XN000022-1985-12-17 — Page 2

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1985

EXCO APPROVES HYF FARE INCREASES

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AN APPLICATION BY THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY FOR A FARE INCREASE FROM JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

THE LAST FARE INCREASE IN DOMESTIC FERRY SERVICES BY THE COMPANY WAS IN JANUARY 1984 AND THE LAST INCREASE FOR VEHICULAR FERRY FARES WAS IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.

UNDER THE FERRY SERVICES (HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY, LTD) (DETERMINATION OF FARES) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ORDER 1985, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED THIS FRIDAY IN THE GAZETTE, FARES FOR PASSENGER SERVICES AND VEHICULAR FERRY WILL BE INCREASED BY AN AVERAGE OF 12 PER CENT AND 13 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

FARE INCREASES FOR VARIOUS ROUTE GROUPS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(A)

CROSS-HARBOUR PASSENGER FERRY SERVICES

FARES WILL BE INCREASED BY AN AVERAGE OF 14 PER CENT. FARES FOR ADULT ORDINARY CLASS WILL BE REVISED FROM $1.50 TO $1.70 STUDENT/CHILD FROM 80 CENTS TO

90 CENTS HOVERFERRY SERVICE FROM $4.50 TO $5 AND MONTHLY TICKETS FROM $62 TO $70.

HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE NO INCREASE FOR DELUXE CLASS FARES AND FARES FROM SAI WAN HO TO KOWLOON CITY. THEY WILL REMAIN AT $3 AND $2.50 RESPECTIVELY.

ADULT FARE FOR ORDINARY CLASS FROM JUBILEE STREET TO KWUN TONG WILL BE REVISED FROM $2 TO $2.50 AND FARES FOR STUDENTS AND CHILDREN WILL BE REVISED FROM $1 TO $1.30. MEANWHILE, FARES FOR HOVERFERRY SERVICE FROM NORTH POINT TO TSIM SHA TSUI EAST WILL BE INCREASED FROM $3 TO $4.

(B)

NEW TOWN PASSENGER FERRY SERVICES

AVERAGE FARES INCREASE FOR THIS GROUP IS 0.9 PER CENT.

THERE WILL BE NO FARE INCREASE FOR THE HOVERFERRY SERVICES FROM TUEN MUN AND TSUEN WAN TO CENTRAL.

THE ADULT ORDINARY CLASS FARE FOR THE SERVICE BETWEEN TSUEN WAN AND CENTRAL WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AT $3 BUT THE FARE FOR STUDENTS AND CHILDREN WILL BE INCREASED FROM $1.30 TO $1.50. ADULT FARE ON THE TSUEN WAN TO TSING YI SERVICE WILL ALSO BE ADJUSTED FROM 80 CENTS TO $1.

/(c) OUTLYING