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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1989

TUNNEL GOVERNMENT REGARDING

RECOMMENDATION FOR A UNIFORM TOLL UNTIL THE TUNNELS ARE READY FOR A DIFFERENTIAL TOLL REGIME.

FOR

THE TAC TOLLS,

CONSIDERED A TUNNELS ALL GOVERNMENT TOLL

TUNNELS,

ARE BEING BUILT

THIS WILL INCLUDE THE EXISTING LION ROCK AND ABERDEEN AS WELL AS THE SHING MUN AND JUNK BAY TUNNELS WHICH AND WILL COME INTO OPERATION IN 1990.

IMPLEMENTED

IT 18 RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROPOSED TOLL SHOULD BE WHEN THE SHING MUN TUNNEL IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN MARCH-APRIL 1990.

ON

THE

FIVE-YEAR FORWARD

PLANNING

THE TAC WAS ALSO BRIEFED PROGRAMME (FPP) FROM 1990-1994 OF THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY.

ROUTE DEVELOPMENT, THE FPP INCLUDES PROGRAMMES ON DEVELOPMENT, DEPOT DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL FORECASTS FIVE YEARS.

THE

FLEET FOR THE NEXT

OF

TERRITORIES

HIGHER CAPACITY 144 ROUTES WERE то MEET KOWLOON

MEMBERS NOTED THAT 50 NEW ROUTES, THE USE

ON BUSES ON 45 ROUTES AND FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENTS

NEW TOWNS AND EAST PLANNED FOR NEW DEMANDS FROM AREAS OF POPULATION GROWTH.

ON FLEET SIZE, KMB WILL INCREASE ITS FLEET OF BUSES FROM BUSES AT END 1989 TO 3,541 BUSES AT END 1994.

UNDER

PROGRAMME,

KMB

2,725

PROPOSES

то

DEVELOPMENT THIS FLEET PURCHASE 1,676 BUSES AND SCRAP 860 BUSES DURING THE FIVE YEARS.

AS A RESULT, THE AVERAGE AGE OF 6.3 YEARS IN 1990 TO 5.7 YEARS IN 1994.

KMB'S FLEET WILL DROP FROM

THAT KMB PROPOSED

ON DEPOT DEVELOPMENT, THE TAC WAS INFORMED

AND TO TO CONSTRUCT SEVEN NEW PERMANENT DEPOTS, ONE TEMPORARY DEPOT,

ADDITION TO THE DEPOT CURRENTLY REDEVELOP TWO EXISTING DEPOTS, IN UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN KOWLOON BAY.

IN CONSIDERING THIS PAPER, MEMBERS WERE OF THE EXISTING ROUTE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME SHOULD LOSS MAKING ROUTES BY RATIONALISATION REDUCTION IN CROSS-SUBSIDISATION.

OF

THE

VIEW THAT THE BE EXAMINED TO TRIM DOWN A AND ROUTE NETWORK

ON DEPOT PROVISION, THERE SHOULD BE AN EXAMINATION PURCHASING LAND WAS THE ONLY OPTION CONSIDERING THAT THE ASSET BASE IN THE SCHEME OF CONTROL.

OTHER METHODS,

SUCH AS LEASING SHOULD BE EXPLORED IF POSSIBLE.

LAND FROM

THE

GOVERNMENT,

IT

OF WHETHER WOULD BOOST

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