THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1973
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HALF-FARE BUS TICKETS
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FROM OCTOBER 1 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12 AND STUDENTS USING HALF-FARE PASSES ISSUED EY THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY WILL BE CHARGED AT ONE HALF CF THE ADULT FARE CALCULATED TO THE "EAREST TEN CENTS ABOVE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL APPLY TO THE FARE STRUCTURE OF K.M.B. BUS SERVICES ON WHICH HALF FARE IS AVAILABLE. HALF FARES ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL EUS, COACH AND SPECIAL BUS SERVICES.
HE SAID THAT AT PRESENT CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12 AND STUDENTS HOLDING HALF-FARE PASSES ARE CHARGED EXACTLY ONE-HALF OF THE ADULT SINGLE FARE FOR ANY JOURNEY AND VERY OFTEN THE HALF-FARES ARE SUCH THAT THE FIVE-CENT DENOMINATION IS INVOLVED.
AS PRACTICALLY ALL K.P.E. BUSES ARE ONE-MAN OPERATED, CHANGE IS NOT AVAILABLE. BECAUSE OF THIS AND THE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF FIVE-CENT COINS, OVERPAYMENT IS COMMON.
THIS NEW SYSTEM IS TO BRING K.M.E. IN LINE WITH CURRENT C.M.E. PRACTICE WHERE CONCESSIONARY FARES ARE CHARGED AT ONE- HALF OF THE ADULT SINGLE FARE BUT ROUNDED UP TO THE NEAREST TEN CENTS ABOVE.
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