FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1988
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KORNHILL BUS SERVICE PLAN SHELVED
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT BAS ADVISED THE CHINA MOTOR BUS EXTENSION OF TWO BUS SERVICES ΤΟ
COMPANY TO SHELVE ITS PROPOSED
KORNHILL.,
THIS FOLLOWS AN OPINION SURVEY OF KORNHILL RESIDENTS WHICH SHOWED THAT THEY WERE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED EXTENSION.
IN ITS 1986-88 ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, ΤΗΚ CELINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY HAD PLANNED TO EXTEND ITS ROUTES 82A FROM CHAI WAN AND 722 FROM CENTRAL BEYOND THEIR PRESENT QUARRY BAY TERMINUS TO KORNHILL.
UP TO NOW, KORNIITIL HAS BEEN SERVED ONLY BY THREE GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES. HOWEVER, A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY CONDUCTED LAST MONTH SHOWED THAT MOST KORNHILL RESIDENTS WERE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED BUS SERVICES.
THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY A WORKING GROUP FORMED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD'S TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE. OF THE 6,648 QUESTIONNAIRES DELIVERED, 4,612 RESIDENTS RESPONDED; OF THESE 87.6 PER CENT FAVOURED RETENTION OF THE STATUS QUO AND SAW NO NEED FOR BUS SERVICES TO KORNHELL.
ONLY 1.7 PER CENT FAVOURED BUS SERVICES TERMINATING IN
2.3 SHING STREET, WHILST ANOTHER
PER CENT OPTED FOR THROUGH SERVICES VIA HONG ON STREET AND HONG YUR STREET.
HONG BUS
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT IN THE THE LIGHT OF THE SURVEY FINDINGS, THE DEPARTMENT HAD ADVISED THAT PLAN FOR KORNIITLL BUS SERVICES SHOULD BE SHELVED INDEFINITELY,
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CLOSELY MONITOR
AND THE DEMAND FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT AT KORNILLEE,
WOULD CONTINUK TO ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE AND EFFICIENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.
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