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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1991

TAC BRIEFED ON BUS COMPANIES' PERFORMANCE

TRANSPORT THE

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

WAS (TAC)

TODAY BUS COMPANY (CMB) IN

BRIEFED

ALL CONSULTANTS,

MAJOR

(TUESDAY) ON THE PROGRESS MADE BY CHINA MOTOR IMPROVING ITS MANAGEMENT.

ACCORDING ΤΟ

THE

MANAGEMENT

RECOMMENDATIONS IN THEIR REPORT OF MAY 1990 HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

CMB

HAD

ADDITIONAL CREATED

MIDDLE-MANAGEMENT

ITS MANAGERIAL

ORGANISATION

POSTS STRUCTURE AND

AND

JOB

STREAMLINED DESCRIPTIONS, TAC MEMBERS WERE TOLD.

HAD

MANAGEMENT LED ΤΟ IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATIONS

THE CONSULTANTS WERE OF THE OPINION THAT CMB'S BEEN CONSIDERABLY STRENGTHENED AND THIS HAD

SERVICES, PASSENGER

OPERATION EFFICIENCY, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.

THE CONSULTANTS

WERE CONFIDENT OVERALL PERFORMANCE WOULD BE SUSTAINED.

STAFF

THAT IMPROVEMENT IN CMB'S

NOTWITHSTANDING

THE

ADMINISTRATION

CONSULTANTS'

THE

REPORT, FAVOURABLE

THE

REFORM AND BUS

CAUTIONED THAT

BETWEEN CORRELATION

MANAGEMENT

WOULD PERFORMANCE SERVICE

A LONGER TIME TO

TAKE

ESTABLISH.

TAC AGREED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CLOSE MONITORING OF CMB'S PERFORMANCE.

SHOULD CONTINUE WITH

ITS

MEMBERS

NOTED THAT

MEASURES OTHER THAN WOULD BE PURSUED TO

CLOSE GOVERNMENT MAINTAIN SUSTAINED THE GRANTING OF FRANCHISED BUS

MONITORING AND REGULATION

IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICES, INCLUDING ROUTES THROUGH PUBLIC TENDER.

TAC WAS SEPARATELY

BRIEFED ON A COMPARISON

OF PERFORMANCE BUS COMPANY AND KOWLOON MOTOR BUS REFERENCE TOOL ΤΟ MONITOR

PARAMETERS BETWEEN CHINA MOTOR COMPANY IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1990 AS A THEIR RESPECTIVE OPERATING PERFORMANCE OVER TIME.

OF BOTH COMPANIES OF BUS AVAILABILITY AND FLEET

THE ASSESSMENT SHOWED THAT THE PERFORMANCE WAS GENERALLY SATISFACTORY IN TERMS UTILISATION.

ON MAINTENANCE STANDARDS, MEMBERS NOTED THAT WAS OLDER AND ITS MAINTENANCE COSTS WERE HIGHER.

CMB'S BUS FLEET

TAC WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WOULD CLOSELY THE PERFORMANCE OF CMB IN BUS MAINTENANCE TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE.

EXAMINE MORE WHETHER ANY

MEMBERS WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON THE FORWARD PLANNING PROGRAMME THE NEW LANTAO BUS COMPANY (NLB) FOR THE FIVE YEARS ENDING 1995/96.

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