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Mrs. NG (in Cantonese): Sir, to follow up on Mr. CHEUNG'S question,

i.e. on the seats provided by the PLBs, could the Government consider

increasing the seating capacity of the PLBs so as to alleviate the

congestion on the road, i.e. instead of 14 seats

increase that to a certain number ?

could We

Secretary for Transport: Sir, I think this question basically is

slightly different from the original question that has been asked

but I will try to answer it. I think we must bear in mind that

the public light bus is a public light bus; it is not, in the

ordinary sense of the word, a bus, so there is indeed a limit as

to how far we can go,

from

14

to

20,

to

25,

65 or 100.

I

think

the

matter

has

to

be

studied very carefully before we can change what is now being

considered as the proper figure.