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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1981

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GROUP COMPLETES VISITS TO KMB DEPOTS

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ONE OF THE FIVE SUB-GROUPS TAKING PART IN THE REVIEW OF BUS OPERATIONS HAS COMPLETED A ROUND OF VISITS TO KOWLOON MOTOR BUS DEPOTS TO EXAMINE BUS MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES.

CHINA MOTOR BUS DEPOTS WILL BE INSPECTED AT A LATER STAGE.

WORKING WITH THE SUB-GROUP, HEADED BY MR M.J. HUTTON, GOVERNMENT ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER, ARE TWO UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MRS GRACE HO AND MR F.K. HU.

TO CARRY OUT THE IR WORK MORE THOROUGHLY AND EFFECTIVELY, THE SUB-GROUP DREW UP A LIST OF PERTINENT QUESTIONS WHICH THEY SOUGHT TO HAVE ANSWERED DURING THE VISITS.

THERE WERE SOME 40 QUESTIONS, COVERING THE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND PROGRAMME, MAINTENANCE FACILITIES AND RESOURCES MANNING AND STAFF TRAINING, AND BUS INSPECTIONS BY GOVERNMENT EXAMINERS.

THE VISITS WERE SUPPLEMENTED BY DISCUSSIONS INVOLVING KMB MANAGEMENT STAFF AND ENGINEERS. SOME OF THE FINDINGS WERE EARMARKED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND OTHERS MORE RELEVANT TO THE WORK OF OTHER SUB-GROUPS WOULD BE TAKEN UP BY THEM.

THE OTHER FOUR SUB-GROUPS ARE LOOKING INTO THE BUS COMPANIES' SPARE PARTS AND SPARE STOCK LEVEL, ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, DEPOT REQUIREMENT AND PROF IT CONTROL SCHEME.

IN THE COURSE OF THEIR WORK, THE SUB-GROUPS WOULD ALSO GO INTO ASPECTS OF THE COMPANIES' MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE.

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