blue20ae

I am sick of people keep complaining about it.

From my stand point, since the rule for price adjus ...
rockypath 發表於 2011-5-7 02:26

The issue is HK Government is the largest shareholder in MTR.  It is like left hand approve right hand to grab money.

In Vancouver, if you don't like Translink, you can drive.  But in HK you don't have much choice, in particular if you live in 天水圍.

blue20ae

You can take the bus or the MTR.

Here the government makes the Translink looks like it is not gov ...
peter236 發表於 2011-5-7 11:45

First of all, I never said Translink is any good.  Translink is a cancer in Vancouver and it sucks our tax dollar into an inefficient system.  

But you need to bear in mind Translink is net neutral. They take tax dollars from parking, property tax to subsidize mass transit, whereas MTR is the other way round.  HK Government, as the biggest shareholder, take money out of mass transit and pays for the $6000 per head candy.

Also HK Government being a shareholder approves MTR rate adjustment is a conflict of interest.  They should either fix the rate adjustment to an index or get rid of all the shares.

blue20ae

回復 12# peter236

Of course you can walk and 行路上廣州 as well.  Be realistic.  

Say, if you have a job in Central, you pretty much have to use MTR.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d& ... Park%3B+Tin+Shui+Rd,+Tin+Shui+Wai,+Hong+Kong+(Tin+Shui+Wai+Park%3B+Tin+Shui+Road)&daddr=Central,+Hong+Kong&hl=en&geocode=FRihVgEddIzLBin7M_kNh_ADNDF92A5MTeHPXQ%3B&mra=ls&dirflg=r&ttype=dep&date=05%2F07%2F11&time=3:41pm&noexp=0&noal=0&sort=def&sll=22.454552,114.00306&sspn=0.006276,0.011362&ie=UTF8&start=0&z=12

blue20ae

The parking fee and property taxes that Translink takes could have been used by the city hall on i ...
peter236 發表於 2011-5-7 19:52

You may know what is going on in China, but you need to learn the politics in Canada before commenting, my friend.  The 21% parking tax is in the legal right of Translink, no one can touch it.
http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries ... 8030_01#section30.1

HST is payable on top of the parking tax and it ends up to be 35.52% of taxes for parking in metro Vancouver.  This is the price for clean air.