WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1984
HE SHARED FATHER MCGOVERN'S DESIRE TO SEE FURTHER IMPROVEMENT TO THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.
WHILE HOPING TO PUT FORWARD, PROPOSALS ON THE GENERAL LINES SUGGESTED BY FATHER MCGOVERN, MR BRIDGE SAID HE COULD NOT YET MAKE ANY FIRM COMMITMENT ON THE TIMING.
+AS MR ANDREW SO SAYS, IMPROVEMENT TO WORKERS' WELFARE MUST BE INTRODUCED STEP BY STEP.
+ IN TIMING THEIR INTRODUCTION WE MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE STATE OF OUR ECONOMY SO AS NOT TO LAY TOO GREAT A BURDEN ON THE MANUFACTURERS ON WHOM OUR PROSPERITY, AND OUR CAPACITY TO INTRODUCE FURTHER WELFARE MEASURES, SO MUCH DEPENDS,+ MR BRIDGE SAID.
BILL TO STRENGTHEN SUPERVISION OF BUSES
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A BILL WHOSE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO STRENGTHEN THE EXISTING PROVISIONS FOR SUPERVISING THE OPERATION OF PUBLIC OMNIBUSES, PARTICULARLY THE FORWARD PLANNING OF THE FRANCHISED BUSES, WAS
INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE PUBLIC OMNIBUS SERVICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON JUSTIN YUE, SAID THAT THE BILL MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE FRANCHISES ARE SUBJECT TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE AS IT MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.
IT SEEKS TO EXEMPT THREE TYPES OF BUS SERVICES FROM THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE ORDINANCE OTHERWISE APPLICABLE TO FRANCHISED SERVICES.
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A +RESIDENTS' SERVICE+ WHICH IS NORMALLY A ROUTE TO SERVE A PARTICULAR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT,
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INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER SERVICE+ COVERING AIRPORT AND HOTEL SERVICES, CROSS-HARBOUR SERVICES AND SERVICES TO MAJOR RAILWAY STATIONS AND FERRY TERMINALS, AND
A +MULTIPLE TRANSPORT SERVICE+ WHERE A SINGLE FARE WOULD BE PAYABLE FOR A JOURNEY ON MORE THAN ONE MODE OF TRANSPORT.
THESE SERVICES, MR YUE EXPLAINED, WERE INTENDED TO COMPLEMENT RATHER THAN TO COMPETE WITH THOSE PROVIDED BY THE FRANCHISED BUSES.
/HE ADDED