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(Translation) Minutes of the 3rd Meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee (2018) of Kwai Tsing District Council Date: 3 September 2018 Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:42 p.m. Venue: K&T DO Conference Room Attendee Time of Arrival Time of Departure (p.m.) (p.m.) Mr TSUI Hiu-kit (Chairman) Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr CHAN Siu-man, Simon 2:42 End of Meeting Ms CHEUNG Wai-ching, Clarice 2:42 4:21 Mr CHOW Wai-hung, Rayman 2:35 3:38 Miss CHU Lai-ling 2:36 End of Meeting Ms LAM Chui-ling, Nancy, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Ms LAU Mei-lo Start of Meeting 3:22 Mr LEE Chi-keung, Alan, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Chi-shing 2:54 End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Tsz-wing, Dennis 2:58 End of Meeting Mr LEUNG Wai-man, MH Start of Meeting 3:26 Miss LO Yuen-ting Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr NG Ka-chiu 2:36 End of Meeting Mr PAU Ming-hong Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr POON Chi-shing, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Ms TAM Wai-chun, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr TANG Shui-wah, MH Start of Meeting 4:07 Mr WONG Bing-kuen Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr WONG Yiu-chung, MH Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr WONG Yun-tat Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr CHOW Elson Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr HON Chun-yin Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr MAN Tsz-yan Start of Meeting End of Meeting Mr TAM Ka-chun, Warren Start of Meeting 4:22 In Attendance Mr TAM Lai-ming Senior Transport Officer/Kwai Tsing 1, Transport Department Miss LAW Hoi Ching, Janice Senior Transport Officer/Kwai Tsing 2, Transport Department Mr FUNG Ka-kit, Peter Engineer/Tsing Yi, Transport Department Miss LEE Che-ying, Emily Engineer/Kwai Chung, Transport Department Mr HUEN Ming-hei, Edmund Engineer (West), Civil Engineering and Development Department Mr CHOI Kin Man District Engineer/Works(SW), Highways Department Ms CHOW Hoi-yi District Engineer/KT(E), Highways Department Mr TSANG Yiu-tim OC District Traffic Team (Kwai Tsing), Hong Kong Police Force Mr WONG Siu-shan District Operations Officer (Kwai Tsing), Hong Kong Police Force Mr POON Jeff Manager (Operations), The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd Ms WONG Peggy Assistant Manager (Planning & Development), The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd Mr CHENG Kin, Kenneth, JP District Officer (Kwai Tsing), Kwai Tsing District Office Miss YIM Yik-huen, Bonnie Assistant District Officer (Kwai Tsing), Kwai Tsing District Office Miss LEUNG Kit-ying, Crystal Executive Officer (District Council) 1, Kwai (Secretary) Tsing District Office Absent with Apologies Ms KWOK Fu-yung (Vice-chairman) (With prior notice) Mr HUI Kei-cheung (With prior notice) Mr LAM Siu-fai (With prior notice) Mr LAW King-shing, BBS, MH (With prior notice) Mr LEUNG Kam-wai (With prior notice) Mr LI Sai-lung (With prior notice) Mr NG Kim-sing (With prior notice) Mr CHOW Yick-hay, BBS, JP (Without prior notice) Ms WONG Hei-tung (Without prior notice) Responsible Department Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed Members and representatives of government departments and organisations to the 3rd meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee (TTC) (2018) of Kwai Tsing District Council (K&T DC). 2. The Committee unanimously endorsed the application for absence by Ms KWOK Fu-yung, Mr HUI Kei-cheung, Mr LAM Siu-fai, Mr LAW King-shing, Mr LEUNG Kam-wai, Mr LI Sai-lung and Mr NG Kim-sing . 3. Mr LEE Sai-lung authorised Miss CHU Lai-ling to vote on his behalf at the meeting. Confirmation of Minutes of the 2nd Meeting (2018) held on 14 June 2018 4. Mr CHOW Wai-hung, Rayman moved a motion to confirm the minutes. The motion was seconded by Ms TAM Wai-chun and Mr POON Chi-shing. Members endorsed the minutes unanimously. Discussion Items Discussion on the Inadequacy of Late Night Bus Services for Tsing Yi During Festive Occasions (Proposed by Mr TAM Ka-chun, Warren and Mr HON Chun-yin) (TTC Paper No. 23, 23a/D/2018) 5. Mr TAM Ka-chun, Warren introduced the paper. 