Network 26

Low-profile Ngan clan bows out with grace

1 Sep 1998

The low-profile Ngan family, which has owned CMB since winning its franchise in 1933, maintained its near-silence right up to the last.

The family, which has only rarely made public...

9:52PM

Octopus card helps ease small change problem

1 Jan 1998

We refer to the letter headlined, 'Coin shortage making bus trip a pricey option', by Reiner Zimmerman (South China Morning Post, December 11).

7:06PM

Misleading

28 Dec 1997

I refer to the letter by Peter Leung (Sunday Morning Post, December 21), who suggests that bus service quality in some areas has dropped when the competition disappears.

Citybus is...

6:49PM

Bus firms override the free market

25 Nov 1997

How much profit should the bus companies make? How often should the bus companies be allowed to raise their fares, and by how much? If there are any guiding principles by which applications for...

3:35PM

Strip bus firm of franchise, say legislators

15 Nov 1997

China Motor Bus (CMB) should not be allowed to keep its franchise when it expires next August, provisional legislators urged yesterday.

2:39PM

Fare's fair

14 Nov 1997

Mid-summer signals that the Transport Department was prepared to get tough with the China Motor Bus company have, once more, turned out to be just talk.

2:36PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Survey exposes racism's shameful face

1:51AM

Alice Wu

Security chief's remarks on rape are illogical and misguided

1:52AM

Catching the competition bus

Once again the battle for Hong Kong Island's bus routes has taken an unexpected turning. China Motor Bus, still the major operator, is said not to have tendered on time for the extension of its...

10:12PM

Unable to provide a service

I thank Mark Savelli of Citybus for responding in these columns on October 14, to my letter (South China Morning Post, October 8), calling for a better bus service for the Jardine's Lookout area...

7:53PM

Bus service has slipped

Like many other people, I was pleased when Citybus began replacing China Motor Bus (CMB) services on certain routes and introducing new routes.

6:09PM

Manifest improvements

IT was disappointing to read of Mr Colin Kerr's concerns about new Citybus route 85 (South China Morning Post, September 5).

1:13AM

CMB wins its battle

THE renewal of the franchise of China Motor Bus (CMB) sets a worrying precedent by showing how easy it is for a public transport operator to hold the Government to ransom and get away with it.

11:21AM

New buses boost drive for routes

CITYBUS is to get 60 new buses next month as part of its campaign to take routes from China Motor Bus (CMB) whose franchise ends in August.

The buses, each costing more than $2...

4:53AM