THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1987
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID A GENERAL FARE REVISION WAS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME TO ENABLE KMB TO MAINTAIN
ITS STANDARD AND LEVELS OF SERVICE, AND TO CONTINUE WITH NECESSARY ROUTE EXPANSION AS WELL AS CAPACITY AND FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENTS.
HE SAID THAT THE FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA SUBMITTED BY KMB IN SUPPORT OF ITS APPLICATION HAD BEEN EXAMINED IN DETAIL BY GOVERNMENT AND BY THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS SATISFIED THAT THE FARE SCALE PROPOSED BY KMB WAS FAIR AND APPROPRIATE AFTER STUDYING INTO THE PROPOSED FARE LEVELS FOR INDIVIDUAL BUS ROUTES AND THE PERCENTAGES OF FARE INCREASES FOR VARIOUS FARE BANDS.
THE REVISED FARE SCALE WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE ON JANUARY 23.
CHINA TO PROVIDE EXTRA WATER
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HONG KONG IS TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES OF WATER FROM CHINA - BUT AT INCREASED COST, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE EXTRA WATER WOULD BE SUPPLIED FOLLOWING TALKS DURING A VISIT TO GUANGDONG PROVINCE LAST MONTH BY A FOUR-MAN DELEGATION LED BY THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, AND INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR TOM TOMLINSON.
THE SPOKESMAN DESCRIBED THE PRESENT STORAGE SITUATION AS +UNSATISFACTORY FOR THE TIME OF YEAR.+
WITHOUT ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES, THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN HONG KONG RESERVOIRS COULD BE EXPECTED TO DROP TO 190 MILLION CUBIC METRES AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY.
THIS COMPARED WITH A STORAGE LEVEL OF 264 MILLION CUBIC METRES TO ENSURE A MINIMAL RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN FULL SUPPLY THROUGH TO THE BEGINNING OF THE WET SEASON IN MAY 1988.
+WITH STORAGE OF ONLY 190 MILLION CUBIC METRES THERE WOULD BE EVERY CHANCE THAT RESTRICTIONS WOULD NEED TO BE IMPOSED NEXT DRY SEASON, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
/HOWEVER, HE