A coalition of private driving instructors yesterday protested against favourable treatment the Transport Department is giving to driving schools.
Twenty cars, vans and buses drove from Tsuen Wan to the Cheung Sha Wan government offices to protest about how the two designated driving schools - Hong Kong School of Motoring and Tsuen Wan Driving School - enjoyed shorter waiting queues for tests for driving buses.
About 30 other vehicles trailed the protesters. Organisers had asked permission for a 100-vehicle protest but the police approved only 20 vehicles.
'It has always been the case that the schools get better treatment, but it was not as outrageous before,' said Chang Shui-hung, chairman of the coalition which represents 1,000 private instructors.
The coalition is protesting against being told last month that their clients would have to wait five months for a bus-driving test.
In comparison, students of the driving schools had only a two-month wait.