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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1991

23 NEW GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES AWARDED

THE THROUGHOUT DISTRICTS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY

TWENTY-THREE NEW GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES WILL COME INTO OPERATION BY THE END OF JULY THIS YEAR SERVING TERRITORY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT (WEDNESDAY).

THE 23 ROUTES, GROUPED INTO 11 PACKAGES, FORMED PART OF THE PACKAGES ANNOUNCED LAST AUGUST, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

WILL SERVE

CHAI

WAN SOUTHERN, THE NEW ROUTES DISTRICTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND; RWUN TONG, LOK FU AND KOWLOON; AND TSEUNG KWAN O, SHA TIN, KWAI TSING, TSUEN LONG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

то

14

CENTRAL

AND JORDAN ROAD IN WAN AND YUEN

WAS

THESE ROUTES OPERATE A NOTICE INVITING APPLICATIONS GAZETTED ON AUGUST 31 LAST YEAR AND 49 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED WHEN THE INVITATION PERIOD CLOSED.

TWO PACKAGES,

OF THESE ONE SERVING

NO APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED ON THREE SERVING SHA TIN AND TAI PO VIA THE SHING MUN TUNNELS AND YUEN LONG, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

THE GREEN MINIBUS COMMISSIONER FOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE

THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WERE SELECTED BY OPERATORS SELECTION BOARD CHAIRED BY THE DEPUTY TRANSPORT AND COMPRISED MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORT

VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTATIVES FROM INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION.

HAD TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN MAKING ITS SELECTION, THE BOARD

LIGHT PUBLIC

BUS AND GREEN THE APPLICANTS' EXPERIENCE IN

MINIBUS THE APPLICANT'S MANAGEMENT OPERATION, FINANCIAL RESOURCES,

RIGHTS OVER THE VEHICLES, THE MAINTENANCE RECORD OF THE VEHICLES, THE AGE THE

BE

INCLUDING VEHICLES TO

DEPLOYED AIR-CONDITIONING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE

AVAILABILITY

OF

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