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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1991
HE SAID THE LINK TO TIN SHUI WAI WAS DUE FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF 1992, SHORTLY FOLLOWING THE NEW TOWN'S FIRST POPULATION INTAKE.
NOT COUNTING THE PROPOSED LONG PING LINK, THE ABOVE EXTENSIONS WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF 1RT STOPS FROM 41 TO 55, MANY OF WHICH SERVING AREAS WITH GOOD DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL, MR LEUNG SAID.
DAILY LRT PATRONAGE WAS FORECAST TO REACH 380,000 TRIPS BY 1995. HE SAID TO MEET INCREASING DEMAND, THE KCRC HAD PLACED ORDERS FOR 30 LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES AT A COST OF AROUT $380 MILLION.
THE NEW VEHICLES WOULD HAVE BETTER AIR-CONDITIONING IMPROVED SEAT LAYOUT.
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APART FROM IMPROVING THE INTERIOR DESIGN OF VEHICLES, THE KCRC HAD IN THE PAST ACTED UPON MANY SERVICE IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
EXAMPLES INCLUDED THE EXTENSION OF PLATFORMS AT BUSY LRT STOPS; INSTALLATION OF RAI1. LUBRICATORS IN NOISE SENSITIVE AREAS; FINE-TUNING OF TRAIN SCHEDULES TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE; PROVISION OF MORE USER-FRIENDLY TICKETING MACHINES; AND IMPROVEMENTS ΤΟ FEEDER BUS SERVICES, MR LEUNG ADDED.
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT GAVE FULL SUPPORT TO THE KCRC'S EFFORTS IN ENHANCING ITS RELATION WITH CUSTOMERS.
IN ADDITION TO REGULAR SURVEYS ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, THE KCRC HAD RECENTLY STARTED TO FORM PASSENGER LIAISON GROUPS. VIEWS COLLECTED THROUGH THE GROUP MEETINGS WOULD FORM THE BASIS FOR FURTHER SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS.
MR LEUNG SAID THE KORC BOARD COMPRISED MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR FROM A CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE KORO ORDENANCE EMPOWERED THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL TO DIRECT THE CORPORATION ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.
COMMUNICATION
AN ESTABLISHED CHANNEL OF OMELCO TRANSPORT PANEL AND THE KORO.
EXISTED BETWEEN THE
HE SAID THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND FORWARD PLANS OF THE KORC WERE SCRUTINISED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
MR LEUNG SAID HE MET WITH THE KCRC CHAIRMAN REGULARLY TO REVIEW PERFORMANCE AND PROGRESS AGAINST POLICY OBJECTIVES SET BY THR GOVERNMENT.
THIS ENSURED THAT THE CORPORATION WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE RAIL SERVICES AT REALISTIC PARE LEVELS.
MR LEUNG SAID THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS KEPT INFORMED AND CONSULTED ON THE BROADER ASPECTS OF RAIL SERVICES, INCLUDING THEIR CO-ORDINATION WITH OTHER FORMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
CROSS MEMBERSHIP BETWEEN THE TAC AND THE KCRC BOARD HAD HELPED TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING AND CO-ORDINATION.
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