【明報專訊】◆The government
"The formula needs to be revised."
Anger against the MTR is often targeted at the government as well, for it is the largest shareholder in the group. The government has said it is open to ideas from the public, and has published a 5-page consultation document, which contains no government proposals. Secretary for Transport and Housing Anthony Cheung Bing-leung (運輸及房屋局長張炳良) admitted the current formula is not "comprehensive" enough, saying the government has commissioned an independent consultancy to help devise a new mechanism.
◆Lawmakers
"Give us some direction."
Wong Kwok-hing, a legislator of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, (工聯會議員王國興) lambasted the government's five-page document for providing "no direction or suggestions". Frankie Yick Chi-ming, a Liberal Party lawmaker for the transport sector (自由黨航運交通界議員易志明), has suggested that the MTR set aside 5 percent of its annual profits for a fund and use the fund to roll back proposed fare increases.
◆The MTR
"Let's keep it simple."
When he was at the MTR's annual race walking event, MTR Corporation Chairman Raymond Ch'ien Kuo Fung (港鐵主席錢果豐) was confronted by a group of angry protesters condemning the fare adjustment mechanism. Ch'ien, responding to some people's suggestion that the fare formula should include more components, said it was no good making things complicated.
◆Transportation monitors
"You should make the grade first."
Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong of the Coalition to Monitor Public Transport and Utilities (民間監管公共事業聯委會蔡耀昌) has said the MTR's performance should be graded and points should be deducted for service interruptions and other problems.
◆Citizens
"The government should buy back the MTR."
Some citizens think the government should buy back the MTR, while others maintain that, apart from its current components, the fare adjustment mechanism should include such factors as the MTR's profits and citizens' affordability.
"The formula needs to be revised."
Anger against the MTR is often targeted at the government as well, for it is the largest shareholder in the group. The government has said it is open to ideas from the public, and has published a 5-page consultation document, which contains no government proposals. Secretary for Transport and Housing Anthony Cheung Bing-leung (運輸及房屋局長張炳良) admitted the current formula is not "comprehensive" enough, saying the government has commissioned an independent consultancy to help devise a new mechanism.
◆Lawmakers
"Give us some direction."
Wong Kwok-hing, a legislator of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, (工聯會議員王國興) lambasted the government's five-page document for providing "no direction or suggestions". Frankie Yick Chi-ming, a Liberal Party lawmaker for the transport sector (自由黨航運交通界議員易志明), has suggested that the MTR set aside 5 percent of its annual profits for a fund and use the fund to roll back proposed fare increases.
◆The MTR
"Let's keep it simple."
When he was at the MTR's annual race walking event, MTR Corporation Chairman Raymond Ch'ien Kuo Fung (港鐵主席錢果豐) was confronted by a group of angry protesters condemning the fare adjustment mechanism. Ch'ien, responding to some people's suggestion that the fare formula should include more components, said it was no good making things complicated.
◆Transportation monitors
"You should make the grade first."
Richard Tsoi Yiu-cheong of the Coalition to Monitor Public Transport and Utilities (民間監管公共事業聯委會蔡耀昌) has said the MTR's performance should be graded and points should be deducted for service interruptions and other problems.
◆Citizens
"The government should buy back the MTR."
Some citizens think the government should buy back the MTR, while others maintain that, apart from its current components, the fare adjustment mechanism should include such factors as the MTR's profits and citizens' affordability.
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