THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1990
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AT THAT FARES ON NLB SERVICES WERE LAST REVISED IN JUNE 1987.
SOUGHT BY NLB WOULD TIME, THE TAC WAS ADVISED THAT A FARE INCREASE
1988-89, AND ONLY PERMIT THE COMPANY TO MAKE A PROFIT IN 1987-88 AND THAT A. FURTHER FARE INCREASE WOULD BE REQUIRED RISING OPERATING COSTS.
IN 1990-91 то COVER
BY NLB IS THE PERCENTAGE OF FARE INCREASES AT PRESENT SOUGHT
THE WELL BELOW THE AGGREGATE INFLATION RATE SINCE THE LAST REVISION.
OVER THE NEXT FARE RISE IS REQUIRED TO COVER RISING OPERATING COSTS
HAD MANAGED TO KEEP ITS TWO YEARS. MEMBERS NOTED THAT THE COMPANY OPERATING COSTS DOWN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THE TAC'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON BOTH THE TRAM AND NLB BE FORWARDED TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
FORWARD PLANNING
THE COMMITTEE ALSO EXAMINED NLB'S FOR THE FIVE YEARS BETWEEN 1989-90 AND 1993-94.
MEMBERS NOTED THAT AS AT MID-1989, SEVEN ROUTES WITH A FLEET OF 54 VEHICLES.
FARES WILL
PROGRAMME
NLB OPERATED SERVICES ON
IN ORDER
TO MEET THE
SERIES
OF
ANTICIPATED
SERVICE
PASSENGERS
IN INCREASE WOULD BE COMPLETED IN
BEEN PLANNED, ADDITIONAL BUSES ON ROUTE
ATTRACTED BY THE BIG STATUE OF BUDDHA, WHICH
IMPROVEMENTS EARLY 1992, A INCLUDING THE PROPOSED DEPLOYMENT OF SIX NO. 2 WHICH OPERATES BETWEEN MUI WO AND NGONG PING.
HAD
-
ROUTE NO. TWO IN ADDITION, INTERCHANGE SHA LO WAN) AND ROUTE NO. 9 (MUI WO FERRY PIER OLD TOWN) ARE PLANNED FOR INTRODUCTION IN APRIL
NEW ROUTES
10 (KBUNG
SHAN
-
MUI
WO
1991 AND
JANUARY
1992 RESPECTIVELY.
NLB ALSO PLANS TO ENHANCE THE SERVICES OF ROUTE NO. 1 (MUI WO TAI O) BY ADDING ONE AIR-CONDITIONED VEHICLE.
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THE TAC NOTED THÁT NLB PROPOSES
BUSES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WHICH TWO ARE AIR-CONDITIONED, AND TWO DOUBLE-DECKERS.
SCRAPPING, FOR ARE PLANNED TO REPLACE THOSE DUE SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS.
то INCLUDING 32
A PURCHASE
OF DECK BUSES, SINGLE
TOTAL
34
OF
AND
OF THESE, 26 то NINE
MEET
NEW DEPOT OF
4,000 SQUARE
METRES, MILLION, WILL
ON DEPOT DEVELOPMENT, A WHICH IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT MUI WO AT A COST OF $4.4 BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST THIS YEAR.
OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMB
THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE BOARD WAS CONSULTED AND CONSIDERED NLB'S ROUTE GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE.
WHETHER NEW MAINTAINING
MEANWHILE, THE TAC ALSO DISCUSSED THE QUESTION OF URBAN TAXI LICENCES SHOULD BE ISSUED IN 1990 AND OF EXISTING NUMBER OF 40 LANTAU TAXI LICENCES FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
ADDITIONAL
THE
URBAN TAXI IT ASSESSED THE NEED
ISSUING FOR
THE DEMAND FOR TAXI SERVICES, LICENCES FOR 1990 WITH REFERENCE TO PROFITABILITY OF THE TRADE AND THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
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