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MANAGEMENT

REVIEW OF

OPERATIONS

業務回顧報告書

KILOMETRES AND PASSENGERS

In 1990, a daily average of 2.65 million

passengers rode on the Company's buses (1989: 2.67 million), giving a total of 966

million passengers for the year (1989:974 million) and representing a decrease of 0.8% over the previous year. On the other hand, the actual distance travelled by the Company's buses went up by 4.3%, to a total of 196 million kilometres. This was mainly due to an increase in the number of buses on the road from 2,372 at the end of 1989 to 2,481 at the end of 1990, thanks to the improving bus captain situation and the introduction of more air-conditioned buses.

NEW ROUTES AND NEW BUSES

Last year, KMB continued to expand its bus network to meet the demand from the new developments throughout the Territory. The

major areas of growth are Tseung Kwan O, Ma On Shan, Tsing Yi, Tuen Mun, Tsuen

Wan and Sha Tin. A total of twenty-four

new routes were introduced in 1990. In

particular, six of them served the residents at the new developments while one was an additional cross-harbour route operating via the Eastern Harbour Crossing. Also, since the opening of the Shing Mun Tunnels in

April, 1990, six bus routes have been

introduced to provide direct, speedy bus

services between Sha Tin/Ma On Shan

and Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung/Tsing Yi. In

addition, two all-night bus services were

introduced catering for the demand now arising at Tsing Yi and Tsim Sha Tsui.

行車路程及載客數量

一九九零年,本公司之巴士每日平均 載客量為二百六十五萬人次(一九八九年 為二百六十七萬人次),全年總載客量 爲九億六千六百萬人次(一九八九年 為九億七千四百萬人次),與前年比較, 減少百分之零點八。另一方面,本公司 巴士之實際行車路程增加了百分之四點 三,共達一億九千六百萬公里。這主要 由於路面行走之巴士數量由一九八九年底

之二千三百七十二輛增加至一九九零年底 之二千四百八十一輛,此實有賴於招聘

巴士車長之情況得到改善及更多冷氣巴士

投入服務。

新路線及新巴士

爲應付本港新發展地區之需求,本公司在 去年繼續擴展其巴士網絡。主要發展地區 為將軍澳、馬鞍山、青衣、屯門、荃灣及

沙田。一九九零年內,本公司共增闢

二十四條新路線,其中六條接載新發展

地區之居民,一條為行經東區海底隧道之

新過海隧道路線。自從城門隧道於一九九

零年四月啟用後,已增設六條巴士

路線,提供沙田/馬鞍山及荃灣/葵涌/

青衣之間直接及快捷巴士服務。此外,

本公司又開闢了兩項通巴士服務,

以滿足青衣及尖沙咀區之需求。

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