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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1991
TAC BRIEFED ON BUS COMPANIES' PERFORMANCE
TRANSPORT THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WAS (TAC)
TODAY BUS COMPANY (CMB) IN
BRIEFED
ALL CONSULTANTS,
MAJOR
(TUESDAY) ON THE PROGRESS MADE BY CHINA MOTOR IMPROVING ITS MANAGEMENT.
ACCORDING ΤΟ
THE
MANAGEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THEIR REPORT OF MAY 1990 HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
CMB
HAD
ADDITIONAL CREATED
MIDDLE-MANAGEMENT
ITS MANAGERIAL
ORGANISATION
POSTS STRUCTURE AND
AND
JOB
STREAMLINED DESCRIPTIONS, TAC MEMBERS WERE TOLD.
HAD
MANAGEMENT LED ΤΟ IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATIONS
THE CONSULTANTS WERE OF THE OPINION THAT CMB'S BEEN CONSIDERABLY STRENGTHENED AND THIS HAD
SERVICES, PASSENGER
OPERATION EFFICIENCY, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.
THE CONSULTANTS
WERE CONFIDENT OVERALL PERFORMANCE WOULD BE SUSTAINED.
STAFF
THAT IMPROVEMENT IN CMB'S
NOTWITHSTANDING
THE
ADMINISTRATION
CONSULTANTS'
THE
REPORT, FAVOURABLE
THE
REFORM AND BUS
CAUTIONED THAT
BETWEEN CORRELATION
MANAGEMENT
WOULD PERFORMANCE SERVICE
A LONGER TIME TO
TAKE
ESTABLISH.
TAC AGREED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CLOSE MONITORING OF CMB'S PERFORMANCE.
SHOULD CONTINUE WITH
ITS
MEMBERS
NOTED THAT
MEASURES OTHER THAN WOULD BE PURSUED TO
CLOSE GOVERNMENT MAINTAIN SUSTAINED THE GRANTING OF FRANCHISED BUS
MONITORING AND REGULATION
IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICES, INCLUDING ROUTES THROUGH PUBLIC TENDER.
TAC WAS SEPARATELY
BRIEFED ON A COMPARISON
OF PERFORMANCE BUS COMPANY AND KOWLOON MOTOR BUS REFERENCE TOOL ΤΟ MONITOR
PARAMETERS BETWEEN CHINA MOTOR COMPANY IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1990 AS A THEIR RESPECTIVE OPERATING PERFORMANCE OVER TIME.
OF BOTH COMPANIES OF BUS AVAILABILITY AND FLEET
THE ASSESSMENT SHOWED THAT THE PERFORMANCE WAS GENERALLY SATISFACTORY IN TERMS UTILISATION.
ON MAINTENANCE STANDARDS, MEMBERS NOTED THAT WAS OLDER AND ITS MAINTENANCE COSTS WERE HIGHER.
CMB'S BUS FLEET
TAC WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WOULD CLOSELY THE PERFORMANCE OF CMB IN BUS MAINTENANCE TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE.
EXAMINE MORE WHETHER ANY
MEMBERS WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON THE FORWARD PLANNING PROGRAMME THE NEW LANTAO BUS COMPANY (NLB) FOR THE FIVE YEARS ENDING 1995/96.
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