FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1986
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ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, 37 PER CENT OF THE PASSENGERS WILL HAVE TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL 10 CENTS TO 30 CENTS, 24 PER CENT WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 50 CENTS AND 39 PER CENT WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL $1.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE NLB'S APPLICATION FOR A FARE INCREASE WAS APPROVED AFTER EXAMINING THE COMPANY'S FINANCIAL FORECASTS AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ADVICE OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
+THE FINANCIAL FORECASTS FOR 1986-87 AND 1987-88 ARE BASED ON THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN OF NLB, AGREED BETWEEN THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE COMPANY, HAVING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE REDUCTIONS IN FUEL PRICES IN MARCH AND EARLIER THIS MONTH.+
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT EVEN IF THERE WERE FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN THE FUEL PRICE, THE EFFECT ON NLB'S OVERALL OPERATING COSTS WOULD NOT BE VERY SIGNIFICANT.
+THE SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION OF ONE-MAN OPERATION ON ALL SERVICE ROUTES EXCEPT FOR ROUTE NO. 1 BETWEEN MUT WO AND TAI O HAS HELPED TO REDUCE NLB'S OPERATING COSTS AND THE COMPANY HAS ALSO DRAWN UP PLANS TO CONVERT THE REMAINING SERVICE ROUTE TO ONE-MAN OPERATION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY REVIEWED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NLB BEFORE EXTENDING ITS FRANCHISE FOR TWO YEARS IN MARCH THIS YEAR. AT THE TIME OF THE REVIEW, THE GOVERNMENT NOTED THAT THE COMPANY WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT SERVICE AND WAS PLANNING IMPROVEMENTS TO ITS BUS MAINTENANCE FACILITIES.
THE EXISTING AND REVISED FARE SCALES OF NLB ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ADULT SINGLE FARE
GROUP OF ROUTE
JOURNEY DISTANCE
MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC
HOLIDAYS
NOT EXCEEDING
EXISTING REVISED EXISTING REVISED
(KM)
($)
($)
($)
($)
I. ORDINARY
4
0.70
0.80
1.50
1.60
ROUTES
ON
6
1.00
1.70
1.70
2.20
8
1.50
1.70
2.00
2.20
9
1.70
2.20
3.00
4.00
13
2.00
2.20
3.50
4.00
17
3.00
3.30
4.00
5.00
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