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Written by: Chen Jingqi
2020-04-14 14:02
Date of last update: 2020-04-14 16:24The new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic continued, and the transportation industry was hit hard. A number of green minibus operators said today (14th) that the second round of relief measures announced by the government only provide targeted financial support for targeted red minibuses, but did not cover green minibuses.
They emphasized that the business plunged by more than 50% under the epidemic situation, and many of their drivers were over 65 years old, failing to obtain salary subsidies from the government, and urged the authorities to provide a one-off grant of 30,000 yuan to each green minibus; and Drivers over 65 years of age who do not provide MPF will be paid half of the salary subsidy, the upper limit is 9000 yuan.
A number of green minibus operators urged the authorities to also include them in the specific industry-specific funding scope of the fund. (Profile picture)
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Lu Guoliang, head of Guosong Motors, which operates multiple lines in Kowloon and the New Territories, said that the 803K and 804 lines mainly travel from Tai Wai to Xianjing. Since the first phase of the Tunma Line opened to traffic, the business volume has dropped by more than 70 to 80%, and the loss is about A quarter of customers. In addition to the outbreak of the epidemic, the number of passengers on many lines has been greatly reduced. One of the overnight lines 805S between Mong Kok and Ma'anshan has also fallen by more than 60% due to the implementation of the restriction on polymerization.
Lu Guoliang revealed that its employees are over 65 years old and do not need to provide MPF for about 50%, so they are not eligible to receive the salary subsidy provided by the government under the second round of bailout measures. Lu Guoliang sighed that under the current predicament, employees can only be arranged to "return to young workers and return to work for five days to support it."
Wei Peiyang, the head of Jebsen Motors, said that the currently operating Kowloon Lines 70, 72, and 73 had halved the number of passengers due to the epidemic situation, and were hiring more than 300 employees. Labor costs have always accounted for about 40% to 50% of the business, including other maintenance. The maintenance, insurance and car supply costs are about 30,000 yuan a month for each minibus, and he currently owns 109 minibuses, and actually has a monthly loss of over one million yuan.
He revealed that at the end of last year, a company had been closed, and the current situation could not predict how long it could be supported. It was once described as: "How hard you can bear it." He continued that the Transport Department often requires operators to obtain various data, so they must know the actual age of employees, urge the authorities to provide subsidies to operators, and pay salaries to employees currently over 65.
Questioned the authorities "save red but not save green"
Huang Biyun, a member of the Democratic Legislative Council, criticized that the government ’s new round of bail-out measures did not provide targeted subsidies to green minibuses, questioning why the authorities "redeemed the red" and said that it would question Chen Fan, director of the Housing and Transportation Bureau, in the Finance Committee. He was asked to explain the reasons, and he denounced that the government only used public funds to subsidize the MTR, which was "obviously partial to the MTR", because the green minibus would only cost about 100 million yuan if it was included in the subsidy.
Chief Executive Lin Zhengyue announced a new round of relief measures on the 8th of this month, which supports the passenger transportation industry and provides a monthly allowance of 6,000 yuan to qualified taxis and red bus drivers for a period of six months; a non-qualified one provides a one-off allowance of 7,500 yuan. At the same time, a one-time 30,000 yuan subsidy will be provided to each taxi. But there is no subsidy for green minibuses.
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