Fare adjustment mechanism and fare concessions |
| Date | Context | Summary of development | Action | ||||
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| 96/97 | BC | Hon LAU Chin-shek proposed a Member's Bill which sought to put in place a monitoring role by the LegCo in the fare revision of franchised bus services. A Bills Committee was formed to scrutinize the Bill. [Paper of the Bills Committee]
The Bill was voted down by the LegCo on 18.6.97. [Hansard "Page 71"] | |||||
| 23.7.97 | TP | The Panel was consulted on the fare revision applications by the Mass Transits Railway Corporation and Kwoloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) [Minutes] | |||||
| 17.10.97 | TP | The Panel was consulted on the fare revision applications by Kowloon Motor Bus, China Motor Bus and Citybus. [Minutes] | |||||
| 9.1.98 | TP | The Panel was consulted on the fare revision application by Hong Kong Tramway. [Paper] | |||||
| 13.2.98 | TP | The Panel was consulted on the fare revision application by New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Ltd. [Paper] | |||||
| 11.11.98 | CM | A motion moved by Hon Gray CHENG urging the Administration to encourage bus companies and other utilities companies to reduce fees was negatived. [Hansard] | |||||
| 26.3.99 | TP | Hon LAU Chin-shek moved a motion urging the Administration to table all future notices on the determination and adjustment of fares of licensed ferry services for the scrutiny of the Legislative Council in the form of subsidiary legislation. The majority of members did not support the motion. [Motion] [Minutes] | |||||
| 23.6.99 | CQ | Hon LAU Kong-wah raised a question on fare concessions for the elderly. [Hansard "page 64"] | |||||
| 25.10.00 | CQ | Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung raised a question on fares of licensed outlying island ferry services. [Hansard "page 13"] | |||||
| 27.10.00 | TP | The Panel discussed the Administration's paper which summarized the initiatives of public transport operators in providing fare reduction/concession in the past year, and reported on the progress of the plan to develop a more objective and transparent process for public transport fare adjustment. [Paper] [Supplementary note] | |||||
| 1.11.00 | CQ | Hon LAU Kong-wah raised a question on the age threshold set for student concessionary fares offered by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL). Only full-time students aged 25 or below were eligible for student concessionary MTR fares. [Hansard "page 21"] | |||||
| 23.2.01 | TP | The Panel was consulted on the New World First Bus Services Limited's (NWFB) application for fare increase. [Background Information] [Presentation materials provided by NWFB] [Follow-up paper] | |||||
| 22.6.01 | TP | The Panel discussed with the Administration on 2001 MTR and KCR fare proposals.
[Paper from MTRCL]
[Paper from KCRC]
A motion moved by Hon Andrew CHENG calling KCRC to defer its proposed fare increase was passed. [Minutes] After the meeting, MTRCL and KCRC decided to defer the fare increases. [Follow up paper from MTRCL] [Follow up paper from KCRC] | |||||
| 31.10.01 | CQ | Hon SZETO Wah raised a question on concessionary MTR fares for full-time students aged above 25. [Hansard "page 63"] | |||||
| 14.11.01 | CM | A motion moved by Hon LAU Kong-wah as amended by Hon Jasper TSANG urging the Administration to discuss with various public transport operators with a view to expeditiously reducing the fares of public transport services was passed. [Hansard "Page 216"] | |||||
| 13.3.02 | CQ | Hon TAM Yiu-chung raised a question on the provision of fare concessions to elderly persons by green minibus operators. [Hansard "page 62"] | |||||
| 5.6.02 | CQ | Hon LAU Kong-wah raised a question on fares concessionary schemes offered by two railway corporations in Hong Kong. [Hansard "page 47"] | |||||
| 18.7.02 | TP | The Panel discussed with the Administration on the commissioning of Tseung Kwan O Line and Tseung Kwan O Line fares. [Paper] | |||||
| 9.10.02 | CQ | Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung raised a question on fare concessions offered to the disabled by public transport operators. [Hansard "page 62"] | |||||
| 23.10.02 | CM | A motion moved by Hon Andrew CHENG urging the Administration to discuss with various public transport operators with a view to reducing expeditiously the fares of transport services and, at the same time, establishing a fare adjustment mechanism, so as to alleviate the burden on people's livelihood was negatived. [Hansard "page 130"] | |||||
| 18.12.02 | CQ | Hon LAU Kong-wah raised a question on the proposal for the two railway corporations to offer interchange concessions to passengers.. [Hansard "page 31"] | |||||
| 14.1.03 | TP | The Panel discussed with the Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works (SETW) on the Chief Executive's Policy Address 2003. At the meeting, SETW advised that the Administration had commenced a study on the procedures for adjusting public fares, and would explore the need for and the way to establish a public transport fares adjustment mechanism. [Paper] | |||||
| 5.3.03 | CQ | Hon Abraham SHEK raised a question on the progress of the Administration's study on public transport fare adjustment mechanism. [Hansard "page 18"] | |||||
| 21.3.03 | TP | The Panel discussed with the Administration on the progress of implementation of bus-bus interchange (BBI) schemes and details of the schemes. Some members urged that the Administration should encourage franchised bus operators to introduce more BBI schemes and other fare concessions to passengers. [Paper] [Follow-up Paper] | |||||
| 23.5.03 | TP | The Panel discussed with the Administration and KCRC on the West Rail (WR) fares. [Paper]
A motion moved by Hon Albert CHAN inviting MTRCL and KCRC to attend a Panel meeting to discuss the interchange arrangement between WR and MTR was passed. [Minutes] | |||||
| 1.8.03 | TP | The Panel discussed with the Administration on West Rail fares. [Paper]
