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to the corporation for consideration.
It is a technical
matter and I do not know the details of the Singapore
system
and
will
find out from the corporation.
there. is
a clear
May I reiterate that
need to divert passengers away from the peak of the peak
hours to earlier hours to avoid overcrowding in the trains
at those hours, and this is the main point at issue.
MR. EDWARD HO:
Sir,
I agree with Mrs. Selina
CHOW and Mr. SOHMEN that reducing the non-peak fare as
an incentive is more effective than a surcharge, and
I am not satisfied with the Secretary's replies
because if
revenue
hours is so high,
а
from
slight
non-peak
increase
in
would
the general fare in- non-peak hours
give the MTRC a very attractive incentive to reduce.
the fares in the peak hours.
SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT:
Sir, this point again has been
raised before. The MTRC considers, and I agree, that to
raise fares artificially to hide this question of congestion
element is unfair and dishonest and unjust. The corporation
does not want to do this. It wants to show t
that
to to show the public
clearly they have a choice and the fares are not inflated
because of this and the fares are applied to only the
congestion hours and passengers have a choice to use it or
It is not a
not. And this is its stand on the matter.
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