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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1993

OPERATION

IN AN EFFORT TO FURTHER REDUCE ELECTRICITY AND OTHER COSTS, HKT HAS PROPOSED TO REPLACE THE PRESENT MANUAL CONTROL SYSTÉM ON TRAMS WITH A NEW SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM. HKT'S FARE INCREASE APPLICATION WAS ENDORSED BY TAC.

ON THE

FARE INCREASE APPLICATION BY THE LANTAU TAXI ASSOCIATION, THE COMMITTEE NOTED THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAD ASKED FOR A 25% INCREASE TO COVER HIGHER OPERATING COST SINCE LAST REVISION IN NOVEMBER 1992.

HAVING

CONSIDERED THE FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR A FARE INCREASE, NAMELY FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF THE TRADE, FARE DIFFERENTIAL WITH OTHER PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODES, AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE AND PUBLIC ACCEPTABILITY, TAC RECOMMENDED A 12.5% INCREASE WITH EFFECT FROM TAC'S RECOMMENDED INCREASE WOULD ENABLE LANTAU TAXI GENERALLY RESTORE THEIR REAL INCOME TO THE LEVEL IN

JANUARY 1994. OPERATORS TO NOVEMBER 1992.

THE EXISTING AND NEW FARES RECOMMENDED BY TAC ARE AS

FOLLOWS:

EXISTING

FARES

RECOMMENDED NEW FARES

FLAGFALL FOR FIRST 2 KM

$8.0

$9.0

FARE FOR EVERY SUBSEQUENT

0.2 KM

$0.8

$0.9

WAITING TIME CHARGE FOR

$0.8

$0.9

EVERY 1 MINUTE

ADDITIONAL FARE FOR EACH

$3.0

$4.0

ARTICLE OF BAGGAGE,

ANIMAL, OR BIRD

ADDITIONAL FARE FOR EVERY

$3.0

$5.0

HIRING ARRANGED THROUGH TELEPHONE BOOKING

TAC'S RECOMMENDATIONS

ON THE TWO FARE INCREASE

APPLICATIONS

WILL BE SUBMITTED TO EXCO FOR APPROVAL.

ON THE PROPOSAL TO REVISE THE VEHICLE TOWING AND STORAGE FEES, THE COMMITTEE NOTED THAT THE CURRENT RATE OF $110 PER TOW AND $35 DAY OF STORAGE HAD NOT BEEN REVISED FOR A DECADE.

PER

THE LOW CHARGES DEFEAT THE AIM OF DETERRING DRIVERS FROM PARKING ILLEGALLY OR RESULT IN ABUSING THE USE OF POLICE MANPOWER ΤΟ TOW BROKEN-DOWN VEHICLES AWAY.

IN ORDER TO RESTORE THE DETERRENT EFFECT AND TO MAKE POLICE TOWING FEES MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE MARKET RATES, TAC ENDORSED A PROPOSAL THAT A SLIDING FEE SCALE, BASED ON GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT SHOULD BE ADOPTED. THE PROPOSED FEES WILL BE $350 FOR VEHICLES UNDER 5.5 TONS, $930 FOR 5.5-24 TONS AND $1,280 FOR OVER 24 TONS. THE NEW RATES WILL COME INTO EFFECT AS SOON AS THEY ARE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

APPROVED BY THE

/THE NEW