TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1982
RESIDENTIAL COACH SERVICES
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (JULY 13) GRANTED 11 LICENCES FOR RUNNING A NEW TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL COACH SERVICE.
ISSUING THE LICENCES THIS MORNING, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR PETER LEEDS SAID THE OPERATORS CAN NOW START ORGANISING THEIR SERVICES AND COMMENCE OPERATION ANYTIME.
ALL THE 11 ROUTES WILL BE SERVING THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN TUEN MUN, TSUEN WAN, YUEN LONG, SHA TIN AND TAI PO IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THEY WILL OPERATE ONLY DURING PEAK HOURS WITH FARES RANGING FROM $1.5 TO $13.
THE OPERATORS SHOULD FOLLOW CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE SCHEDULE OF SERVICE, ONE OF WHICH BEING THAT EVERY PASSENGER MUST EITHER BE PICKED UP, OR SET DOWN AT THE TERMINUS LOCATED IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
+THE OPERATION OF THESE RESIDENTIAL COACH SERVICES WOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED,* MR LEEDS SAID.
+ THE TWO-YEAR LICENCES WOULD BE SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION IF THE OPERATORS FAIL TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LICENCE CONDITIONS.+
AS THE COACHES WILL SERVE AREAS WITHOUT ADEQUATE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPLEMENT RATHER THAN COMPETE WITH THE FRANCHISED BUS SERVICES.
ALTOGETHER 27 ROUTES WERE APPROVED WHEN APPLICATION WAS FIRST INVITED IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. THE OTHER 16 LICENCES WILL BE READY SHORTLY BEFORE THE NEXT INVITATION IN SEPTEMBER,
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