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MONDAY, MAY 22, 1989
"DEFERMENT WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED IF AN OWNER CAN PROVE THAT HIS VEHICLE IS DUE TO BE REPLACED BY A NEW ONE, HE SAID.
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DEFERMENT WOULD BE GRANTED FOR ONE YEAR ONLY.
ON THE ASSOCIATION'S REQUEST FOR PERMITTING NON-FRANCHISED BUSES TO USE ALL FRANCHISED BUS LANES, MR SO POINTED OUT THAT MANY BUS LANES WERE OPEN TO ALL TYPES OF BUSES.
DURING
HOWEVER, IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH AS
PEAK HOURS AND WHERE A BUS LANE WAS TOO SHORT FOR TOO MANY BUSES TO CUT IN, PRIORITY OVER ITS USE WOULD HAVE TO BE DETERMINED.
FOR EXAMPLE, A RECENT SURVEY SHOWED THAT THE BUS GATE ON CANAL
WAS ROAD FLYOVER, WHICH WAS THE ASSOCIATION'S MAIN CONCERN,
USED BY OVER 120 BUSES AN HOUR DURING
AND EVENING PEAK. THAT MEANS TWO BUSES CUTTING IN THROUGH THE BUS GATE EVERY MINUTE.
THEY
THE MORNING
USUALLY, FRANCHISED BUSES WOULD GET HIGHER PRIORITY BECAUSE CARRIED MORE
ΤΟ AND WERE COMMITTED
OPERATING
SCHEDULED ROUTES.
PASSENGERS
TO MR SO AGREED TO CONSIDER ALLOWING NON-FRANCHISED BUSES
USB IN BUS GATE
HUNG THE BUS GATE ON CANAL ROAD FLYOVER AS WELL AS THE
4 PM AND AFTER HING ROAD DURING NON-PEAK HOURS, I.E. FROM 10 AM TO
ON THE 7 PM AT NIGHT. HOWEVER, THE ASSOCIATION EXPRESSED RESERVATION USEFULNESS OF THIS PROPOSAL.
MR SO SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD REVIEW THE USE OF ALL LANES, INCLUDING THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER BUS GATE, UPON THE OPENING THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION AIRPORT RESTRICTION ZONE PERMIT SYSTEM.
BUS
OF
REQUESTED ΤΟ
ABOLISH
THE
MR SO SAID THAT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND CIVIL AVIATION UNLOADING DEPARTMENT WERE CONCERNED OVER THE PROVISION OF LOADING AND WERE REVIEWING THE SPACES FOR COACHES IN THE AIRPORT AND
SITUATION EVER SINCE THE NEW WING OF THE AIRPORT WAS COMPLETED.
HOWEVER, THE CIVIL
AVIATION DEPARTMENT
BELIEVED THE PERMIT WOULD BE SYSTEM HAD TO BE MAINTAINED, OR ELSE TRAFFIC AT THE AIRPORT
THE RESULTING CHAOTIC AND OUT OF CONTROL.
CHAOS WOULD AFFECT THE TOURISTS AS WELL AS THE OPERATORS OF THE OMNIBUSES.
1200 SOME
SPECIAL PERMITS HAD BEEN ISSURD BY
LOADING AND AVIATION DEPARTMENT PERMITTING THE USE OF THE SPACES OUTSIDE THE ARRIVAL HALL OF THE AIRPORT, AND 610 OF FOR OMNIBUSES.
THE CIVIL UNLOADING THEM WERE
/THE CIVIL