The Panel also discussed the Administration's paper which summarized the initiatives of public transport operators in providing fare reduction/concession in the past year, and reported on the progress of the Administration's plan to develop a more objective and transparent process for public transport fare adjustment. In essence, the Administration proposed to adopt a price-cap model with a specified fare adjustment formula for consideration of future railway and bus fare adjustments. Under the proposed formula, the rate of adjustments would be based on two factors viz. the operator's growth in productivity as well as change in input price. [Paper], [Follow-up paper] | |||||
| 12.11.03 | CM | A motion "Improving public transport fare system" moved by Hon Andrew CHENG as amended by Hon LAU Kong-wah was passed. [Hansard "Page 84"] | |||||
| 28.11.03 | TP | Members agreed that the Panel would keep in view the Administration's progress in following up on the motion "Improving public transport fare system" passed by the Council on 12.11.03, in particular regarding the ways to improve the existing fare structures of franchised bus operators, including the setting of full and sectional fares of each bus route according to the distance of the journey. [Minutes "Page 6"] | |||||
| 14.1.04 | TP | At the meeting when the Panel discussed with SETW on CE's 2004 Policy Address, some members expressed concerns about the Administration's slow progress in taking forward the proposed fare adjustment mechanism. A member also considered that the Administration should respond positively to the motion "Improving public transport fare system" passed by the Council on 12.11.03. The Administration advised that it would continue with the study on introduction of a more objective and transparent fare adjustment mechanism. Discussion would be held with the Panel after the findings had been compiled. [Paper] | A | ||||
| 3.3.04 | CM | A motion moved Hon LAU Kong-wah as amended by Hon Andrew CHENG and Hon LI Fung-ying urging the Administration to expeditiously announce the outcome of the merger study by MTRCL and KCRC, and give impetus to the two corporations to reduce their fares and encourage them to co-operate in introducing interchange concessions expeditiously was passed. [Hansard "Page 89"] | |||||
| 23.4.04 | TP | Hon Albert CHAN moved two motions urging the Administration to give impetus to -
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| 5.5.04 | CQ | Hon Andrew CHENG raised a question on measures taken by the Administration to alleviate the burden of travelling expenses on students. [Hansard "page 11"] | |||||
| 15.10.04 | TP | The Panel discussed with the Administration on the progress of the Tsim Sha Tsui Extension Project and its fares. [Paper] | |||||
| 8.6.05 | CQ | Hon TAM Yiu-chung raised a question on public transport fare adjustment mechanism. [Hansard not yet available] | |||||
| 22.6.05 | CQ | Hon LAU Kong-wah raised a question on fare concessions offered by public transport operators. [Hansard not yet available] | |||||
| 22.7.05 | TP | The Administration brief members on Government's efforts in encouraging the public transport operators to provide fare concession to people with disabilities. [Paper]
Development to date presented in background brief prepared by the Secretariat.[Background brief] Supplementary information on disability allowance provided by the Administration. [Paper] | |||||
| 4.11.05 | TP | The Administration brief members on the latest position of issues related to the provision of public transport fare concession to people with disabilities.[Paper] | |||||
| 9.11.05 | CQ | Hon LAU Kong-wah raised a question on fares of outlying island ferry services. [Hansard "page 97"] | |||||
| 17.11.05
25.11.05 16.12.05 | TP | The Administration briefed members on the proposed modifications to the existing modified basket of factors approach for considering bus fare adjustments. [Papers]
Development to date presented in background brief prepared by the Secretariat. [background brief] | |||||
| 14.12.05 | CM | A motion moved by Hon CHENG Kar-foo on franchised bus fares as amended by Hon Miriam LAU and Hon LEE Wing-tat was passed. [Hansard "Page 133"] | |||||
| BRIEF | Government issued an updated Legislative Council Brief on review of the basis for considering bus fare adjustments.[LegCo Brief] | ||||||
| 2.5.07 | CQ | Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo raised a question on fare adjustments of public transport. [Hansard "Page 6"] | |||||
| 17.10.07 | CM | A motion moved by Hon LEE Wing-tat and amended by Hon Miriam LAU Kin-yee, Hon WONG Kwok-hing and Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming on franchised bus fare was negatived. [Hansard "page 121"] [Hansard] | |||||
| 22.2.08 | TP | The Panel discussed the fare increase applications of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, the Long Win Bus Company Limited and the New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited. [Paper]
Development to date presented in background brief prepared by the Secretariat. [Paper] | |||||
| 25.4.08 | TP | The Panel discussed the fare increase applications of the Citybus Limited and New World First Bus Services Limited. [Paper] | |||||
| 10.12.08 | CQ | Hon Albert CHAN raised a question on fare concessions offered by bus companies.[Hansard "Page 88"] | |||||
| 8.1.09 | TP | The Panel discussed the fare concessions ceased to be offered by bus companies with the Administration. [Paper] | |||||
| 11.3.09 | CQ | Hon Frederick FUNG raised a question on fares of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited [Hansard not available] | |||||
| 24.4.09 | TP | The Panel discussed the bus fare adjustment mechanism with the Administration. [Paper] | |||||
| 4.11.09 | CM | A motion moved Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming as amended by Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo on alleviating the burden of travelling expenses was passed. [Hansard "page 98"] [Progress report] | |||||
| 24.2.10 | CQ | Hon KAM Nai-wai raised a question on concessionary interchange schemes for green minibus. [Hansard "Page 46"] |