TNAG-1512-FCO40-2070-Kowloon-Canton-highway-and-Kowloon-Canton-Railway-Corporatio-1986 — Page 47

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The group was satisfied with KCRC's explanation and assurance that short trip fares would be more or less the same as buses while median trip fares would be 20 or 30 cents more than buses.

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(e)

The existence of three-tier system of monitoring LRT fares and services as mentioned in the Secretary for Transport's speech on 16 July 1986 would ensure adequate protection

The group suggested that the for the local residents.

Administration should consider the appointment of at least one member each from the Tuen Mun and Yuen Long District Boards to the Board of Directors of KCRC to ensure adequate feed back information of local views at the policy decision level.

The group accepted the TSA concept but considered that there should be a time limit so that the feasibility of the TSA concept could be kept under regular review for either termination or further extension taking into consideration the prevailing transport policy and changing circumstances on passenger demand and population movement. In view of the heavy initial investment of LRT, the group agreed that there should be a balance between flexibility and business consideration with due regard to funding arrangement for LRT between KCRC and financial institutions. It was therefore considered that a time limit of 15 or even 20 years should be imposed on the grant of exclusive rights to KCRC for operating feeder bus services in the TSA.

(E)

The group noted the public concern on possible open-ended expansion of TSA and would wish to put beyond doubt that notice of variations to the boundaries of TSA published in the Gazette would be subject to the supervision of this Council as subsidiary legislation under Section 34 of Cap.

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