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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1982

APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR RESIDENTIAL COACH SERVICE

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR RUNNING A NEW TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL COACH SERVICE.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (THURSDAY), A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO SERVE THE TRANSPORT NEEDS OF OUTLYING RESIDENTIAL AREAS, ESPECIALLY PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS WITHOUT ADEQUATE BUS AND MAXICAB SERVICES.

+APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUPPORTED BY PROSPECTIVE USERS WHO MAY BE REPRESENTED BY THE MANAGEMENT OF A RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, A COMMITTEE OF CO-OWNERS OR TENANTS, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS.

+OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE AREA AND THE AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE PICKING-UP AND SETTING-DOWN POINTS WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED, HE SAID.

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE GRANTED A TWO-YEAR NON-

EXCLUSIVE RESIDENTIAL COACH SERVICE LICENCE, ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS THAT EVERY PASSENGER MUST BE PICKED P, OR SET DOWN AT THE TERMINUS IN THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

+AND THE SERVICE MAY BE RESTRICTED TO PEAK HOURS DURING WHICH PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES ARE INADEQUATE, HE SAID.

FARES CHARGED FOR THIS SERVICE WILL NOT BE FIXED AND WILL BE NEGOTIATIABLE BETWEEN THE OPERATOR AND THE USER.

FULL DETAILS OF THE CONDITIONS WILL BE SPECIFIED IN THE +NOTES FOR GUIDANCE+ ATTACHED TO THE APPLICATION FORMS FOR THE LICENCE,

THESE FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, 32 01 KWAN ROAD- THE PUBLIC VEHICLE SECTION OF THE LICENSING OFFICE, NO. 2 MURRAY ROAD, CENTRAL THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL OFFICE AT PARK-IN COMMERCIAL CENTRE, MONG KOK- AND THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES.

COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS MUST BE SUBMITTED EITHER IN PERSON

OR BY REGISTERED POST TO REACH THE PUBLIC VEHICLE SECTION OF TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, MEZZANINE FLOOR, 2 MURRAY ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG KONG, BY 5 PM ON FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1982.

LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

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