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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1994

TAC ENDORSES STAR FERRY'S FARE RISE

THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) TODAY (TUESDAY) ENDORSED CENT A FARE INCREASE FOR STAR FERRY BY A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 13.8 PER ON ACCOUNT OF HIGHER OPERATING COST AND SERVICE IMPROVEMENT.

THE RECOMMENDED RATE OF INCREASE IS LOWER THAN THAT SOUGHT BY

STAR

ESTIMATED INFLATION FERRY. IT IS ALSO BELOW THE 15 PER CENT

LAST FARE RATE

FEBRUARY 1993 (DATE OF THE BETWEEN DECEMBER 1994 (EXPECTED DATE OF THE NEXT FARE RISE).

REVISION)

AND

FARES

IF ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL, THE PROPOSED NEW WILL MEAN THAT ABOUT 90 PER CENT OF STAR FERRY PASSENGERS WILL PAY 20 CENTS MORE PER TRIP. IT WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON GENERAL INFLATION.

THE CHILD FARE FOR ALL THREE STAR FERRY HARBOUR CROSSING ROUTES WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AT A FLAT RATE OF $1.

SENIOR CITIZENS AGED 65 OR ABOVE WILL CONTINUE TO

RIDE.

TAC

THAT

ENJOY FREE

FOR ALL THREE THE ADULT FARES ENDORSED CROSSING SERVICES SHOULD INCREASE BY 20 CENTS.

HARBOUR-

FROM THE INCREASE IS FROM $1.5 TO $1.70 FOR THE UPPER DECK AND

TSIM SHA TSUI $1.20 ΤΟ $1.40 FOR THE LOWER DECK OF THE CENTRAL TO SERVICE; FROM $1.80 TO $2 FOR THE UPPER DECK AND FROM $1.50 TO FOR THE LOWER DECK OF THE CENTRAL TO HUNG HOM SERVICE AND FROM TO $1.70 FOR THE WAN CHAI TO TSIM SHA TSUI SERVICE.

THE PRICE OF A MONTHLY TICKET WILL GO UP FROM $75 TO $85.

EVEN

$1.70

$1.50

FERRY

REMAIN WILL

THE

THE FARE INCREASE, STAR WITH CHEAPEST TRANSPORT MODE OF CROSSING THE HARBOUR.

STAR FERRY IS UNDERTAKING SERVICE IMPROVEMENT PLANS SUCH AS THE

CABIN OF IN ONE UPPER-DECK

EACH INSTALLATION OF AIR-CONDITIONING

ROUTE WILL VESSEL. SERVICE FREQUENCY OF THE WAN CHAI-KOWLOON POINT ALSO BE IMPROVED LATER THIS YEAR.

AT TODAY'S MEETING, MEMBERS WERE YEAR FORWARD PLANNING PROGRAMME FOR THE

INFORMED OF STAR FERRY'S FIVE- PERIOD OF 1995 TO 1999.

BY

THE

ΤΟ

A PROPOSAL

TAC ALSO DISCUSSED AND ENDORSED ADMINISTRATION TO STRENGTHEN THE LAW ON DRINK-DRIVING AS A MEASURE IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY.

THAT THE

ALCOHOLIC LAW BE DRIVER REASON

MEMBERS SUPPORTED THAT A LEGAL LIMIT BE SET FOR THE CONTENT OF DRIVERS' BREATH, BLOOD AND URINE AND AMENDED TO PROVIDE POLICE OFFICERS WITH THE POWER TO REQUIRE A TO TAKE A BREATH TEST AT THE ROADSIDE IF THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT TO SUSPECT THAT HE HAS BEEN DRINKING.

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