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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1988

SHE SAID THAT MEMBERS EXPLANATION THAT THE POWERS

PASSENGER MISCONDUCT

FINALLY ACCEPTED THE

ADMINISTRATION'S

UNDER

WHICH

MIGHT

WERE S36A(1)

PUBLIC ENDANGER

NEEDED ΤΟ

SAFETY,

CONTROL

AFFECT

NORMAL BUS OPERATION OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE BUSES.

TRANSPORT LEGISLATION

SIMILAR POWERS ALREADY EXISTED IN OTHER SUCH AS THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION ORDINANCE AND THE TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION ORDINANCE, SHE ADDED.

OVER THE

ADDITIONAL

MASS

UPON THAT IT WAS

THE ENFORCEMENT

ON CONCERN

PLACED JOB PRESSURE DRIVERS, MISS TAM SAID THE ADMINISTRATION HAD CLARIFIED WITHIN THE DRIVER'S DISCRETION TO USE OR NOT TO USE POWERS AND THERE WERE NO LEGAL SANCTIONS AGAINST THE SUCH POWERS.

NON-EXERCISE OF

"BESIDES, DRIVERS WERE NOT PRECLUDED FROM HANDLING THE APPROPRIATE METHODS OF

E.G. SITUATION WARNING AND SEEKING POLICE ASSISTANCE,' SHE SAID.

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USING OTHER VERBAL GIVING

OF THEIR DEPARTMENT HAD STAFF BOTH ON THE

то ENSURE THAT BUS DRIVERS

AWARE WERE TRANSPORT POWERS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROPOSED NEW REQUESTED THE BUS COMPANIES TO FULLY BRIEF THEIR EXISTING AND THE NEW PROVISIONS.

MISS TAM SAID THE SECOND SCHEME OF FRANCHISED BUS SERVICES.

ISSUE INVOLVED THE PROFIT

CONTROL

THE PANELS, OR AD HOC CALL FOR A REVIEW ON THE

SHE NOTED THAT EVERY TWO YEARS OR SO, GROUPS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WOULD OPERATION OF SCHEMES OF CONTROL.

BE

"WHILST FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES OF THE SCHEMES OF CONTROL WOULD DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE WITHOUT THE CO-OPERATION OF THE RELEVANT COMPANY,

THE ACCOUNTING METHODS OF THE METHOD OF MONITORING AND CHECKING ON

PERSONALLY BELIEVE THE BUS COMPANIES HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPROVING AND I

ATTENTION AND CREDIT THAT SUCH IMPROVEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE THAT THEY DESERVE," SHE SAID.

THE MISS TAM NOTED THAT THE BILL ALSO PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT TO

RESULT AS A

OF WHICH INTEREST DEFINITION OF "OPERATING RECEIPTS"

TREATED AS OPERATING EARNED ON DEPOSITS FOR SELF-INSURANCE WOULD BE RECEIPTS AND NO LONGER BE ACCRUED TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE AD HOC GROUP SUPPORTED THIS BENEFIT OF THE CONSUMERS.

AMENDMENT WHICH WAS TO THE

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