Minutes of the 2Nd Special Meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee (2020-2021) of the Tuen Mun District Council
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Minutes of the 2nd Special Meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee (2020-2021) of the Tuen Mun District Council Date : 10 July 2020 (Friday) Time : 9:35 a.m. Venue : Tuen Mun District Council (TMDC) Conference Room Present Time of Arrival Time of Departure Mr POON Chi-kin (Chairman) TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Mr WONG Tak-yuen (Vice-chairman) TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Ms CHAN Shu-ying, Josephine TMDC Chairman 9:39 a.m. End of meeting Mr WONG Tan-ching TMDC Vice-chairman 9:59 a.m. End of meeting Ms KONG Fung-yi TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. 12:23 p.m. Mr CHAN Yau-hoi, BBS, MH, JP TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Ms WONG Lai-sheung, Catherine TMDC Member 9:38 a.m. End of meeting Ms HO Hang-mui TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Mr LAM Chung-hoi TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Ms CHU Shun-nga, Beatrice TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Mr YEUNG Chi-hang TMDC Member 10:47 a.m. End of meeting Mr YAN Siu-nam TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Mr MO Kwan-tai, Michael TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Mr HO Kwok-ho TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Mr LAM Kin-cheung TMDC Member 9:37 a.m. 11:44 a.m. Mr CHOW Kai-lim TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Mr MA Kee TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Mr CHEUNG Ho-sum TMDC Member 10:05 a.m. 11:49 a.m. Mr CHEUNG Kam-hung, Kenneth TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Mr WONG Hung-ming TMDC Member 9:38 a.m. End of meeting Mr TSANG Kam-wing TMDC Member 11:03 a.m. End of meeting Mr YAN Pui-lam TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Mr LAI Chun-wing, Alfred TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. 11:38 a.m. Ms LAI Ka-man TMDC Member 9:35 a.m. End of meeting Mr CHAU Man Chun, Tony Executive Officer (District Council) 2, Tuen Mun District (Secretary) Office, Home Affairs Department 1 By Invitation Miss YU Wing Sze, Natalie Senior Transport Officer / Bus / Lantau, Transport Department Miss LEUNG Ka Man, Eunice Transport Officer / Bus / Lantau, Transport Department Mr. Gary LEUNG Head of Operational Planning Department, The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd Ms. Betsy LEUNG Manager, Public Affairs, Transport Planning and Public Affairs, The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd Mr. Kelvin YEUNG Division Manager, Operations (New Territories West), The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd Mr. Andy CHEUNG Manager, Operations, Long Win Bus Company Limited Mr. LAW Yiu-wah, Rayson Senior Officer, Planning and Development, Long Win Bus Company Limited Mr. WONG Kai Ming, Edmond Senior Operations Officer, Citybus In Attendance Miss LEUNG Chue Kay, Koronis Assistant District Officer (Tuen Mun)2, Home Affairs Department Mr. YEUNG Lok Man, Icarus Senior Transport Officer /Tuen Mun 1, Transport Department Ms. TSE Sau Ching, Cammy Senior Transport Officer/Tuen Mun 2, Transport Department Absent Mr LEE Ka-wai TMDC Member Mr LAM Ming-yan TMDC Member Mr LEUNG Ho-man TMDC Member Mr. TSANG Chun-hing TMDC Member Mr LO Chun-yu TMDC Member 2 Action Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed all to the 2nd special meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee (“TTC”) (2020-2021). 2. The Chairman continued to say that the meeting should not be too long in order to reduce the time of crowd gathering in a closed space. In this connection, he reminded all to speak concisely and precisely and avoid repeating the points mentioned. 3. The Chairman reminded Members that any Member who was aware of a personal interest in a discussion item should declare the interest before the discussion. He would, in accordance with Order 38 (12) of the TMDC Standing Orders (“Standing Orders”), decide whether the Member who had declared the interest might speak or vote on the matter, might remain in the meeting as an observer, or should withdraw from the meeting. All cases of declaration of interests would be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. II. Absence from Meeting 4. The Secretariat had received no application from Members for leave of absence. III. Matters Arising (A) Bus Route Diversion Arrangements upon Commissioning of Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link (Northern Connection) (TTC Paper No. 46/2020) 5. The Chairman welcomed Miss YU Wing-sze, Natalie, Senior Traffic Officer/Bus/Lantau and Miss LEUNG Ka-man, Eunice, Transport Officer/Bus/Lantau of the Transport Department (“TD”), Mr. LEUNG Ling-yin, Head, Transport Planning, Mr. Kelvin YEUNG, Division Manager, Operations (New Territories West) and Ms. Betsy LEUNG, Manager, Public Affairs of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (“KMB”), Mr. CHEUNG KIU-kwong, Manager (Operations) and Mr. LAW Yiu-wah, Rayson, Senior Officer (Planning and Development) of the Long Win Bus Company Limited and Mr. WONG Kai-ming, Senior Operations Officer of the Citybus Limited (“Citybus”) to the meeting. 