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THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1990
MORE NEW GMB ROUTES TO BE ANNOUNCED
ANOTHER PACKAGE OF GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES
THE JULY,
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TENDER IN HAU-CHUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
BE WILL
PUT UP FOR PANG TRANSPORT, MR
WITH
TOTAL OF ABOUT 25 ROUTES
5 AND THE TSEUNG KWAN 0
THE PACKAGE WOULD INCLUDE A ABOUT SEVEN USING THE NEWLY OPENED ROUTE TUNNEL TO BE OPENED LATER THIS YEAR, HE SAID.
AT A MEETING WITH
KONG, KOWLOON MERCHANTS' UNITED SECOND PACKAGE OF TO ENCOURAGE THE
HONG REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
LIGHT BUS AND NEW TERRITORIES PUBLIC AND MAXICAB ASSOCIATION TODAY, MR PANG SAID THIS WOULD BE THE NEW ROUTES TO BE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR IN AN EFFORT CONVERSION OF RED MINIBUSES TO GREEN MINIBUSES.
OPERATE THE A SELECTION BOARD WOULD SOON SELECT APPLICANTS TO
YEAR. IT WAS EXPECTED 10 NEW GMB ROUTES ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY THIS THAT THE NEW GMB ROUTES COULD BE INTRODUCED FROM JULY ONWARDS.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE REGIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SEVERAL DISTRICT BOARD AND
MR PANG ADDED THAT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WOULD IDENTIFY AND DRAW UP MORE NEW ROUTES IN THE COMING MONTHS.
HE REITERATED THAT THE EXISTING
NUMBER OF
CONTINUE TO
ON GRADUALLY
PUBLIC TO
GOVERNMENT POLICY
AND PLB'S LIGHT BUSES WAS TO MAINTAIN THE CONVERT THEM TO GMB'S WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF GMB ROUTES.
·
ALLOWING PLB'S
ON THE QUESTION OF
TO RUN SERVICES INSIDE ΤΟ RESTRICT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, MR PANG SAID THE EXISTING POLICY PLB OPERATING AREAS WOULD CONTINUE.
DEMANDS
TO RELIEVE TRANSPORT
WITHIN HOUSING ESTATES DURING INTRODUCED. AS FOR LARGER HOUSING RUSH HOURS, GMB ROUTES WOULD BE
1 ESTATES, THESE COULD BE SERVED BY RESIDENTIAL COACHES.
REASONS THE
DEPARTMENT
MR PANG SAID FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT WAS NOT IN FAVOUR OF PLB'S ENTERING HOUSING ESTATES.
AND HE
WOULD HOPED
BB THAT
HE SAID PLB ASSOCIATIONS AND DISTRICT BOARDS CONSULTED ON THE INTRODUCTION OF MORE GMB ROUTES THE CONVERSION OF RMB'S TO GMB'S WOULD BE SPED UP.
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