XN000022-1992-09-29 — Page 5

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1992

WHICH

COMPANY

FOR THE TWO CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL ROUTES IN THE PACKAGE,

BUS CITYBUS WILL OPERATE

KOWLOON MOTOR JOINTLY WITH THE (KMB), THE FARES TO BE CHARGED BY THE TWO COMPANIES WILL BE THE SAME.

A REGARDING THE REMAINING 24 ROUTES, PASSENGERS WILL BE GIVEN

SERVICES ON BETWEEN AIR-CONDITIONED AND NON-AIR-CONDITIONED

CHOICE SOME ROUTES.

THE FARES WHICH CITYBUS WILL BE CHARGING IN SEPTEMBER 1993 WILL THE 24 ROUTES BE BROADLY COMPARABLE TO THE CURRENT FARE LEVELS ON

NEXT 12 AFTER DUE ALLOWANCE IS MADE FOR FORECAST INFLATION OVER THE MONTHS, THERE WILL BE CONCESSIONARY FARES DURING OFF-PEAK HOURS PASSENGERS AGED OVER 60.

FOR

BUS

CONSIDERED AT THE PROPOSED FARE LEVELS, CITYBUS' SERVICES ARE

GIVEN MONEY,

THE NEWER TO BE GIVING PASSENGERS GOOD VALUE FOR FLEET AND BETTER PEAK-HOUR FREQUENCIES AND PASSENGER FACILITIES.

DETAILS OF CITYBUS' SERVICE PLANS, INCLUDING SERVICE FREQUENCY,

ON INDIVIDUAL FARES AND THE PROPORTION OF AIR-CONDITIONED SERVICES

OCTOBER - ROUTES, WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE RELEVANT DISTRICT BOARDS IN

THIS YEAR.

THE FRANCHISE FOR THE 26 ROUTES WILL RUN FOR THREE YEARS SEPTEMBER 1 1993. THE PROFIT CONTROL SCHEME WILL NOT APPLY.

FROM

INCLUDE THE THE FRANCHISE CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON CITYBUS WILL

BUS FRANCHISEES, EXISTING SAME PROVISIONS NOW APPLICABLE TO OTHER INCLUDING THE SUBMISSION OF FIVE YEAR PLANS FOR SCRUTINY BY DISTRICT BOARDS

THE GOVERNOR IN AND THE GOVERNMENT, APPROVAL OF FARES COUNCIL, STRINGENT SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, AND OTHER STATUTORY PROVISIONS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

BY

TO

"ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN INSERTED IN THE FRANCHISE

FOR EXAMPLE, STRENGTHEN THE MONITORING OF THE FRANCHISEE, INCLUDING,

BY ACCESS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

PASSENGER

LIAISON

GROUPS AND

THE

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT VIA A COMPUTER TERMINAL TO UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON BUS OPERATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

14

0

CONFERENCE ON CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

ASSOCIATION

THE INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE AND PUBLIC CLEANSING (ISWA) WILL HOLD A REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN

HONG KONG CONVENTION HONG KONG ON OCTOBER EXHIBITION CENTRE.

ΤΟ

6

AND 7 AT

THE

AND

ON

ALL

A NUMBER

OF

PROMOTE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE

ISWA ORGANISES SOLID

MANAGEMENT, ASPECTS OF

WASTE CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ALL OVER THE WORLD EACH YEAR.

/SPONSORED AND