Your correspondent Joe Wong complained about the fare on bus route No 273 from Wah Ming Estate to Fanling KCR station (South China Morning Post, August 14).
This is a circular route, operating every day at a frequency of between two and four minutes from 5.30am to 12.30am.
With an overall journey distance of 3.6km, the distance travelled from Wah Ming Estate to Fanling KCR station is 2km (rather than 500 metres as Mr Wong suggested) and 1.6km from the station to the estate.
The fare has been $3 for more than four years and is in accordance with the fare scale set out by the government. It is also in line with the fares of similar routes operating under similar conditions and represents good value for money for local residents.
SUSANNE HO
Head of Corporate
