TNAG-1512-FCO40-2070-Kowloon-Canton-highway-and-Kowloon-Canton-Railway-Corporatio-1986 — Page 57

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DRAFT SPEECH BY HON LEE YU TAI LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 30.7.86

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Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (Amendment) Bill 1986

Sir,

The Bill proposes the setting up of the North-west Transit Service Area which will eventually become a franchised zone under the Light Rail Transit System (LRT) project run by

The associated feeder the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. bus service within the zone will likewise be provided by the

KCRC.

Residents in the Area fear that to trust the provision of all public transport services in the hands of the KCRC would end up in monopoly. A delegation from 14 civic bodies and District Board member ward offices of Tuen Mun area called at the UMELCO Office on 26 July 1986 to make their representation. They were interviewed by Duty Roster Members Hon Mrs Pauline NG and myself. They suggested that in addition to the 3-tier monitoring system through the District Boards, the Board of Directors and the Governor-in-Council as proposed by the Secretary for Transport at the Legislative Council meeting on 16 July 1986, an independent statutory body with monitoring functions should be set up to complement the supervision. Its membership should comprise elected DB members

Members of the and representatives from civic bodies.

delegation were of the view that even though the Joint Committee of the Tuen Mun and Yuen Long District Boards on the LRT Project was formed after strong insistence on the part of the local associations, DB members and residents concerned, it plays only an advisory role, like that of the Traffic and Transport Committee under the District Board.

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