Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 50

Destination indication and fares to be displayed on public light buses

PART VII

NOTICES

(1) A driver of a public light bus when acting as such shall ensure that, at
all times when it is used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward-

   (a)  there is displayed at the front of the vehicle a destination indicator
        which complies with subregulation (2); and

   (b)  such destination indicator is adequately illuminated at all times
        when, by the provisions of any other enactment, the lights of the
        vehicle are required to be illuminated.

(2) A destination indicator displayed on a vehicle in accordance with
subregulation (1) shall-

   (a)  be of a design and construction specified by the Commissioner by
        notice published in the Gazette; (L.N. 374 of 1989)

   (b)  clearly indicate the destination of the vehicle in English and in
        Chinese characters by reference to a road junction or a similarly
        precise location; and

(3) A driver of a public light bus when acting as such shall ensure that, at
all times when it is used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward,
there is displayed at the front of the vehicle in a prominent position a card
which complies with subregulation (4) showing the fare chargeable for carriage
to the destination indicated on the destination indicator.

(4) A card displayed on a vehicle in accordance with subregulation

(3) shall-

   (a)  be of a design and construction specified by the Commissioner by
        notice published in the Gazette; (L.N. 374 of 1989)

   (b)  indicate the fare in English and Chinese in red letters and characters
        on white background.

(5) A licensee in respect of a public light bus, and a driver of a public
light bus when acting as such, shall not-

   (a)  change or remove a destination indicator while passengers are being
        carried thereon with intent to induce any passenger to-

        (i)    alight from the vehicle before reaching the destination
               indicated on the indicator at the time the passenger boarded
               the vehicle; or

        (ii)   pay a fare additional to the fare indicated on the card
               displayed on the vehicle under subregulation (3) at the time
               the passenger boarded the vehicle;

   (b)  without reasonable excuse, require any passenger to alight from the
        vehicle before reaching the destination indicated on the destination
        indicator at the time the passenger boarded the vehicle; or

   (c)  cause or permit to be displayed at the front of the vehicle more than
        one destination indicator at any one time.