The Transport Department (TD) convened the first meeting of the Committee on Enhancement of Franchised Bus Safety today (April 3) and discussed with the representatives of all franchised bus operators and academic experts how to improve franchised bus safety and take forward measures to enhance franchised bus safety. The Deputy Commissioner for Transport (Transport Services and Management), Ms Macella Lee (centre, front row); the Assistant Commissioner for Transport (Bus and Railway), Mr Patrick Wong (first right, front row); the Assistant Commissioner for Transport (Administration and Licensing), Mr Reginald Chan (sixth right, back row); the Acting Assistant Commissioner for Transport (Technical Services), Mr Tony Yau (sixth left, back row); academic experts, namely the Associate Dean (Development and External Relations) of the Faculty of Engineering and Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Hong Kong, Professor Wong Sze-chun (fourth left, front row), and the Associate Vice President (Learning and Teaching), Chair Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, and Director of the University Research Facility in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Professor Chetwyn Chan (fourth right, front row), joined representatives from the franchised bus operators and other representatives of the TD in a group photo before the meeting. |