China Motor Bus Company Limited

Type	Public SEHK: 0026 ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1221x1011, 205 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: China Motor Bus ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Chinese: 香港交易所, also 港交所; abbreviated as SEHK and HKSE; HKEx: 0388) is the stock exchange of Hong Kong. ...
Founded	1924
Location	Hong Kong
Key people	Ngan Shing Kwan, Ngan Kit-ling
Industry	Public transport (formerly), Properties
Products	Bus services (formerly), Real estate
Revenue	HKD 196,427,000 (2005) [1] [2]
Employees	N/A
Website	N/A; formerly www.cmb.com.hk

China Motor Bus Company Ltd. (SEHK: 0026, Chinese: 中華汽車有限公司), often abbreviated as CMB, was the first motor bus company in Hong Kong. It is now mainly involved in property development after its franchise lapsed in 1998. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Skytrain Bangkok. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... An early motorized bus - a Benz truck modified by Netphener company (1895) A bus is a large automobile intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Image File history File links Red_Arrow_Down. ... The Hong Kong Dollar (ISO 4217: HKD) is the official currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) within the Peoples Republic of China. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Chinese: 香港交易所, also 港交所; abbreviated as SEHK and HKSE; HKEx: 0388) is the stock exchange of Hong Kong. ... An early motorized bus - a Benz truck modified by Netphener company (1895) A bus is a large automobile intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... In economics, a government-granted monopoly (also called a de jure monopoly) is a form of coercive monopoly in a government grants exclusive privilege to a private individual or firm to be the sole provider of a good or service; potential competitors are excluded from the market by law, regulation... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

History

The company was founded in 1924 by Ngan Shing Kwan to provide services on Kowloon Peninsula. In 1933 CMB was granted a "franchise" (i.e. a de jure monopoly) by the Government of Hong Kong to operate routes on Hong Kong Island. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Kowloon Peninsula, commonly referred to as Kowloon, is a peninsula, in the south of the mainland part of the Hong Kong territory. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... In law, an exclusive right is the power or right to perform an action in relation to an object or other thing which others cannnot perform. ... In economics, a government-granted monopoly (also called a de jure monopoly) is a form of coercive monopoly in a government grants exclusive privilege to a private individual or firm to be the sole provider of a good or service; potential competitors are excluded from the market by law, regulation... The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China (Chinese: 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區政府; see pronunciation; conventional short name Hong Kong Government, 香港政府), led by the Chief Executive is responsible for the administration of Hong Kong. ... The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (Traditional Chinese: 香港島; Simplified Chinese: 香港岛; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Mandarin Pinyin: Xiānggǎngdǎo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory...

After the Second World War, the network of CMB's routes expanded with exploding population on the island. New buses were purchased to increase ridership. Since mid-1970s, CMB buses were traditionally painted with a buff upper body and a blue lower body livery. CMB adopt the policy to improve its service during 1970s, including introducing the first type of rear-engine bus (Daimler Fleetline) and reforming the route number system. In 1976 CMB has earned over $20 million HK dollars, the highest in the company history. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1971 to 1980, inclusive. ... Buff is a pale yellow-brown colour that got its name from the colour of buffalo leather. ...

With the opening of the MTR Island Line in the 1985, and CMB's reputation of outdated ethos and poor services over the years, ridership on CMB declined. On 29/30 November 1989, CMB employees started a massive strike, after broken negotiations on their pensions funds. During the strike, all CMB services on the island were halted, to the extent that the government was forced to use police vehicles to facilitate commuting to and from the Southern District. After the incident, the relationship between CMB and the government was worse, leading to the government to adopt more policies to force CMB to obey. Logo of the MTR Corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... This is the complete route map of the Island Line. ... This article is about the year. ... Commuting is the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work. ... The Southern District (南區) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. ...

All Condors (DL-class), except those in training bus fleet, retired before 25 December 1999.

An ex-CMB bus - Dennis Condor (Fleet number DL20) was burnt in Siu Sai Wan depot after retirement.

Meanwhile, competitors such as Citybus had successfully lured passengers from CMB's franchised routes to their own residential routes. The establishment of route 37R as a residential route by Citybus illustrates this fact. The service provided more comfortable seats, air-conditioned fleet, and a more direct route (via Aberdeen Tunnel) from Chi Fu Fa Yuen to Central. Citybus was able to compete against CMB by charging only the fare of non-air-conditioned, uncomfortable and indirect CMB counterparts like routes 40 and 37 (which took Pokfulam Road instead). The residential route was later converted into a franchise route, 37M, that still continued to be operated by Citybus. Image File history File linksMetadata DLs. ... Image File history File linksMetadata DLs. ... KMBs air-conditioned Dennis Dragon The Dennis Dragon (another name Dennis Condor was used by the Dragons new to China Motor Bus) is a 3-axle double decker bus built by Dennis of the UK from 1980s to 1990s. ... Image File history File linksMetadata EG3419. ... Image File history File linksMetadata EG3419. ... A single-deck MAN NL262 Cityflyer route A10 (Ap Lei Chau - Hong Kong International Airport) on Mt. ... Aberdeen Tunnel (Chinese: 香港仔隧道) is a tunnel linking Happy Valley and Wong Chuk Hang near Aberdeen on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... The night view of the Central as viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui on the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Central (Chinese: 中環; Jyutping: zung1 waan4; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: Zhōnghuán) is an area located in Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... Pokfulam Road (薄扶林道) or Pok Fu Lam Road is a four-lane road on Hong Kong Island running between Sai Ying Pun and Aberdeen, through Pok Fu Lam. ...

