Kowloon Motor Bus

Property development profits and bus fare rises do not go together

1 Mar 2013

KMB's deputy managing director, Evan Auyang, said that the government had not supplied land at below-market rates for the company to build staff quarters and bus depots. He also defended KMB's...

Letters to the Editor, February 27, 2013

27 Feb 2013

I refer to the report concerning the groundbreaking research into "brittle tail syndrome" in racehorses. The article, while correctly hailing the efforts of Professor Yuen Kwong-yung and his team...

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KMB fare rise shows need to nationalise bus firms

22 Feb 2013

Hong Kong has always been known for its speed and efficiency, but not this government. So it was surprising to see that the Executive Council, led by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, had moved at...

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KMB to bump up fares by 4.9pc, citing financial squeeze

20 Feb 2013

About three out of four Kowloon Motor Bus passengers will face fare increases of up to 40 HK cents per trip next month, after the bus operator received government approval for an average 4.9 per...

KMB fare increase cut to 4.9pc, due in March

19 Feb 2013

The government has slashed an 8.5 per cent fare rise request by Kowloon Motor Bus to 4.9 per cent, but pledged to help the loss-making company change some of its routes.

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Mass transit in Hong Kong is moving with the times

We hear a lot about Hong Kong's future economic role. Much of the discussion seems to be little more than guesswork about which pillar industries or hi-tech sectors the government should encourage...

KMB seeks 8.5pc fare hike as losses mount

Kowloon Motor Bus, Hong Kong's largest franchise bus operator, on Thursday applied for an 8.5 per cent fare rise for next year citing increased fuel prices and falling passenger numbers.

Video shows driver fainting as bus veered out of control before Chai Wan crash

Two of the three people killed in the taxi were top culinary staff at British celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's famous Fat Duck restaurant. Swede Carl Lindgren, 30, and Briton Jorge Herrena, 34,...

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Older bus drivers need tougher fitness tests

Hong Kong has once again been shocked by a fatal accident involving a driver who collapsed behind the wheel of his vehicle.

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ACCIDENT

Bus driver collapsed at wheel shortly before deadly crash

Bus passengers yesterday described how they saw their driver collapse moments before the bus careened down a hill and caused a three-vehicle pile-up that left three people in a crushed taxi dead,...

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