The LegCo Reporter 2003-2004		Issue No. 6 (13 November 2003)
At its meeting on 12 November 2003, the Legislative Council passed the following motion with no legislative effect: Motion on "Improving public transport fare system", moved by Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo as amended by Hon LAU Kong-wah "That, this Council urges the Government to expeditiously discuss with various public transport operators to seek a 10% reduction of fares across the board and the re-introduction of half-fare travel concessions for students, and to encourage them to co-operate in offering more joint concessions and, in regard to public transport fare system, to: (a) discuss with various franchised bus companies ways to improve their existing fare structures, expeditiously revise the scale of fares under the Public Bus Services Ordinance as well as reformulate existing guidelines on the setting of fares, and study the setting of full and sectional fares of each bus route according to the distance of the journey on condition that the burden on long-haul passengers will not be increased, so that the fare structures become more transparent and reasonable and fares paid by each passenger are as fair as possible; and (b) examine jointly with various public transport operators the feasibility of issuing daily, weekly and monthly tickets that can be commonly used on various modes of public transport, so as to facilitate local passengers and tourists who need to use them to commute frequently, as well as to alleviate the burden of travelling expenses on them."