TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1993
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16 NEW GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES AWARDED
SIXTEEN NEW GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES SERVING THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF HONG KONG ISLAND, KWUN TONG AND YAU MA TEI IN KOWLOON AND MA ON SHAN, FO TAN AND KWAI TSING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL SHORTLY COME INTO OPERATION.
THESE NEW ROUTES WERE CREATED AFTER A RECENT GREEN MINIBUS OPERATORS SELECTION EXERCISE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
A NOTICE INVITING APPLICATIONS TO OPERATE 19 ROUTES IN 12 PACKAGES WAS GAZETTED ON NOVEMBER 6 LAST YEAR. A TOTAL OF 45 APPLICATIONS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED.
NO APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED FOR ONE PACKAGE OF TWO ROUTES INTENDED TO SERVE YUEN LONG. ANOTHER SINGLE ROUTE CONNECTING WAH KWAI ESTATE AND CENTRAL WAS WITHDRAWN AT THE ADVICE OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD AND WAH KWAI RESIDENTS BECAUSE THE ROUTEING WAS CONSIDERED INAPPROPRIATE.
WHICH
"THE DEPARTMENT IS RE-DESIGNING THIS ROUTE AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT SELECTION EXERCISE
WILL BEGIN IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS' TIME, HE SAID.
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THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WERE SELECTED BY THE GREEN MINIBUS OPERATORS SELECTION BOARD CHAIRED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT AND COMPRISED A TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER, REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION.
WHEN MAKING ITS SELECTION, THE BOARD HAD TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE APPLICANTS' EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC LIGHT BUS AND GREEN MINIBUS OPERATIONS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, MANAGEMENT RIGHTS OVER THE VEHICLES, THE MAINTENANCE RECORD OF THE VEHICLES AND THE QUALITY OF THE VEHICLES TO BE DEPLOYED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"AS ONLY ONE APPLICANT CAN BE SELECTED FOR EACH PARTICULAR PACKAGE OF ROUTES, THE FACT THAT AN APPLICANT HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION MERELY IMPLIES THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERED ANOTHER APPLICANT TO BE MORE SUITABLE.
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"IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANT WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO OPERATE A GREEN MINIBUS SERVICE, AND IT WOULD CERTAINLY NOT JEOPARDISE ANY FUTURE APPLICATIONS BY HIM, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED THEIR APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE SUCCESSFUL ONES.
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THE RESULTS OF
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