This appeared on page 6 of the Hong Kong Daily Press 1926-04-10:
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KOWLOON BUS SERVICE. The Government has decided not to grant a monopoly to any one company in connection with the Kowloon Motor Bus Service. The present companies will be permitted to continue, provided that the existing buses are replaced by modern British vehicles. The companies have agreed to comply with this condition. The first replacements will take place on January 1st, 1927, when each of the three companies will secure three 30-passenger British buses. Gradually all the old buses will be done away with. The three companies in Kowloon at present are the China Bus Company, the Kowloon Bus Company, and the Kai Tack Motor Bus Company. The Government is granting a concession for three years, and it is likely that a further extension will be given, provided that the services are satisfactory. All the buses will in future be equipped with drip tins, and the damage done to roads by oil dripping from the buses will then be remedied. The new scheme was decided upon following a report made by a committee chosen to examine the question of the Kowloon motor buses services. The committee comprised Messrs. E. W. Carpenter and S. Handley Pegg (P.W.D.) ((typo: should be H. Handley Pegg)); P. P. J. Wodehouse (Police); B. Wylie and J. M. Alves (K.R.A.); and B. W. Tape. |