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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1994

MORE FLEXIBLE OPERATING HOURS AND NIGHT TIME USAGE OF VEHICLES IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY.

SEGREGATION

OF PORT

TRAFFIC FROM NON-PORT TRAFFIC MINIMISE THE IMPACT OF PORT TRAFFIC ON OTHER ROAD USERS.

NEGOTIATION

CHINESE WITH RESTRICTIONS, SO THAT CONTAINERS

GOODS

TO

THE

ON BORDER AUTHORITIES COULD BE TRANSPORTED TO REDUCE CHINA FOR STORAGE SO AS TO CUT DOWN STORAGE COST AND THE NUMBER OF EMPTY CONTAINER TRIPS ACROSS THE BORDER.

STRATEGY

OF THE AND

THE WORKING GROUP ALSO SUGGESTED THAT FUTURE UPDATING

TAKE

OF TRANSPORT

SHOULD

ACCOUNT

ECONOMIC FREIGHT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION.

A SPECIAL AT TODAY'S MEETING, MEMBERS ALSO RESOLVED TO HOLD

REPORT ON MEASURES · TO MEETING IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO DISCUSS THE ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONGESTION AS PART OF THE PROCESS IN FORMULATING THEIR

REPORT VIEWS ON ADMINISTRATION.

THE

PROPOSALS

IN THE

FOR

SUBMISSION

TO

THE

-

MORE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS IN THIRD QUARTER 1994

BY

THE

THE CENT

THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND SUGGESTIONS RECEIVED TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PERIOD OF JULY 1, 1994 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 INCREASED BY 15 PER TO 4,091 AS COMPARED WITH 3,557 IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

DURING THE PERIOD, THE MAJOR AREAS OF COMPLAINTS WERE то PUBLIC TRANSPORT (62 PER CENT), ROAD TRAFFIC CONDITIONS CENT) AND ENFORCEMENT (14 PER CENT).

RELATED

(16

PER

THE

BY

INCREASED NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORT 21.2 PER CENT, FROM 2,109 IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, TO 2,556.

THIS WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST TAXIS (UP FROM 887 TO 1,274 CASES), FFRRY SERVICES (UP FROM 53 MINI-BUSES (UP TO 115), RAIL TRANSPORT (UP FROM 31 TO 60) AND GREEN FROM 211 TO 272).

THERE WERE FEWER COMPLAINTS AGAINST KOWLOON MOTOR BUS CO. (DOWN 15). HOWEVER, THERE WAS FROM 388 TO 305) AND CITYBUS (DOWN FROM 74 TO A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST CHINA MOTOR CO. (UP FROM 260 TO 264).

BUS

COMPLAINTS ABOUT ROAD CONGESTION INCREASED BY 22.4 PER CENT 361 FROM 295 CASES IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. THE NUMBER OF ABOUT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ALSO INCREASED TO 119 FROM 97.

TO

COMPLAINTS

PER

HOWEVER, COMPLAINTS AGAINST ENFORCEMENT ACTION DROPPED BY

587 CENT TO

IN CASES FROM 682

THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. RELATED MAINLY TO ILLEGAL PARKING AND COMPLAINTS WERE

13.9 THESE

BREACH

OF

TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.

ALL

SUGGESTIONS AND

COMPLAINTS

RECEIVED

BY THE

TRANSPORT

COMPLAINTS UNIT

AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR INVESTIGATION.

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