Government to launch guide to help elderly Hongkongers with revised HK$2 fare scheme
Welfare chief says authorities will widely publicise changes to scheme, and guide will show commuters best routes to help them save money
Hong Kong authorities will launch advertisements and a transport guide to help seniors adapt to the revised HK$2 (26 US cents) transport fare scheme, which comes into effect next Friday, according to the city’s welfare chief.
“On Monday, I met district councillors and care teams from different districts and they offered many suggestions, such as how to make it easier for the elderly to differentiate routes with the HK$2 fare and those with a 20 per cent discount,” he told a radio show.
Posters and explanatory materials would be displayed at government-run elderly centres while ambassadors for the scheme would be stationed at 75 locations across Hong Kong, he said.
Citing Yuen Long as an example, Sun noted that many seniors use long-haul buses from the New Territories town for short journeys.
“Our guide will teach them how to take short-haul buses that cost less than HK$10 and avoid those beginning with the number 9, which are usually urban routes that cross the harbour,” he said.