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TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1993

FEWER TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS IN FIRST QUARTER OF 1993

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THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND

SUGGESTIONS RECEIVED BY THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT (TCU) IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR DROPPED BY 4% TO 2,587 COMPARED WITH 2,704 IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

THE DECREASE IS

ATTRIBUTABLE MAINLY TO FEWER COMPLAINTS AGAINST KMB SERVICES (-17% FROM 263 TO 218 CASES); FERRY (-44% FROM 27 TO 15 CASES); GREEN MINIBUS SERVICES (-17% FROM 121 TO 101 CASES), TRAFFIC CONDITIONS (-5% FROM 485 TO 459 CASES) AND TAXI MALPRACTICES (-18% FROM 733 TO 603 CASES).

31, 1993, DECREASE

DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 TO MARCH IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST GREEN MINIBUS SERVICES IS LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE DROP IN COMPLAINTS AGAINST CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE OF DRIVERS, FROM 64 IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER TO 43.

COMPLAINTS AGAINST TAXI MALPRACTICES ALSO DROPPED BY 18% ΤΟ 603 COMPARED WITH 733 IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. ABOUT 35% OF THESE COMPLAINTS (212) WERE RELATED TO OVERCHARGING.

ON ROAD MAINTENANCE, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ROSE TO 259 FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER OF 175. THE COMPLAINTS WERE MAINLY RELATED TO MALFUNCTIONING OF TRAFFIC SIGNS AND AIDS.

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NEW FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN TUEN MUN AND WAN CHAI DISCUSSED

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THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TODAY (TUESDAY) ENDORSED AN INTERIM ARRANGEMENT FOR HONGKONG AND YAUMATI FERRY (HYF) TO OPERATE NEW SERVICE BETWEEN TUEN MUN AND WAN CHAI FOR SIX MONTHS PENDING FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON WHETHER SOME OF THE NEW FERRY ROUTES SHOULD BE OPEN UP TO THE TENDERING OUT PROCESS TO INCREASE HEALTHY COMPETITION IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES.

MEMBERS ALSO FURTHER DISCUSSED THE COMPULSORY FITTING AND WEARING OF REAR SEAT BELTS IN PRIVATE CARS AND WERE BRIEFED ON THE FORWARD PLANNING PROGRAMME OF THE NEW LANTAO BUS (NLB) COMPANY FOR 1993/94 TO 1997/98.

THE INTERIM ARRANGEMENT AIMS TO GIVE THE TUEN MUN RESIDENTS A WIDER CHOICE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE URBAN AREA.

IT ALSO AIMS TO PERSUADE SOME PRIVATE MOTORISTS TO LEAVE THEIR CARS AT HOME AND SWITCH TO FERRY AS A MEASURE TO REDUCE THE TUEN MUN ROAD CONGESTION DURING THE MORNING PEAKS.

/THE ADMINISTRATION

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