3 Action 6. Miss Natalie YU of the TD briefed on the captioned paper with PowerPoint presentation (See Annex I). 7. The Chairman said that the Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link (Northern Connection) (“LINK”) would be commissioned soon so he requested the TD to explain how the department would follow up on the views that Members had provided on the captioned paper. Moreover, there was ample time for the meeting today so he would invite department representatives to provide responses right after each Member had spoken so that they could respond to Members’ enquiries more accurately. 8. A Member said that her political party had repeatedly requested to form a task force for the collection of public opinions to work out a Bus Route Planning Programme (“BRPP”) in line with public opinions for invitation to public tender. However, she was dissatisfied that the TD had ignored the above suggestion and discussed the route adjustment plan with the Long Win directly. She hoped that the department would accept Members’ views widely. She further suggested the arrangement of more bus routes to pass through the bus interchange of the LINK. She pointed out that it was not reasonable that buses of Routes “A” and “E” had different magnitude of fare reduction. She opined that buses of Route “E” should have fare cut to about $8. She continued to say that as far as the franchised bus routes after the commissioning of the LINK were concerned, the TD should put them to open tender and conduct wide consultation again. Besides, she showed concern about the overloaded vehicular flow on the Tuen Mun Road currently and was worried that it would cause inconvenience to the passengers who went to work at the airport after the bus route diversion. 9. Miss Natalie YU of the TD said that upon completion of a new facility, the department would review the bus routes in the district concerned and prepare the bus route diversion arrangements for proper use of the new road facility and provision of more efficient bus services to passengers as a usual practice. Currently, the Long Win provided franchised bus services between the New Territories and the North Lantau. Having regard to the commissioning of the LINK, the TD would use this new road facility for adjustment and enhancement of the current franchised bus services and 4 Action networks to increase their operational efficiency and provide more passengers with direct bus services to and from the North Lantau and avoid an overlap in bus services and resources. On the suggestion for the arrangements of more bus routes to pass through the interchange at the entrance/exit of the LINK, the department had considered several factors when working out the arrangements ( including the distance to be saved, impact on the fares and the interchange arrangements at the entrance/exit of the LINK and the Lantau LINK Toll Plaza). It decided to arrange the airport bus routes in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and the North District to change to pass through the LINK in the first instance. As far as other bus routes to and from the urban areas were concerned, it would be more direct for them to pass through the Tuen Mun Road than the LINK. Therefore, the department had no plan to arrange those bus routes to change to pass through the LINK for the time being. There would be a review on the arrangements concerned with the franchised bus companies in due course in the future. She continued to say that the fares of the franchised bus companies were determined in accordance with to the relevant fare scales. Different franchised bus companies would have their own fare scales to work out the maximum fare to be charged according to the bus route group and their distance. The franchised bus companies had examined the situation of the routes passing through the LINK and determined the single fare of the routes tentatively having regard to the routes of the diversion arrangements in the paper. The actual fares would depend on the on-site test runs. When approving the application for the route diversion, the TD would ensure the fares of the routes concerned could comply with the provisions of the fare scales and it would encourage the franchised bus companies to provide more fare concessions in so far as operational and financial situation permitted. Moreover, according to the latest forecast on traffic flow, there would not be significant impact on the traffic within the Tuen Mun District after the commissioning of the LINK.