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Papers

HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 2nd October 1969.

Subject

No 6-Eighth Annual Report by the Social Work Train- ing Fund Trustee for the period ending 31st March 1969 (published 2.10.69).

No 7--Annual Report by the Community Relief Trust Fund Trustee for the year ending 31st March 1969 (published 2.10.69).

No 8-Annual Report by the Sir Robert Black Trust Fund Committee for the year 1st April 1968

to 31st March 1969 (published 26.9.69).

ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Yuen Long Bus Terminus

MR FUNG HON-CHU asked:-

Is it true that the bus terminus provided by Government in Yuen Long town is not being used as such? If so, is it because the site of the terminus is not convenient for passengers or because of competition for custom between the bus and other means of transport?

MR D. C. C. LUDDINGTON:-Sir, the answer to the first question is "yes". There are in fact two bus termini in Yuen Long. A small bus terminus built in January 1965 to the western side of Yuen Long town, near the Police station, has not yet been fully used and the much larger one to the east of Yuen Long, completed in December 1967, has not yet been used by the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (except for a short time last Saturday).

These termini were planned to relieve the congested traffic con- ditions in Yuen Long Main Road. The larger eastern terminus was planned to cater for new development anticipated in Yuen Long and for the increased bus services which would be required. The reasons why they have not yet been used relate not only to the fact that new development has not gone ahead as foreseen but also to this com- parative inconvenience for passengers and the competition provided by other forms of transport. Before these bus termini were built the buses used either side of the central part of Yuen Long main road as termini and they still do so. New Territories taxis and later dual- purpose vehicles use similar termini nearby.

MR FUNG:-Sir, may we be informed the building cost of these termini?