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'Bus franchise system should be changed'
RTHK Excerpt June 13, 2021 The Democratic Party, which has no representative joining the upcoming Legislative Council discussion about bus franchises, on Sunday called on the government to stop its piecemeal approach to saving worsening yet ever more costly bus services. The Chief Executive approved a rise in bus fares in March to cover the operators’ huge losses in recent years, and bus companies have also reduced services and routes to save money. The party pointed out that these approaches could lead to a “vicious cycle”, whereby less people will be travelling by bus due to inconvenience, leading to even more routes being cut. “That is a very imminent problem that we are facing. The bus companies could run out of cash very soon, and services will be deteriorating in a matter of maybe a few years,” the party’s chairman Lo Kin-hei said. He also pointed out that bus companies are facing huge competition from expanding railway lines. More : https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...4-20210613.htm |
Bus operators expect slump after Tuen Ma Line opens
RTHK Excerpt June 14, 2021 Bus and minibus operators said on Monday that their businesses will be seriously affected by the latest extension of an MTR line and the opening of two new stations in Kowloon later this month. The full opening of the Tuen Ma Line on June 27 means the West Rail Line will connect to the Ma On Shan Line at Hung Hom Station. The new line, comprising 27 stations, stretches from Tuen Mun to Wu Kai Sha. The Transport Department has proposed cancelling at least four bus routes in areas covered by the new rail line. Kowloon Motor Bus’s Head of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Lam Tsz-ho, said dozens more bus routes could be affected. “The operation would be considerably affected in a sense that the ridership and the occupancy rate will be very much affected by the new MTR line,” he said. More : https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...7-20210614.htm |
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