TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1985
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CMB CONTINUES PROGRESS, REPORT SAYS
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THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY CONTINUES TO MAKE STEADY PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE OUTSTANDING ITEMS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WORKING GROUP ON BUS MAINTENANCE.
ONE OF THESE IS THE RECRUITMENT OF A QUALIFIED ENGINEER. WILL BE JOINING THE COMPANY IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR TO HEAD ITS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
THIS WAS REVEALED IN THE SEVENTH PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REPORT OF THE TAC WORKING GROUP ON CMB MAINTENANCE SUBMITTED AT A TAC MEETING TODAY (TUESDAY).
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THE TAC NOTED THAT THE SAFETY STANDARD OF CMB BUSES, AS REVEALED FROM SPOT CHECKS, CONTINUED TO BE SATISFACTORY. THE NUMBER OF SAFETY DEFECTS PER BUS IN OCTOBER WAS 0.45 AS COMPARED TO 0.5 AND 0.6 IN SEPTEMBER AND AUGUST RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE TAC EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE LOW LEVEL OF PENALTIES IN RECENT CASES OF BUS DEFECTS BROUGHT BEFORE MAGISTRATES' COURTS.
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THE REPORT SHOWED THE MORALE OF CMB STAFF WAS GOOD. PROGRESS ALSO HAD BEEN ACHIEVED IN CMB'S TRAINING PROGRAMME AND THE STANDARD OF WORK OF STAFF AT ALL LEVELS WAS GENERALLY MAINTAINED.
THE PROGRESS REPORT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE GENERAL STANDARD AND LEVEL OF CMB'S SERVICES HAD IMPROVED RECENTLY. THIS WAS REFLECTED IN THE DECREASES IN THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMPLAINTS ON SERVICE INADEQUACIES AND BUS BREAKDOWNS.
THE TAC ALSO NOTED THAT CMB BUSES WERE GENERALLY CLEANER AND IN BETTER CONDITION AND THAT CMB MANAGEMENT WAS TAKING A MORE POSITIVE APPROACH IN TACKLING MISCONDUCT OF STAFF, IN PARTICULAR DRIVERS, TO IMPROVE SERVICE STANDARDS.
MEANWHILE, THE TAC EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE CMB WOULD SOON INFORM THE COMMITTEE OF THE RESULT OF THE ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT'S STUDY AND THAT THIS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED QUICKLY.
DEPOT RELOCATION
THE PROPOSAL BY HONGKONG TRAMWAYS (HKT) TO RELOCATE ITS TRAM DEPOT FROM SHARP STREET EAST TO TWO NEW SITES IN SHAU KEI WAN AND SAI YING PUN WAS SUPPORTED BY THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TODAY.
SUBJECT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL, THE MOVE SHOULD BE COMPL "ED BY MID-1987, FREEING THE SHARP STREET EAST SITE FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
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