In 1993 and 1995, the government had CMB's 26 and 14 routes respectively removed and put into public tender, with Citybus overtaking those routes. Citybus expanded its market of Hong Kong Island from CMB during these years, especially in the commercial areas like Central, Wanchai and Causeway Bay. More CMB passengers in these areas turned to Citybus, and CMB had more and more routes without profits. Because CMB had started to give up its remaining business of bus service since the mid-1990s, the company eventually lost its franchise in 1998, which were taken over by New World First Bus. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Central in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Central is the name of several places: Central — a region of Scotland Central — another name for the Blue Nile state of Sudan Central — an area in Hong Kong, part of Central and Western District Central City — a city in Nebraska Central — a... The Wan Chai district (灣仔區), or simply Wan Chai or Wanchai, is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, located in the north of Hong Kong island. ... Large crowd of shoppers can be seen on Causeway Bay. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... New World First Bus Services Limited (First Bus, or NWFB) was established in 1998, taking over China Motor Buss franchise on 1 September 1998 to provide bus services on Hong Kong Island together with Citybus. ...

Current status

Its main business is currently real estate development. Meanwhile, the company is operating a free shuttle bus service between Island Place (one of the CMB's real estate developments) near the North Point MTR station and North Point Government Offices. A Volvo B6LE, acquired from Citybus, along with eight Dennis Dart "Coach Express" are currently utilised for this service. Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... The North Point station platform. ... The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus model built in UK and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...

Fleet

A Dennis Dart "Coach Express" running on Tanner Road.

Seats inside the "Coach Express", originally used for services to airport.

A Volvo B6LE acquired from Citybus.

Besides the eight Dennis Dart Coach Express retained to operate the free shuttle service mentioned above, most of the fleet was transferred to New World First Bus in 1998 after the end of CMB's franchise. Two Volvo Olympian air-conditioned buses were sold to Citybus at half price in 2002 ([3]), and Citybus, in turn, gave up one of its single-deck buses (the Volvo B6LE now used in the shuttle) to CMB for free. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1100 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: China Motor Bus ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1100 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: China Motor Bus ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1085 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: China Motor Bus ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1085 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: China Motor Bus ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1098 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: China Motor Bus ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1098 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: China Motor Bus ... The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus model built in UK and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Volvo Olympian owned by Kowloon Motor Bus. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Some of the buses transferred to New World First Bus were even shipped to Australia ([4]) or the United Kingdom, and function as tour buses and school buses.

Historical fleet (post war):

• Tilling Stevens K5LA4/K5LA7
• Guy Arab IV - some were converted to service vehicles
• Guy Arab UF
• Guy Arab V - some were converted to service vehicles
• Leyland Titan PD3 - second hand
• Leyland Atlantean PDR1 - second hand
• Daimler/Leyland Fleetline
• Ashok Leyland Titan
• MCW-Scania Metropolitan
• Volvo Ailsa B55
• MCW Metrobus
• Dennis Dominator
• Leyland Victory Mk 2
• Dennis Jubilant
• Leyland Olympian
• MCW Metrorider
• Dennis Condor
• Dennis Dart
• Volvo Olympian

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• Dennis Dart single-deck coaches (CX class)
• Volvo B6LE

The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus model built in UK and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...

Depots

• Chai Wan (Major depot since 1990s til now)
• Wong Chuk Hang (Owned by the Hong Kong Government, now used by NWFB)
• (Former) North Point (Island Place at the present)
• Kennedy Town (A minor depot, Now used by NWFB)

A view of Chai Wan and Siu Sai Wan Chai Wan (柴灣, firewood bay) is at east end of the urban area on the Hong Kong Island and next to Shau Kei Wan in Hong Kong. ...

Rival operators

• Kowloon Motor Bus
• Citybus (Hong Kong)

The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB), a Transport International Holdings Limited company, is the largest of the three franchised bus operators in the urban area of Hong Kong, and one of the largest privately-owned public bus operators in the world. ... A single-deck MAN NL262 Cityflyer route A10 (Ap Lei Chau - Hong Kong International Airport) on Mt. ...

References

• CMB official homepage on Internet Archive
• Non-franchise album of China Motor Bus (Chinese only)
• Timeline of China Motor Bus (Chinese only)
• CMB Fleet
• CMB Paperbus

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