where throughout the entire system, which is totally
unfair. If you run through trains from Kwun Tong to
Central, you are denying some passengers of getting on
at certain stations and delaying the frequency to three
to four minutes, which means a very big build-up during
the morning rush hour. And, finally, if you reduce
the non-peak fares, the corporation will be losing
revenue which is tremendously important to its ability to pay
as
debt, mentioned by the Financial Secretary earlier.
So, Sir, in all these circumstances, a pricing mechanism so:
charging 50 cents only is considered the best way to
maintain the balance of supply and demand.
MISS DUNN: Sir, I have no doubt the board of the MTRC
has acted responsibly but may I ask that since the peak
hour loading is 81,000 to 82,000 passengers representing
an overloading of 40 per cent of capacity, and given
that the proposed peak hour surchage is aimed at inducing
only 5,000 to 6,000 passengers to travel outside the peak
hour - that is to say, about 6 per cent of the peak hour
loading how effective is this proposal likely to be in
tackling the real problem of overcrowding and safety?
SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT: Sir, the corporation did
consider this point very fully and carefully. It is true
that the present overloading is over 40 per cent, that is, up to
81,000 to 82,000 compared with the design capacity of 75,000
人
or so. The purpose is to induce about
5,000 to 6,000
passengers to travel before
8
am.
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