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Written by: Zhong Yan
2021-05-25 13:41
Last update date: 2021-05-25 13:41
Recently, the epidemic has eased and citizens have gradually resumed going out, but it has been repeatedly found that bus schedules have been cut.
KMB once reported to district board members that the authorities have repeatedly suspended or adjusted bus captain driving and license renewal arrangements, which affected the progress of supplementary captain manpower. In addition, the induction training for new captains may take time, and there may be shortages in individual service hours.
Looking at the information, the Transport Department has suspended driving road tests several times in response to the epidemic. According to the department’s online information, the current waiting time for bus driving tests averages 107 days.
The Transport Department stated that as of the 14th of this month, 160 people were waiting for the franchised bus driving road test, all of them from KMB.
However, some district councillors believe that the KMB has reduced the number of part-time bus captains under the epidemic, and now it is not enough. The situation is self-contradictory. As a public enterprise, the manpower deployment should be properly evaluated.
The Transport Department also stated that bus companies have the responsibility to ensure that there are enough bus captains to provide services.
According to the Transport Department, there are still 160 prospective captains waiting for the road test.
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The epidemic has slowed down recently and people's travel has gradually returned to normal, but the problem of bus cuts is still seen.
Tuen Mun District Councillor Cheung Kam-hung earlier received a report from the neighbourhood that the 63X service between Hung Shui Kiu and Jordan had been reduced. After inquiring with KMB on his behalf, he received a reply from KMB saying that the lack of a captain recently affected some of the bus frequencies. It is related to the suspension of driving test and license renewal by the Transport Department earlier.
Zhang Jinxiong has reservations about KMB's response. He said that during the epidemic, KMB had reduced the manpower of part-time captains, but instead said that there was not enough captain, he thought the statement was "contradictory."
Zhang pointed out that KMB should evaluate the deployment of public services. Knowing that there will be a blockage in the license test of the bus captain, it should evaluate whether there are enough captains to use it after the epidemic slows down.
KMB has about 8,900 bus captains, which is less than 2% of the prospective captains waiting for the road test.
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The Transport Department replied that since February 22 this year, the driving road test has been fully resumed. As of the 14th of this month, there are about 160 people waiting for the franchised bus driving road test, all from KMB; and from mid-February to May In China, KMB has conducted a driving road test of about 370 people. It will continue to pay attention to the test requirements of various bus companies and make appropriate arrangements.
KMB's 2019 Sustainability Report stated that KMB employs about 8,900 bus captains, which is the number of road test candidates to be tested, accounting for only 1.8% of the overall captain manpower.
Transport Department: Will not approve shift cuts due to lack of captains
A spokesman for the Transport Department said that the bus company has the responsibility to ensure that there are enough bus captains to provide services and will not approve shift cuts due to lack of captains. , And request follow-up and improvement.
KMB said that due to the repeated suspension of the driving test and license renewal of the Transport Department, the progress of the supplementary captain's manpower was affected.
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KMB: Supplementary captain manpower will be affected in certain periods or there may be shortage of manpower
When KMB responded to the enquiry of "Hong Kong 01", it pointed out that due to the suspension of bus captain driving test and license renewal for many times, the progress of replenishing captain manpower was affected, and the induction training for new captains required time, individual service hours might be understaffed The situation refers to the mobilization of car service according to the situation, and the return to normal with the driving test arrangement, and the increase of recruitment day activities. The situation is expected to improve.
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