The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd. (“KMB”) is committed to
providing safe and reliable bus services for passengers. With the
aim to further enhance the safety awareness of passengers, a new
series of safety messages will be broadcast on the Bus Stop
Announcement System (“BSAS”) of buses beginning 17 March. A total
of 120 designated routes will be selected and these safety messages
serve as friendly reminders to hold the handrails during bus
journey.
A KMB spokesperson said, “KMB launched a series of safety
messages broadcast on both the Multi-media On-board (“MMOB”) system
and the BSAS last year, and we found that the number of incidents
involving passengers losing balance inside bus compartments has
significantly dropped since the launch.” This encouraging result
gives KMB impetus to further promote safety messages and encourage
passengers to hold the handrails at all times to prevent loss of
balance in the event of unexpected traffic incidents.
The new series of safety messages features ten friendly and
congenial slogans comprising “Bus Boy reminds you to hold the
handrails tightly”, “Your safety, our mission - please hold the
handrails” and so on. In order to give these friendly reminders
greater impact, KMB invited Mr. Bowie Wu Fung, a renowned local
actor whose voice is familiar to Hong Kong people, to provide the
voice for the messages in Cantonese. The safety messages are also
broadcast in English and Putonghua.
