MONDAY, MAY 26, 1986
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REVISED FARES FOR MORE GREEN MINIBUS SERVICES
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN APPROVAL FOR ANOTHER SIX GREEN MINIBUS PACKAGES IN KOWLOON, COMPRISING 13 ROUTES, TO INCREASE THEIR FARES FROM SUNDAY (JUNE 1).
THESE ROUTES OPERATE IN MONG KOK, HUNG HOM, TO KWA WAN, KOWLOON CITY, KOWLOON TONG, KWUN TONG, TSIM SHA TSUI AND SHAM SHUI PO. THE FARE INCREASES RANGE FROM 20 TO 50 CENTS AND TEN OF THEM WILL CHARGE UP TO THE NEW FARE CEILINGS.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID APPROVAL WAS GIVEN AFTER CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE OPERATING DETAILS AND FINANCIAL RETURNS SUBMITTED BY THE GREEN MINIBUS OPERATORS.
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APPROVAL HAS NOW BEEN GIVEN FOR 12 GREEN MINIBUS PACKAGES IN KOWLOON, COVERING 25 ROUTES, TO INCREASE THEIR FARES SINCE THE FARE CEILINGS FOR GREEN MINIBUS SERVICES WERE REVISED IN FEBRUARY. FARES FOR SIX GREEN MINIBUS PACKAGES, COMPRISING 12 ROUTES, WERE REVISED ON MAY 1.
THE OPERATORS ARE REQUIRED TO INFORM PASSENGERS OF THE FARE REVISION BY PUTTING NOTICES AT GREEN MINIBUS TERMINI AND INSIDE THE VEHICLES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
MACAU GOVERNOR ARRIVING *****
THE NEW MACAU GOVERNOR, DR JOAQUIM PINTO MACHADO, WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (TUESDAY) BY FLIGHT BA3, ETA 3.45 PM.
HE WILL LEAVE FOR MACAU ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 28).
NOTE TO EDITORS,
A PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER DR MACHADO'S ARRIVAL. THOSE COVERING THE EVENT SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS ROOM BY 3.15 PM,
GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
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