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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1990

ON THE STANDARD OF FRANCHISED BUS SERVICE, THERE OF 370 COMPLAINTS, AN INCREASE OF FIVE PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

WAS A

TOTAL 353 IN

THESE COMPLAINTS

WEER

INDIVIDUALLY

TAKEN

UP

WITH

THE

BUS

COMPANIES CONCERNED.

THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST TAXI SERVICE ROSE SLIGHTLY TWO PER CENT FROM 333 CASES TO 338 CASES.

BY

RAIL TRANSPORT SERVICES QUARTER'S 66 CASES ΤΟ

THE NUMBERS OF COMPLAINTS RELATED TO AND FERRY SERVICES DROPPED FROM THE PREVIOUS 49 CASES, AND FROM 21 CASES TO 20 CASES RESPECTIVELY.

SERVICE, SERVICES AND

THE MAIN AREAS OF COMPLAINT CONDITIONS OF FACILITIES.

INCLUDED REGULARITY OF

AND VEHICLES/VESSELS,

PASSENGER

CONGESTION INCREASED THE SPOKESMAN SAID COMPLAINTS ABOUT ROAD

KOWLOON, BY 19 PER CENT TO 237 CASES 56 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 78 IN 101 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND TWO IN TUNNELS OR OTHER AREAS.

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FACTORS

CONTRIBUTING

то ROAD

ENGINEERING MATTERS, VEHICLE OBSTRUCTION AND ROAD WORKS.

INCLUDED CONGESTION

TRAFFIC

FROM 183

OF TRAFFIC LIGHT AND AIDS

COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES DROPPED CASES TO 173 OR BY FIVE PER CENT.

THE MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDED PHASING AND TRAFFIC LANE ARRANGEMENT, AND ADDITION OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE MAINTENANCE OF ROADS DECREASED BY PER CENT FROM 163 CASES TO 117 CASES.

COMPLAINT WERE DEFECTIVE ROAD THE MAJOR AREAS OF FAULTY TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND DAMAGED TRAFFIC SIGNS OR AIDS.

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SURFACES,

15 CASES OR FIVE PER TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT CASES STOOD AT 344 } CENT HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER RECORDED IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

THESE WERE RELATED MAINLY TO REQUESTS AGAINST ILLEGAL PARKING AND MOTORISTS FAILING TO COMPLY REGULATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

FOR ENFORCEMENT

ACTION

WITH TRAFFIC

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