SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1989
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TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS DECLINE BY EIGHT PER CENT
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TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS DURING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988-89, THE
RECEIVED A TOTAL OF UNIT (TCU) OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
OF EIGHT PER CENT COMPARED WITH 2,729 COMPLAINTS, A DECLINE
THE
PREVIOUS QUARTER.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TCU SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) WERE RELATED MAINLY TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRAFFIC ROAD MAINTENANCE AND ENFORCEMENT.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
ADEQUACY
THAT COMPLAINTS CONDITIONS,
BUS KONG
SERVICE, ISLAND,
OF FRANCHISED OF 201 COMPLAINTS THERE WERE A TOTAL
COVERING HONG KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, INCLUDING 24 COMPLAINTS RAIL TRANSIT FEEDER BUS ROUTES.
CASES.
ABOUT LIGHT
COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, THERE WAS A DECLINE
OF 40
A TOTAL ON THE STANDARD OF FRANCHISED BUS SERVICE, THERE WERE
THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. THESE OF 416 COMPLAINTS COMPARED WITH 414 IN COMPLAINTS
UP WITH THE BUS COMPANIES
CONCERNED.
WERE INDIVIDUALLY TAKEN
THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST TAXI 601 CASES IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER TO 535 CASES.
SERVICE
DECREASED FROM
TAXI SERVICE AS IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT
ROUTEING, WERE CONCERNED WITH TAXI DRIVERS NOT TAKING THE MOST DIRECT
HIRE OR SOLICITING OVERCHARGING, REFUSING
PASSENGERS, FAILING TO DRIVE TO DESTINATIONS, AND MISCONDUCT OR DRIVING IN A POOR MANNER.
PROVIDED BY THE NUMBERS OF COMPLAINTS RELATED TO THE SERVICES
RAILWAY, THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY, LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT, MASS TRANSIT
LAST QUARTER'S 153 HONGKONG TRAMWAYS AND THE PEAK TRAMWAY FELL FROM. CASES TO 132 CASES.
WITH
KONG 27
THERE WERE 40 COMPLAINTS AGAINST SERVICES RUN BY THE HONG
COMPARED COMPANY, YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY AND THE STAR FERRY CASES IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
MAIN THE
AREAS OF COMPLAINT WERE ADEQUACY OF SERVICE, REGULARITY OF SERVICE AND PASSENGER FACILITIES.
SAID THE SPOKESMAN
―
THAT COMPLAINTS ABOUT ROAD CONGESTION
47 153 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 193 IN KOWLOON, TOTALLED 399 CASES THE NEW TERRITORIES AND SIX IN TUNNEL AREAS.
IN
INCLUDED
INADEQUATE
ROAD
TRAFFIC CAPACITY
ROAD CONGESTION OBSTRUCTION,
ΤΟ FACTORS CONTRIBUTING ENGINEERING MATTERS, VEHICLE AND ROAD WORKS,
/COMPLAINTS ABOUT