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TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1988

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TAC ACCEPTS FIVE-YEAR PLANS OF CMB, KMB

THE

TRANSPORT ADVISORY

(TAC) COMMITTEE

FORWARD

TODAY (TUESDAY)

PLANNING

MOTOR

PROGRAMMES OF

BUS

COMPANY

ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE THE FIVE-YEAR THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY (CMB) AND THE KOWLOON (KMB) FOR 1988-1992.

PROPOSED CMB ON ROUTE DEVELOPMENT,

AND TWO FREQUENCY 23 FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENTS SERVICE WITHDRAWAL,

TRAFFIC RELEVANT BY THE HAD BEEN EXAMINED REDUCTIONS WHICH TRANSPORT COMMITTEES OF DISTRICT BOARDS.

NINE NEW

ROUTES,

ONE

AND

THE TAC CONSIDERED PROGRAMME NAS GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE AND ITS SERVICES WERE EXPECTED IMPROVE FURTHER IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS CMB'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN WERE ALSO NOTED.

THAT THE COMPANY'S

ROUTE DEVELOPMENT

TO

OF

CONSIDERED HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE REPLACEMENT OF ITS OLDER BUSES SHOULD BE SPEEDED PROVISION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN CMB'S NEXT FORWARD PLAN.

THAT CMB'S

UP,

AND

PROGRAMME

THAT

FOR

SUCH

KMB'S ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME PROPOSED A TOTAL OF

SERVICE CHANGES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

408 BUS

THESE COMPRISED: INTRODUCTION OF 51 NEW SERVICES, WITHDRAWAL OF 23 ROUTE 191 ROUTE FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENTS,

ROUTE 14 EXISTING SERVICES, FREQUENCY REDUCTIONS, 42 CHANGES OF SERVICE TERMINAL POINTS, 24

HIGHER CAPACITY BUS OF

TYPE REPLACEMENT CHANGES AND 63 CASES VEHICLES.

THE TAC CONCLUDED SATISFACTORY, AND THAT ITS

BY

THAT

KMB'S PROGRAMME

ACCEPTABLE

ON ECONOMIC

FLEET DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS REASONABLE

NOTED ALSO GROUNDS. IMPLICATIONS OF THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

IT

THE

WAS GENERALLY AND FINANCIAL

THE PROPOSAL TO OTHER MATTERS CONSIDERED BY THE TAC INCLUDED

BELTS BY DRIVERS EXTEND THE LEGISLATION ON THE WEARING OF SEAT FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS TO COVER TAXIS AND LIGHT BUSES.

AND

LIMITING

THE

FAILURE

OF

AGE

FOR WHETHER THE PROPOSAL MEMBERS DELIBERATED VICARIOUS LIABILITY OF TAXI AND LIGHT BUS DRIVERS FOR THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS TO WEAR A SEAT BELT TO PASSENGERS UNDER THE OF 15 SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO PRIVATE MOTORISTS.

AGREED HOWEVER, MEMBERS,

PRIVATE MOTORISTS FOR

THE WEARING

THAT THE EXISTING

SEAT BRLTS OF

LIABILITY BY FRONT

OF

SEAT

PASSENGERS SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED.

/THE PROPOSAL