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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9,

1994

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NOTING

THAT

AND

LEGAL

SAID

ON

ADMINISTRATIVE ALL POSSIBLE EXISTING MEASURES WOULD BE TAKEN TO ACHIEVE AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT, MR EASON

OF

SPOTS BLACK WOULD ACTION

MAINLY INVOLVE THE CLEARANCE REHABILITATING GOVERNMENT

LAND,

AND LAND, CO-OPERATION OF THE OPERATORS ON THE LAND UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL.

THE

THE

CLEARED

SEEKING

ALSO AS REGARDS THE PRIVATE LAND, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL TAKING ACTION UNDER THE TOWN

ORDINANCE AGAINST PLANNING UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT.

BE

MR BASON SAID OTHER LONGER TERM SOLUTIONS CAREFULLY TO TACKLE THE MORE DIFFICULT PROBLEMS.

WOULD BE DEVISED

A SPECIAL COMMITTEE COMPRISING MAINLY NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL THIS SHORTLY BE SET UP TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON THE MONITORING OF EXERCISE, HE ADDED.

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MTRC WILL ENSURE A RELIABLE SERVICE

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THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION (MTRC) WILL CONTINUE ΤΟ ENSURE THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RELIABILITY FROM ITS EQUIPMENT AND SEEK THE CO-OPERATION OF ITS CUSTOMERS TO MAINTAIN ITS HIGH STANDARD OF SERVICES.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR HAIDER BARMA, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LEE WING-TAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR BARMA SAID THERE WAS NO SERIOUS PROBLEM OF DELAYS ON THE MTR TSUEN WAN LINE AND ONLY FOUR COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN LODGED WITH THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT SINCE MAY 1992.

MOREOVER, THE MTRC HAD CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK ON DELAYS DURING THEIR "COFFEE TIMES" WITH COMMUTERS THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS OF LIAISON.

OR

ACCORDING то MTRC RECORDS, 90.4 PER CENT OF TRAINS ON THE TSUEN WAN LINE DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOUR WERE ON TIME BETWEEN MAY 1992 AND FEBRUARY 1993, COMPARING WITH 87.5 PER CENT BETWEEN MAY 1993 AND FEBRUARY 1994.

"BUT BEARING IN MIND THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ADDITIONAL SCHEDULED TRAIN DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOUR SINCE MAY 1993, THERE HAS BEEN NO REAL SIGNIFICANT DELAY IN SERVICE,' HE SAID.

TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, MR BARMA SAID THE CORPORATION ACHIEVED ITS TARGET OF 30 TO 31 TRAINS ON THE TSUEN WAN LINE DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOUR ON 184 WEEKDAYS OUT OF A TOTAL OF 210 WEEKDAYS BETWEEN MAY 1993 AND FEBRUARY 1994 AS COPARED WITH A TOTAL OF 29 TO 30 TRAINS ON 190 WEEKDAYS OUT OF 203 WEEKDAYS BETWEEN MAY 1992 AND FEBRUARY 1993.

/"MTRC PELIEVES