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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1990

WOULD BE WORKING ON BUS SERVICES, MR SIU SAID THE DEPARTMENT

MADE WITH THE TWO FRANCHISED BUS COMPANIES TO ENSURE THE BEST USE WAS

THE OF THE EXISTING FLEET AND BUS DEPOTS TO ENSURE THAT THE GROWTH IN

BUS COMPANIES WAS ASSETS OF FRANCHISED

COMMENSURATE WITH SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.

ALSO

URBAN KOWLOON WOULD PUBLIC TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY THE RATIONALISATION OF CONTINUE, HAVING REGARD TO

BEGIN

THE

A ROUTE RATIONALISATION STUDY FOR FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE AREA STUDY IN THE NORTHEAST NEW TERRITORIES. CROSS HARBOUR FERRY NETWORK WOULD PASSENGER DEMAND.

MR SIU SAID

BE

WOULD SERVICES

COMPLEMENT TSUEN WAN,

ABOUT 10 NEW RESIDENTS' INTRODUCED THIS YEAR AT THE REQUEST OF RESIDENTS, TO FRANCHISED BUS SERVICES IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, SHA TIN, KWAI TSING AND TUEN MUN.

RESIDENTIAL COACH SERVICES SHOULD HELP REDUCE THE REQUIREMENT OF FRANCHISED BUSES DURING PEAK HOURS, HE ADDED.

"THE FARE AND MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF THE MAJOR PUBLIC

ALSO TRANSPORT COMPANIES WERE

WITHIN THE ANALYTICAL VIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT.

"STUDIES ARE IN HAND, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY, HE SAID.

HELP

STRUCTURE

UNVEILING SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS WHICH MIGHT ΤΟ

MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE 1990'S, MR SIU GAVE A DEMONSTRATION OF AN AUTO-TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM WHICH THE DEPARTMENT WAS NOW INVESTIGATING FOR POSSIBLE USE IN HONG KONG TUNNELS.

FULLY

THE NEW SYSTEM, WHICH IS OF THE AUTOMATIC DEBITING TYPE, ANONYMOUS AND NOT REQUIRING THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE VEHICLE OR ITS DRIVER, HAS BEEN TESTED IN EUROPE.

"SIMILAR TO A MTR STORED VALUE TICKET, A PERSON CAN BUY A TAG WITH A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF CREDIT UNITS AND

IT ONTO THE

WINDSCREEN OF HIS CAR.

STICKS

"EVERY TIME HE PASSES THROUGH A TOLL GATE, THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TOLL WILL BE DEDUCTED ELECTRONICALLY AND BY REMOTE CONTROL FROM THE CREDITS STORED IN THE TAG, AND THE CREDIT BALANCE IS THEN SHOWN ON THE VIDEO DISPLAY UNIT.

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"SUBJECT TO FUNDS BEING MADE AVAILABLE, WE INTEND TO IMPLEMENT A PILOT PROJECT USING THIS SYSTEM IN OUR TUNNELS IN HONG KONG, MR SIU SAID.

THE

HE ADDED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM WAS AIMED AT SAVING ON STAFF THROUGH MECHANISATION, WHICH WAS HIGH ON DEPARTMENT'S PRIORITY LIST.

/ANOTHER INNOVATION