DB protest over fares to go ahead

RESIDENTS of Discovery Bay are to go ahead with today's protest over fare increases despite a last-minute concession from their transport company.

HKR International, which runs the enclave's buses and ferries, has said it will suspend a planned ferry increase.

It had been set to raise the price of single-journey ferry tickets from $25 to $26, and 50-trip tickets from $1,150 to $1,170 from July 1.

However, a rise in bus fares, from $3 to $3.50, will go ahead, and so will the protest at Discovery Bay Plaza at 2.30pm.

'We must get our voices heard,' said spokeswoman Amy Yung Wing-sheung. More than 4,000 residents had signed petitions against the rises.