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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21,
1989
HE ADDED THAT THE APPROVED MEASURES ARE A FIRST STEP TO
WILL BE CONTINUED IN THE FARE DIFFERENTIALS AND THEY ADJUSTMENT EXERCISES.
REDUCE FUTURE FARE
TRAVEL
FARE FINANCIAL
INCREMENTAL "WE MUST ALLOW TIME TO MONITOR THE IMPACT OF
PASSENGERS' ON CHARGES
PATTERNS, AND ON CMB'S
SITUATION, HE SAID.
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THE "FURTHERMORE A STUDY OF CMB'S FARE STRUCTURE BY
TRANSPORT
DEPARTMENT IS BEING
THIS CONDUCTED.
ΤΟ STUDY IS EXPECTED
TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT COMPLETED IN AUTUMN AND WILL BE PRESENTED BOARD, HE SAID.
BE
THE FOR STAR FERRY'S EDINBURGH PLACE TO KOWLOON POINT SERVICE,
INCREASED BY 20
FROM UPPER DECK FARE FOR ADULTS WILL BE
20 CENTS
80 FROM 50 CENTS ΤΟ 60 CENTS TO $1 AND THAT FOR CHILDREN BY 10 CENTS CENTS. THE COST OF A MONTHLY TICKET WILL GO UP FROM $39 TO $50.
HOWEVER, LOWER DECK FARES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN UNCHANGED AT 60 CENTS.
ΤΟ HUNG
WILL REMAIN
HOM SERVICE WILL BE ADULT UPPER DECK CHILDREN RISE
FARES FOR THE EDINBURGH PLACE INCREASED BY 10.CENTS FROM 90 CENTS TO $1 FOR BOTH FARES AND LOWER DECK FARES, WHILE UPPER DECK FARES FOR FROM 50 CENTS TO 60 CENTS.
THERE WILL BE NO FARE INCREASE FOR POINT SERVICE.
THE WAN
ΤΟ CHAI
KOWLOON
CONSIDERED THE FINANCIAL
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAD CAREFULLY POSITION OF THE STAR FERRY COMPANY AND
THE APPROVED
ΤΟ INCREASES
MEET RISING OPERATING COSTS DUE INFLATION AND THE COST OF SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS.
ΤΟ
FOR LANTAU'S TAXI FARES, THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL FLAGFALL FOR THE FIRST TWO KILOMETRES TO INCREASE AND SUBSEQUENT DISTANCE CHARGES FROM $0.50 $0.70 EVERY 0.25 KILOMETRE.
EVERY
APPROVED THE FROM $5 TO $5.50
KILOMETRE 0.20
ΤΟ
ONE
MINUTE INSTEAD OF
WAITING TIME CHARGE WILL BE $0.70 FOR $0.50. RADIO-CALL SURCHARGE WILL BE INCREASED FROM $1 TO $2.
GOVERNOR THE TAXI AND
THE DECISION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IN MAKING THE IN COUNCIL HAD TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF
INCLUDING TRADE ON LANTAU,
INFLATION, RISING OPERATING COSTS, AS WELL AS THE LEVEL OF TAXI DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN TAXI AND FRANCHISED BUSES NEW FARE SCALE IS ALSO IN LINE WITH THAT FOR NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS.
MAINTENANCE
AND SERVICE
ON THE
THE FARE ISLAND. THIS
/THE EXISTING