6. Mr TAM Ka-chun, Warren put forth opinions and enquiries as follows: (i) He was disappointed with the reply from the Transport Department (TD) and opined that the services of route no. N241 could not solve all the problems. Members had suggested reducing the number of stops for route no. N241, adding other bus route services and hoping that MTR would increase late night transportation service facilities, but these had not been implemented yet. 3 Responsible Department (ii) He enquired whether MTR and TD had any difficulties which led to the inability to increase the service frequency of route no. 248M or 249M or extend the service routing of the buses. (iii) He enquired other Members about the traffic conditions of Cheung Wang Estate and Cheung Hang Estate. 7. Mr CHOW Wai-hung, Rayman put forth opinions and enquiries as follows: (i) K&T DC had repeatedly reflected on the issue of late night bus services. Apart from Tsing Yi, Kwai Chung also faced the problem of inadequate late night service of route no. N237. (ii) The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd. (KMB) replied that the bus frequency of route no. N237 had been reduced from the past every half hour a trip to the present every hour a trip due to inadequate passenger volume. However, the lack of passengers was because of buses after departing Mei Foo, they would travel through the entire Kwai Chung North East Area and Tai Wo Hau before heading to Kwai Chung Estate and Kwai Shing Estate. The entire journey took more than an hour. Many residents would rather choose to take a taxi at Mei Foo or travel to Kwai Chung Road and then walk to Kwai Shing Road. (iii) He enquired KMB about the possibility of increasing late night bus services and changing the routing. (iv) He suggested to split the bus route into two, one as the main route and the other as the secondary route, which could reduce the cost while increasing the passenger volume. 8. Mr POON Chi-shing put forth opinions and enquiries as follows: (i) TD had not adopted the suggestions of Members. The passengers who took the last MTR train were not effectively dispersed after they arrived Tsing Yi because there were no relevant late night transport facilities. (ii) He hoped that KMB would also extend the service of route no. 248M and 4 Responsible Department 249M to between 2:00 am and 3:00 am. (iii) It took about 55 minutes for route no. N241 to travel from Tsing Yi to Cheung Wang Estate. Some residents would rather go to Mong Kok and transfer to more convenient means of transportation to return to Tsing Yi. He hoped that route no. N241 could shorten the routing in Lai King or Kowloon, and then split the existing route into two, going to the southwest and northeast of Tsing Yi respectively. 9. Miss LO Yuen-ting put forth opinions and enquiries as follows: (i) Route no. N241 had too many en-route stops in Tsing Yi and Kowloon, taking more than an hour to reach the destination. She said there were many bus routes in Kowloon for passengers to choose from, so the journey travelled by route no. N241 in Kowloon could be reduced. KMB needed to review whether there were other bus routes that could replace the service of route no. N241 in Kowloon. (ii) Residents could take the bus routes prefixed by “N” in Kowloon or Kwai Fong to return to Cheung Hang Estate. However, some of routes were operated by Long Win Bus Company Limited (LWB) and residents might not choose to take them as the fare was more expensive. (iii) Route no. 248M or 249M departed from MTR station to different places in Tsing Yi. However, the last bus of route no. 248M departed at 12:50 am, while the last MTR train arrived Tsing Yi at 1:05 am. Residents who took the last MTR train could not catch up the bus to get home and could only take taxi. (iv) She hoped KMB could extend the service time of route no. 248M and 249M by 30 to 45 minutes so as to pick up those residents taking the last MTR train, or add routes to serve those residents returning home in the early hours. 10. The Chairman put forth opinions as follows: (i) The issue of inadequate overnight bus services had been discussed for 5 Responsible Department many years and still had not been solved. KMB had responded that there was insufficient flow of people in the early hours, so the service frequency of route no. N41X would not be increased. However, the current two bus trips were indeed inadequate. He suggested increasing the service frequency of route no. N41X and using single-decker buses to run as an express route. (ii) The only late night bus route going to Tsing Yi was meandering, with many residents expressing their wish to take minibuses to Tsing Yi. 11. Miss LAW Hoi Ching, Janice, Senior Transport Officer/Kwai Tsing 2 of TD, gave a consolidated response as follows: (i) TD understood that residents wanted more point-to-point services, but as stated in the reply, late night services mainly provided strategic route services for residents to travel to and from their destinations through basic transportation during late night period.