HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL -
COUNCIL 15 February 1989 香港立法局 一九八九年二月十五日
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overseeing the maintenance of all public escalators by specialist escalator contractors, who are required to carry out weekly servicing and attend to fault calls on a 24-hour basis. The performance of these public escalators is monitored through telephone links to a monitoring control centre with breakdowns recorded and relayed to the respective contractors for immediate rectification.
The present situation is satisfactory regarding safety, but for cleansing it is not. Several government departments are responsible for carrying out different tasks, but none has the staff resources to clean these facilities sufficiently regularly, and no single department is responsible for co-ordinating the work done by each of the other departments. So it has newly been decided that Highways Department should assume total responsibility for cleansing at the beginning of next year when it has obtained the necessary staff to organize and supervise a full cleansing contract.
Provision of bus-stop shelters
12. MR. CHAN asked: With regard to the provision of bus-stop shelters on Hong Kong Island by the China Motor Bus Company, will Government inform this Council when an agreement can be reached with the company on the design for such shelters so that the construction of new shelters can proceed?
SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT: Sir since mid-1987, improved designs for passenger shelters have been discussed with the franchised bus companies. Various design proposals were examined in detail but found unsatisfactory. In January 1989, Kowloon Motor Bus produced a revised shelter design which offers greater protection to passengers. It was endorsed by Government's internal Advisory Committee on the Appearance of Bridges and Associated Structures. China Motor Bus has agreed to adopt such design.
The bus companies can now proceed to construct the new type bus stop shelters. It is expected that China Motor Bus will soon resume its shelter development programme.
The Government will continue to monitor the provision of passenger shelters at bus stops and termini.
No comments yet.
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