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TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1988

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TAC ACCEPTS NEW LANTAO BUS COMPANY'S FIVE YEAR PLAN

THE

TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) TODAY (TUESDAY)

YEAR PLAN OF THE ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE THE FIVE

NEW LANTAO BUS COMPANY (NLB) FOR 1987-88 TO 1991-92.

THE COMMITTEE

GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE.

CONCLUDED THAT THE BUS COMPANY'S PLAN WAS

IN RESPECT OF THE ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, THE PROPOSALS

NEW BUS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THREE

SERVICES ARE: ROUTE NO. 6 (TAI O TUNG CHUNG), WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN SEPTEMBER LAST

AND ROUTE NO. ROUTE NO. 9 (MUI WO FERRY PIER - MUI WO OLD TOWN) (KEUNG SHAN SHA LO WAN) WHICH ARE DUE TO START IN APRIL 1990.

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AND NLB ALSO AGREED TO CONSIDER

INCLUDE IN ITS 1988-89 TO 1992-93 PLAN THE POTENTIAL TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR TWO MAJOR

STATUE PROJECT AT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON LANTAU: THE BUDDHA

NGONG PING AND THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ON DEVELOPING FACILITIES ON SOUTH LANTAU.

NEW RECREATIONAL

OF

THE COMPANY PROPOSED TO PURCHASE 29 REPLACEMENT BUSES INCLUDING 27 SINGLE-DECKERS AND TWO DOUBLE-DECKERS AT A TOTAL COST $9.7 MILLION DURING THE COMING FIVE YEARS.

TO IMPROVE ITS DEPOT AND MAINTENANCE PROVISIONS,

ACQUIRED NLB DEVELOPMENT INTO A BY SHORT-TERM TENANCY A SITE AT MUI WO FOR

BUS SITE BY PHASES INTO A DEPOT. THE COMPANY PROPOSED TO DEVELOP THIS

TOTAL COST OF CENTRAL MAINTENANCE DEPOT IN 1987-88 AND 1988-89 AT A $1.1 MILLION.

THE TAC ALSO ENDORSED THE PATRONAGE AND FINANCIAL MADE BY THE COMPANY.

FORECASTS

THE COMMITTEE REACHED NO CONCLUSIONS ON THE ISSUES OF SEATING OF COACH SERVICES CAPACITY FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES AND THE OPERATION BY FRANCHISED BUS COMPANIES, BECAUSE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS WERE TO ATTEND TODAY'S MEETING AND FURTHER INFORMATION WAS REQUIRED.

UNABLE

IT WAS THEREFORE DECIDED ΤΟ FURTHER EXAMINE ISSUES WHICH COULD THEN BE FURTHER MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH,

CONSIDERED AT

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THESE FULL COMMITTEE

COMPLEX

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