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The British Government will continue to raise the issue at senior levels with the Vietnamese authorities both to convey the strength of feeling of the Hong Kong community and to seek to facilitate the earliest possible repatriation of those Vietnamese migrants remaining in Hong Kong.
In this connection, Mr Alastair Goodlad, the Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for Hong Kong, will be discussing these points with the Vietnamese Ambassador in London.
End/Tuesday, December 13, 1994
TAC briefed on KMB route restructuring
The following is issued on behalf of the Transport Advisory Committee:
The Transport Advisory Committee was briefed today (Tuesday) on the results of a review conducted by Kowloon Motor Bus and its proposals to restructure 23 bus routes in Kowloon. Members supported in principle KMB's proposals to rationalise services with a view to improving operating efficiency, frequencies, routings and service quality.
Members noted that most of the existing 160,000 passengers travelling on these 23 routes each day would not be affected.
Members were given to understand that services on the restructured routes would be more frequent and some passengers would enjoy lower section fares, some of the routes will be extended to provide new links, and some would be upgraded to air-conditioned services.
The overall impact of the restructuring proposals would lead to substantial savings in operating costs and hence less pressure on KMB fare increases.
Members will have a full discussion when KMB submits finalised route restructuring proposals for endorsement by the Committee.
Members were also briefed on the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company's five-year Forward Planning Programme.