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BUS OVERCROWDING PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG

The question of the ercrowd He asked His Worship to view ing of buses engaged the atten- the case in the light of present tion of Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at circumstances which could not be the Central Magistracy this foreseen. The Company were at morning - when the China Bus their wit's end to know what to do Company was summoned on 14 to cope with the traffic. alleged infringements.

In conclusion, Mr. Evans objected He fined the Company $5 on each to the spate of summonses being charge and four conductors who taken at once and said that when were summoned were fined $3 each conditions were abnormal, a court Mr. D. B. Evans, of Johnson of Justice would relieve a contrac- Stokes and Master, who appeared tor for not fulfilling a contract such for the China Motor Bus Co. said

as this. that of the 14 summonses against. * MANY COMPLAINTS the Company, 12 were in respect of

Inspector Saunders said that much No. 3 route, one for No. 1 route had been made of the large influx and the other on No. 5. All the of people into the Colony and of the offences were committed between fact that the Company could not 8.30 and 8.50 am and 5.35 and cope with the traffic owing to in- 5.50 p.m., during the rush hours sufficient buses.

The Company were granted the The company has been summoned franchise in 1933 and took over 55 for carrying an excessive number of bases from other companies and to-

passengers and not for failing to day there were 81 buses on the provide an adequate service of vehic- road, representing an increase of les. That was the concern of the 47 per cent. They were bound by Government and the Bus Company the terms of the grant to keep to and was not the subject of fixed schedules on all routes and summonses.

TRAFFIC RETURNS

the

it was impossible to remove buses Buses had been overcrowded for a from one route and then be able long time. In February, the In- to maintain schedule on all routes spector-General of Police wrote to the Company emphasising the need for checking overcrowding on buses, Four of the offences were com- and a reply was received that in- mitted at the same place within 20 structions had been issued to their Iminutes and the base of the trouble servants in this connection.

was not that the buses were in- Since then many complaints had sufficient but that the number of been received by the Police Depart passengers, now using No. 3 rontement regarding overcrowding, and a were too many,

few conductors have been summon-

On No. 3 route, the Government fed from time to time. It had been foriginally required a 10-minute of no use whatever and the Com- service which was done by four pany themselves had therefore been buses in normal and seven at rsh summoned with the same object in hours. Now a five minute service view. was required and there were 12 buses on the route.

12-HOUR CHECK

The number of summonses might The traffic returns since May appear great but they were spread showed an increase of 100 per over a period of 10 days. One route cent. and this increase was large was checked for 12 hours on an or- due to the great influx of people to dinary week day and showed 106 Hong Kong from all parts of instances when buses carried excess China.

passengers so that the company In May, 71,527 passengers were were not unduly prosecuted. carried and in September it had It was the duty of the company increased to 143,979. Every avail- to prevent overcrowding and under able bus was now used. The the regulations the Company's ser- Government only allowed 20 seat vants had the necessary authority ers on the route owing to the fact to prevent it, by stopping the bus. that it was a hilly and dangerous

one.

NEW BUSES ORDERED

The company could employ better. conductors. At present children of 16 years of age were employed. They should have inspectors, with some On August 18, the Company or personality, to enforce the regula- dered four new buses from Eng tions. At present Inspectors were land and, as the traffic increased. rarely seen on the buses except to placed a further order for four check tickets and some spoke very more on September 9. The manu- little English. facturers had informed them that

As far as overcrowding on tram delivery could not be made tills was concerned, there was no- next year. By the terms of their thing in the Tramway Ordnance grant, the Company were preclud-about overcrowding.

ed from purchasing American or Continental bus and had to relv solely on the United Kingdom, and the recent shortage of raw materials had probably held, un

work there

The Police

raw P.W.D. MAN TO

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could have done much, but did not, in mitigation

The forthcoming marriage of Mr.

tached

of the offences. It was impossible Frank Cecil- for conductors to revent people from jumping on the buses when Depar full. The pa

were the offenders and did not mind what

happened, in their desperate rush to get to work

He marked that no summonses

take

Manning, overseer Public Works Ess Mary Isobel sister of No. 8, Mountain: Ash, announced to

Ribeiro dos

were ever taken out gainst the Remedios, of the Chi Fight and company and he did not know Power Company, Limited, has why there was a distinction. He nounced his impending had often seen third-class passen-Bliss Olga Maria de

anging on the rails, almor residing

the

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