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Jin the congestion hours

travel

passengers who choose to lin

capable

of

inducing

before 8 am.

travel

them to

fare for

18

If you reduce the non-congestion hours,

you are, in fact,

in fact, maintaining the same attractiveness for

the congestion hours as it is now, which has no effect

whatsoever. So there must be a net increase in the

congestion hour fare to achieve the impact designed for

this purpose, and 50 cents is considered to be the right

balance to induce that number of passengers to use the

early morning trains.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT:

Mrs. Selina CHOW, do you

wish to elucidate the point you made in a final

supplementary?

MRS. CHOW:

Sir,

that is the most illogical reply that

one could get from the Secretary. Perhaps I ought to

clarify. The request is for the Secretary to put to

the board of the MTRC

when

they

apply the

stick they also apply the carrot at the same time. When imposing

the congestion fare from 8 am to 8.45 am, MTRC should

reduce the. fare from

7

am to 8 am and

8.45 am

to

9.30 am

so as to induce passengers

am

am

who would normally travel between 8 and 8.45/to travel during

those two periods immediately prior to and immediately

after the congested period.

The 'Secretary's

logic entirely escapes me but I would honestly

request that the Secretary put this request to the board