EFFORT BY CMB, KMB AND THE POLICE TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL OPERATING ENVIRONMENT BY URGING PASSENGERS TO BE PATIENT AND CONSIDERATE WHEN AWAITING AND BOARDING BUSES AND NOT TO OVERLOAD THEM.
ANNOUNCING THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (MARCH 5), THE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT (HONG KONG AND ISLANDS), MRS DOROTHY CHAN SAID ONLY WITH THE SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC, COULD THIS EFFORT BE A SUCCESS.
MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT APART FROM THE OBVIOUS RISKS OF AN OVER-LOADED BUS, DELAYS AND BREAKDOWNS FREQUENTLY RESULT.
+RIDING ON BUSES NEED NOT BE AN UNPLEASANT, UNCOMFORTABLE AND STIFLING EXPERIENCE IF COMMUTERS SIMPLY EXERCISE A LITTLE PATIENCE AND DISCIPLINE BY CATCHING THE NEXT BUS.
+BUS CAPACITY IS RAPIDLY CATCHING UP WITH DEMAND DUE TO EXPANSION OF THE KMB AND CMB FLEET.
+ THE LONG-STANDING PROBLEM OF BUS OVERLOADING SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE, BOTH IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND PASSENGER COMFORT, PARTICULARLY, IN VIEW OF MUCH IMPROVED SERVICES AND REDUCED CONGESTION ON ROADS, SHE SAID.
DURING THIS EXERCISE, POSTERS AND STICKERS PRODUCED BY BOTH FRANCHISED BUS COMPANIES WILL BE DISPLAYED AT TERMINE, BUS STOPS AND ON THE VEHICLES WITH THE MESSAGE - +A SAFER JOURNEY IS WORTH WAITING FOR CATCH THE NEXT BUS+.
THE TWO BUS COMPANIES WILL DEPLOY MORE STAFF AT BUS STOPS TO HELP PUT ACROSS THE COURTESY AND SAFETY MESSAGE TO THE PASSENGERS.
IN SUPPORTING THE EXERCISE, THE POLICE WILL BE BROADCASTING THE BUS SAFETY THEME ALONG THE MORE BUSY ROUTES FROM MARCH 12 FOR TWO WEEKS.
KMB AND CMB WILL ALSO BE PUTTING ADDITIONAL REGULATORS AND INSPECTORS TO CONTROL PASSENGERS ON THEIR MORE CROWDED ROUTES.
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