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of public omnibuses operated by the major bus companies under franchises, should be increased, and the total number of such vehicles at the end of December 1965 was as follows:

Buses

Carrying Capacity

% Increase Over Previous Year

China Motor Bus Co., Ltd.

(Hong Kong Island)

459 (378 Double-Deck,

81 Single-Deck)

26,974

16.5%

19.9%

Kowloon Motor Bus Co.

1.004

70,121

16,5% 13.0%

(530 Double-Deck,

(1933) Ltd. (Kowloon & New Territories)

474 Single-Deck)

161. During 1965, both bus companies showed an increase over the previous year in the number of passengers their vehicles carried whilst the mileage covered showed an even larger increase:

Increase Over Previous Year

Passengers

Miles

China Motor Bus Co.,

Ltd.

169.3 million

16.6 million

7%

8.5%

Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd.

593.2 million

45.67 million

8.5% 13.1%

162. At the end of the year, China Motor Bus Co. Ltd. were operating 27 regular routes, and, in addition, two holiday services to the beaches and three special services on race days. The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. had 64 routes in operation, 39 in Kowloon and 25 in the New Territories. The bus service which Kowloon Motor Bus had operated on Lantau Island since April 1960 under a special franchise, was terminated on 31st October, 1965, because the Company felt it could not operate a satisfactory service whilst its management was based in Kowloon. However, on 29th December, 1965, the first of two prospective Lantau operated bus companies was granted a franchise to operate services.

TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

163. Following the formation of the new Transport Office and the appointment of a Commissioner for Transport on 26th November, 1965, the then Advisory Committee on Public Transport was dissolved and reconstituted under the new title of Transport Advisory Committee. The Traffic Advisory Committee, of which the Deputy Commissioner of Police was Chairman, was also dissolved and its functions absorbed by

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