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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1988

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID

NEW

ONE

USEFUL SIDE-BENEFIT OF THE EXISTING OPERATORS ΤΟ THIS ELIMINATED

CURRENT SELECTION PROCESS WAS THAT IT ALLOWED ASSESS THE VIABILITY OF

GMB ROUTES. POSSIBILITY THAT UNPROFITABLE ROUTES WOULD BE INTRODUCED.

THE REMAINING ROUTE PACKAGE RESERVOIR ROAD (PARKVIEW) WITH ADMIRALTY AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION BY THE SELECTION BOARD.

"THE

DECISION

FOLLOWED

THE

FOR A SERVICE LINKING TAI TAM MTR STATION WAS WITHDRAWN

THE

BY

DEVELOPER OP RESIDENTS' SERVICE, WHICH THE ANY OF

GMB ROUTE. THE WITHDRAWAL,"

THE

CONFIRMATION PARKVIEW THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE THEIR OWN WOULD

UNDERMINE CERTAINLY

THE VIABILITY RELEVANT PARTIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN INFORMED OF SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE SELECTION OF OPERATORS FOR ANY NEW GREEN MINIBUS SERVICE WAS BY OPEN SELECTION.

SYSTEM ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS HAD BEEN ASSESSED ON A SCORING

EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC LIGHT WHICH TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE APPLICANTS'

APPLICANT'S BUS AND GREEN MINIBUS OPERATION, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, THE

THE RIGHTS OVER

VEHICLES,

MAINTENANCE RECORD OF MANAGEMENT

THE

THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS THE AGE OF THE VEHICLES TO BE DEPLOYED,

HE STATED THAT WHEN MAKING ITS SELECTIONS, THE BOARD HAD INTO ACCOUNT ANY PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT LOCAL FACTORS.

THE SELECTION BOARD IS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT.

MEMBER

AN INDEPENDENT

ITS

OF THE

TRANSPORT

TAKEN

BOBY

BY CHAIRED MEMBERS INCLUDE

THE

A AND

ADVISORY COMMITTEE NON-GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE ICAC.

"AS ONLY ONE

OPERATOR CAN

BE

SELECTED

FOR ANY

PARTICULAR

APPLICANT

THE FACT THAT AN APPLICANT IS PACKAGE OF GREEN MINIBUS SERVICES, UNSUCCESSFUL MERELY IMPLIES THAT, ON THIS OCCASION, ANOTHER IS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD TO BE MORE SUITABLE.

IS NOT AND HIS DISAPPOINTMENT TENDER EXERCISES," THE

"IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT AN OPERATOR WHO IS NOT SELECTED QUALIFIED TO OPERATE A GREEN MINIBUS SERVICE SHOULD NOT DETER HIM FROM APPLYING IN FUTURE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE RESULTS OF THEIR BE NOTIFIED BEFORE THE

"ALL APPLICANTS WILL APPLICATIONS; SUCCESSFUL ONES.

BE INFORMED OF UNSUCCESSFUL BIDDERS

WILL

"THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL ALLOW TIME FOR UNSUCCESSFUL

BOARD, MAKE FURTHER REPRESENTATIONS TO THE SELECTION EXPLAINED.

BIDDERS TO

THE SPOKESMAN

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