WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1975
FLEXIBILITY ESSENTIAL IN FERRY SERVICES *******
THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT. MR. IAN MACPHERSON, TODAY STRESSED THE NEED FOR FLEXIBILITY IN FERRY SERVICES IN ORDER TO MEET CHANGING PASSENGER DEMANDS.
FERRY SERVICES. HE SAID, NEED TO BE SO PLANNED AS TO BEST SUIT PASSENGER DEMANDS AS A COMPLEMENT TO OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORT AND AS AN IMPORTANT MEANS OF REDUCING ROAD CONGESTION.
THE COMMISSIONER WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY IN WHICH MRS, MACPHERSON LAUNCHED A NEW TRIPLE-DECK FERRY +MAN HONG+ AT THE HONGKONG SHIPYARD. THE VESSEL IS OWNED BY THE HONGKONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY.
HE SAID NOT ALL FERRY ROUTES COULD BE PROFITABLE AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE FLEET BE DEPLOYED AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE BUSIER ROUTES COULD CROSS-SUBSIDISE THE LESS BUSY BUT ESSENTIAL ONES.
+THIS, AND THE NEED FOR FLEXIBILITY TO MEET CHANGING DEMAND IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH THE COMPANY AND THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED ARE WELL AWARE OF, HE SAID.
MR. MACPHERSON POINTED OUT THAT THE NEED FOR FLEXIBILITY WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMPANY AS THERE HAD BEEN A DROP IN PASSENGERS ON CERTAIN ROUTES SINCE THE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL CAME INTO USE.
THE EFFECT OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY SYSTEM ON FERRY SERVICES HAS YET TO BE MEASURED ALTHOUGH THIS WILL BECOME CLEARER WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT STUDY REPORT IS AVAILABLE, HE ADDED.
+THERE IS, THEREFORE, AN OBVIOUS NEED TO PLAN SERVICES SO THAT THEY ARE BEST SUITED TO PASSENGER DEMANDS AS A COMPLEMENT TO OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORT AND AS A SIGNIFICANT MEANS OF REDUCING ROAD CONGESTION,+ HE SAID.
THIS PLANNING, HE SAID, IS GOING ON TOGETHER WITH THE VITAL NEED TO PROVIDE SATISFACTORY PIER FACILITIES IN THE RIGHT PLACES. HE REASSURED THE COMPANY THAT, AS CONNECTING SERVICES TO PIERS, THERE WOULD BE 15 SEPARATE BUS ROUTES AT THE SHAM SHUI PO FERRY CONCOURSE, AND EIGHT ROUTES AT WESTERN.
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