10
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1987
LESS COMPLAINTS ON BUS SERVICE RECEIVED
REMAINED THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS MAIN SUBJECTS OF PUBLIC COMPLAINTS ON TRANSPORT MATTERS, ACCORDING TO
OF THE THE 1986/87 ANNUAL REPORT RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY).
PERIOD
A
TRANSPORT
UNIT COMPLAINTS
(TCU)
FROM APRIL BODY STANDING
1986 ΤΟ
1987 TRANSPORT UNDER THE COMPARED WITH 5,719
MARCH
DURING THE 12-MONTH COVERED BY THE REPORT, TCU, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, RECORDED 6,813 COMPLAINTS, REGISTERED IN 1985/86, AN INCREASE OF 19 PER CENT.
OUT OF THESE
COMPLAINTS 6,813
RECORDED,
CENT WERE ONE-FIFTH
41 PER SERVICES. APPROXIMATELY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC
OTHER MAJOR COMPLAINT CONGESTION. ROAD STEMMED FROM ENFORCEMENT AND ROAD MAINTENANCE.
AREAS WERE
THAT THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF TCU, MR MOHAMMED RUMJAHN, SAID
CENT OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT BUS SERVICES ACCOUNTED FOR 23 PER
WENT DOWN BY 5 PER COMPLAINTS RECEIVED. THE ACTUAL NUMBER HOWEVER,
IN 1986/87. THE MAIN CENT FROM 1,642 IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO 1,562 AREAS OF CONCERN WERE INADEQUATE SERVICE AND STANDARD OF SERVICE.
685
COMPLAINTS
ABOUT
INADEQUATE
BUS
FRANCHISED ALTOGETHER SERVICES WERE RECEIVED. BUS SERVICES FOR HONG KONG ISLAND DREW 17 PER
IN THE
SIMILAR PREVIOUS YEAR, HOWEVER CENT FEWER COMPLAINTS THAN COMPLAINTS CONCERNING KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES ROSED BY 15 CENT.
PER
KONG ISLAND INCREASED DEMAND WAS MET BY THE AND
COMPLAINTS ABOUT INADEQUATE BUS SERVICES FOR HONG DROPPED FROM 169 IN 1985/86 TO 141 IN 1986/87. THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT FOR SERVICE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THREE NEW ROUTES SERVING CHUNG HOM AP LEI CHAU.
COMPLAINTS ABOUT INADEQUATE BUS SERVICES FOR
AN
INCREASE
кок, STANLEY
KOWLOON AND
CASES
THE
OVER THE OF 64 490, NEW TERRITORIES TOTALLED
80 PER PREVIOUS YEAR. THE NEW TERRITORIES BUS SERVICES ACCOUNTED FOR
IN ACTUAL NUMBERS, CENT OF THESE COMPLAINTS, OR 398 CASES RECEIVED. THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 96 CASES WHEN COMPARED WITH 302 THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS.
RECORDED IN
INADEQUATE EXTERNAL BUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT
AND THEY WERE OFTEN OF NEW TOWNS DIRECT BUS SERVICES ΤΟ URBAN KOWLOON
ΤΟ THE
DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT
ROUTES
THE RESIDENTS ACCOMPANIED BY REQUESTS FOR
"THERE WERE STILL
FROM
WHICH WERE
ALL REFERRED CONSIDERATION", MR RUMJAHN SAID.
/AFTER THE