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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1991
DANIELA DEANE
(WASHINGTON POST): DOES WORK NOW STOP ON THE AIRPORT UNTIL WE WAIT FOR CHINESE BLESSING?
MR. HURD: NO I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANY CHANGE IN WHAT IS GOVENG ON AT THE MOMENT. THAT IS EMPHATICALLY A MATTER FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. I WON'T READ IT OUT AGAIN BUT I USED A FORM OF WORDS OBVIOUSLY WHICH CAME FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN ANSWERING THAT POINT.
STATEMENT ON PROPOSED KCRC FARE-CHARGING RESIDENTS' COACH SERVICES
IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES REGARDING THE PROPOSED PROVISION BY THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION OF FARE-CHARGING RESIDENTS' COACH SERVICES, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT WOULD NOT NORMALLY LICENSE A RESIDENTS' SERVICE WITHOUT PROOF THAT THE SERVICE WAS DEMANDED AND SUPPORTED BY THE RESIDENTS TO BE SERVED.
"THE RESIDENTS ARE FREE TO CHOOSE THE PREFERRED BUS OPERATOR AND THE LEVEL OF FARES THEY WILL ACCEPT," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"AS AND WHEN THE KCRC PUTS IN AN APPLICATION TO RESIDENTS' SERVICE, IT WILL BE PROCESSED IN THE SAME MANNER AND THE SAME CRITERIA AS CURRENTLY APPLIED TO OTHER NON-FRANCHISED BUS OPERATORS," HE ADDED.
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THE KCRC AS A NON-FRANCHISED BUS OPERATOR IS PREVENTED FROM OPERATING A FARE-CHARGING FRANCHISED BUS SERVICE UNDER THE PUBLIC BUS SERVICES ORDINANCE.
HOWEVER, IT IS FREE ΤΟ OFFER TO OPERATE A FARE-CHARGING RESIDENTS' SERVICE IN THE SAME WAY AS OTHER NON-FRANCHISED OPERATORS.
THE PROVISION OF THE EXISTING FREE FEEDER BUS SERVICES PO AND SHA TIN WAS A COMMERCIAL DECISION OF THE KCRC, THE SAID.
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THIS IS DIFFERENT IN NATURE FROM AN SERVICE, HE ADDED.
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