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THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1990

MORE NEW GMB ROUTES TO BE ANNOUNCED

ANOTHER PACKAGE OF GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES

THE JULY,

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TENDER IN HAU-CHUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

BE WILL

PUT UP FOR PANG TRANSPORT, MR

WITH

TOTAL OF ABOUT 25 ROUTES

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THE PACKAGE WOULD INCLUDE A ABOUT SEVEN USING THE NEWLY OPENED ROUTE TUNNEL TO BE OPENED LATER THIS YEAR, HE SAID.

AT A MEETING WITH

KONG, KOWLOON MERCHANTS' UNITED SECOND PACKAGE OF TO ENCOURAGE THE

HONG REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

LIGHT BUS AND NEW TERRITORIES PUBLIC AND MAXICAB ASSOCIATION TODAY, MR PANG SAID THIS WOULD BE THE NEW ROUTES TO BE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR IN AN EFFORT CONVERSION OF RED MINIBUSES TO GREEN MINIBUSES.

OPERATE THE A SELECTION BOARD WOULD SOON SELECT APPLICANTS TO

YEAR. IT WAS EXPECTED 10 NEW GMB ROUTES ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY THIS THAT THE NEW GMB ROUTES COULD BE INTRODUCED FROM JULY ONWARDS.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE REGIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SEVERAL DISTRICT BOARD AND

MR PANG ADDED THAT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WOULD IDENTIFY AND DRAW UP MORE NEW ROUTES IN THE COMING MONTHS.

HE REITERATED THAT THE EXISTING

NUMBER OF

CONTINUE TO

ON GRADUALLY

PUBLIC TO

GOVERNMENT POLICY

AND PLB'S LIGHT BUSES WAS TO MAINTAIN THE CONVERT THEM TO GMB'S WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF GMB ROUTES.

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ALLOWING PLB'S

ON THE QUESTION OF

TO RUN SERVICES INSIDE ΤΟ RESTRICT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, MR PANG SAID THE EXISTING POLICY PLB OPERATING AREAS WOULD CONTINUE.

DEMANDS

TO RELIEVE TRANSPORT

WITHIN HOUSING ESTATES DURING INTRODUCED. AS FOR LARGER HOUSING RUSH HOURS, GMB ROUTES WOULD BE

1 ESTATES, THESE COULD BE SERVED BY RESIDENTIAL COACHES.

REASONS THE

DEPARTMENT

MR PANG SAID FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT WAS NOT IN FAVOUR OF PLB'S ENTERING HOUSING ESTATES.

AND HE

WOULD HOPED

BB THAT

HE SAID PLB ASSOCIATIONS AND DISTRICT BOARDS CONSULTED ON THE INTRODUCTION OF MORE GMB ROUTES THE CONVERSION OF RMB'S TO GMB'S WOULD BE SPED UP.

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