WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1988
BILL PROVIDES FOR INCREASE IN PLB SEATING
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WHEN
CONSIDERING
OF USE
THE
REQUEST
THE FOR INCREASING
SEATING ΤΟ CAPACITY OF PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES (PLB'S), THE GOVERNMENT GAVE REGARD
THE MAKING BETTER
PASSENGER CARRYING POTENTIAL OF THESE VEHICLES BUT WITHOUT AFFECTING THE LEVEL OF COMFORT PROVIDED.
SAID THIS MOVING THE SECOND
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY WEDNESDAY) WHEN READING OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL 1988.
OF PUBLIC
THE BILL PROPOSED THAT THE MAXIMUM SEATING CAPACITY AND PRIVATE LIGHT BUSES BE INCREASED FROM 14 TO 16. MR LEUNG SAID.
MAJOR CARRIER WITH THE ALTHOUGH PLB'S NO LONGER SERVED AS A
TRANSIT RAILWAY, THE MODERNISED ADVENT OF THE MASS
KOWLOON-CANTON BUS NETWORKS, THEY STILL RAILWAY AND THE EXPANSION OF FRANCHISED
1.6 MILLION MAINTAINED A USEFUL COMPLEMENTARY SERVICE, CARRYING SOME PASSENGERS A DAY.
EXISTING UNDER THE
REGULATIONS, THE
VEHICLE ALL NEW
GROSS MAXIMUM
LIMIT, WITHIN THIS WEIGHT WEIGHT OF A PLB WAS FOUR TONNES. MODELS NOW IN USE COULD CARRY MORE THAN 14 PASSENGERS.
TWO
ONLY MAINTAINED, "BUT IF THE COMFORT STANDARDS ARE TO BE
THUS, IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THEIR ADDITIONAL SEATS COULD BE ALLOWED. MAXIMUM SEATING CAPACITY SHOULD ONLY BE INCREASED TO 16," HE SAID.
16 SEATS WOULD BE JUSTIFIED ON TRANSPORT
MR LEUNG STRESSED THAT THE INCREASE UP TO FINAL AS ANY FURTHER RELAXATION COULD NOT BE GROUNDS.
THE NO FURTHER RELAXATION IN CAPACITY WOULD THUS BE ALLOWED.
DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT OR SEATING
THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD SUPPORTED THESE PROPOSALS.
A BUS WAS MR LEUNG ALSO SAID THE MINIMUM SEATING CAPACITY OF AMENDED 30 THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO CARRY MORE THAN 16
TO BE PASSENGERS.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN A LIGHT BUS
AND
A BUS.
WITH
THE 30 VEHICLES NOW REGISTERED AS PRIVATE OR PUBLIC BUSES
OF 15 SEATING CAPACITY
OR
KEEF 16 WOULD
TREIR EXISTING CLASSIFICATION. THEY WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
A
THE BILL ALSO MADE
MINOR CONSEQUENTIAL
RELATED ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS, HE ADDED.
AMENDMENTS TO THREE
DEBATE ON THE BILL. WAS ADJOURNED.
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