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WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1989

BUS FARE STRUCTURE FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT REVIEWED

* * *

+

SAID THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE:

* A SIMPLIFICATION OF CMB'S FARE

EXISTING EIGHT ROUTE GROUPS INTO FIVE; AND

FARE

THE GOVERNMENT'S REVIEW OF THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY'S

MADE TWO MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS, STRUCTURE FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT HAD

SAID IN THE LEUNG, THE

MICHAEL HON THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON SO CHAU YIM-PING, MR

LEUNG

STRUCTURE BY COMBINING THE

* A PROGRESSIVE NARROWING DOWN OF THE DISPARITIES IN FARES

ROUTES AND NON-SOUTHERN EXISTING BETWEEN SOUTHERN SAME JOURNEY DISTANCE.

NOW

OF THE

MR LEUNG SAID THE REVIEW WOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE

AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THAT CMB WOULD BE CONSULTED.

BOARDS DISTRICT

TRANSPORT CONCERNED

AGREED, "IF

THESE RECOMMENDATIONS

WILL

IN BE IMPLEMENTED

IN ROUTES

FUTURE FARE

STAGES THROUGH A LOWER INCREASE FOR SOUTHERN REVISIONS, AND RATIONALISATION OF LOSS-INCURRING ROUTES," HE SAID.

THAT

THE

OBJECTIVES

то WERE

REDUCE MR LEUNG ADDED

THAT CROSS-SUBSIDISATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT ROUTE GROUPS AND TO ENSURE

ABERDEEN WOULD THE INTERNAL ROUTES IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT WHICH SERVED

JOURNEY NOT BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN NORTH SHORE ROUTES FOR A SIMILAR DISTANCE.

ANNUAL ESTIMATE CONTROLS FUNDS FOR MINOR PROJECTS

* * * *

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE CARRYING OUT MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS 18 CONTROLLED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TO DISTRICT OFFICES FOR PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY

AN ANNUAL ESTIMATE EXERCISE,

HON

TSAO.

TOLD

THE

PETER

THE

WHO WANTED TO KNOW THE

OFFICES FOR THOSE PROJECTS AND WHETHER ENSURE THAT THOSE DISTRICTS WHICH PROJECTS WERE PROVIDED WITH MORE FUNDS.

MR TSAO WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM

CRITERIA FOR ALLOCATING REVIEW A

THE HON

ROSANNA

TAM

FUNDS WOULD

TO DISTRICT

BE

MADE TO

HAD

MORE URGENT NEEDS

FOR SUCH

/MR TSAO

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