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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1994

TRAFFIC AT AIRPORT BEING CLOSELY MONITORED

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TAXI

THE QUEUING TIME OF ARRIVING PASSENGERS USING AIRPORT BUS

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SERVICES IS MONITORED AND REVIEWED BY THE EVERY SIX MONTHS TO SEE IF SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE.

AND

SPOT CHECKS ARE ALSO HELD IN BETWEEN, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING

BUSY

HOLIDAYS.

TRANSPORT, MR WAS THIS

STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR BARMA, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A REPLY QUESTION BY THE HON HOWARD YOUNG.

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BUS ROUTES

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ON AIRPORT BUS SERVICES, THERE ARE CURRENTLY FOUR OPERATED BY KOWLOON MOTOR BUS WHICH RUN AT FREQUENCIES BETWEEN 12 15 MINUTES.

ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 5,000 PASSENGERS BOARD THESE BUSES AIRPORT EACH DAY.

MR BARMA SAID: "THIS MEETS EXISTING PASSENGER DEMAND AND IS NO PROBLEM OF QUEUING.

AT THE

THERE

FOR INTRODUCTION

HE SAID THREE NEW ROUTES WERE BEING PLANNED LATER THIS YEAR WHICH WOULD PROVIDE BETTER NETWORK OF BUS SERVICES TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT.

AS REGARDS THE TAXI SERVICES, MR BARMA SAID, THE AS A TAXI STANDS WERE EXTENDED IN OCTOBER 1992 AND, AVERAGE HOURLY TAXI THROUGHPUT HAD BEEN INCREASED TO 467.

TWO AIRPORT RESULT, THE

THE AVERAGE PASSENGER WAITING TIME DURING PEAK HOURS IS FIVE MINUTES.

ABOUT

CIVIL THE

ASSOCIATIONS AND

WILL DEPARTMENT AVIATION TAXI RADIO SERVICE CENTRES TAXIS SHOULD QUEUES BUILD UP.

DIRECTLY

CONTACT TAXI

TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL

ALSO ARRANGED AND OTHER

MR BARMA ADDED THAT HOTELS AND TRAVEL AGENCIES COACHES, MINIBUSES AND LIMOUSINES TO PICK UP TOURISTS PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT THE AIRPORT.

FOR

HE SAID: "ALTHOUGH THAT SECTION OF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE WHICH ONLY ALLOWS VEHICLES THE ARRIVALS HALL IS A RESTRICTED ZONE,

SET DOWN

COACH PASSENGERS, MANY ISSUED WITH PERMITS TO PICK UP OR

ΤΟ AWAIT ARRIVING TOUR OPERATORS HAVE TENDED TO CONGREGATE THERE GROUPS CAUSING BOTH CONFUSION AND CONGESTION.

CALL

"IN MARCH THIS YEAR, THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN TELEPHONES INITIATIVE TO IMPLEMENT A SPECIAL SCHEME USING RADIO

COACH OPERATORS TO COME AND PICK UP WAITING PASSENGERS WHO JUST ARRIVED.

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