WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1988
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ADEQUATE CONTROL OVER TWO RAILWAY CORPORATIONS
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OF
TO
THERE IS SUFFICIENT GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER THE OPERATION THE TWO RAILWAY CORPORATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY OPERATE ACCORDING PRUDENT COMMERCIAL PRINCIPLES, HAVING REGARD TO HONG KONG'S TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS.
THE HON
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MAK CHUN-FONG, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM.
MR MAK SAID THE TWO OVERALL OPERATIONS, BY THEIR MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED BY THE
CORPORATIONS WERE GOVERNED, IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS WHOSE CHAIRMEN AND GOVERNOR.
EMPOWERED UNDER THE
MOREOVER, THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL WAS RESPECTIVE ORDINANCES TO GIVE DIRECTIONS TO THE CORPORATIONS IF HE CONSIDERED THE PUBLIC INTEREST SO REQUIRED.
ON DETERMINATION OF FARES BY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION (MTRC) AND KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION (KCRC), MR MAK SAID THE TWO CORPORATIONS WERE EMPOWERED TO DETERMINE FARES UNDER THEIR RESPECTIVE ORDINANCES.
BEFORE FARES WERE INTRODUCED OR REVISED, THE GOVERNOR COUNCIL WOULD BE INFORMED BEFOREHAND.
IN
RECENT
"THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL WAS FULLY INFORMED OF BOTH THE MTR FARE INCREASE AND THE FARE STRUCTURE TO BE ADOPTED FOR THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM," HE SAID.
THAT
JOINT
"IN THE LATTER CASE, KCRC HAS ALSO REASSURED THIS COUNCIL IT WILL CONTINUE то LIAISE CLOSELY AND DISCUSS WITH THE MONITORING GROUP OF THE TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARDS MATTERS RELATING TO SERVICES AND FARES.
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REGARDING THE ROLE OF TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC), MR MAK SAID THE COMMITTEE ADVISED THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL ON BROAD ISSUES OF TRANSPORT POLICY WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE MOVEMENT OF BOTH PEOPLE AND FREIGHT.
RAILWAYS ON THE OVERALL
THE TAC HAD DISCUSSED MATTERS RELATING TO BOTH PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, PARTICULARLY HOW THEY WOULD AFFECT PROVISION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES AND THEIR CO-ORDINATION.
MR MAK STRESSED THAT THE RECENT APPOINTMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL TAC MEMBERS, WHO WERE ALSO DIRECTORS OF THE MTRC AND KCRC BOARDS, WOULD FURTHER STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TAC
CORPORATIONS.
AND THE TWO
THE TAC, AS GOVERNMENT'S MAIN ADVISORY BODY MATTERS, COULD THUS COVER THE FULL RANGE OF TRANSPORT EFFECTIVELY.
ON TRANSPORT MATTERS MORE
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