By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-29 02:51:13 | Updated at 2024-11-29 05:52:09
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This article was first published on November 29, 1989
By Jimmy Leung
CMB drivers on 4-hour strike
The 1,700 drivers for the China Motor Bus Company are this morning, Wednesday November 29, 1989, staging Hong Kong’s first transport strike in 20 years to press for better retirement benefits.
The drivers and other staff overruled proposals by officials of the left-wing Motor Transport Union (CMB branch) for an emergency meeting next Friday and voted not to take their buses out of their depots until 10am today.
The transport commissioner, Gordon Siu Kwing-chue, early this morning held an emergency meeting and at 1.45am announced plans to deal with expected traffic chaos on Hong Kong Island.
The worst hit area is expected to be Southern district where 237,900 residents not served by the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) or minibuses rely heavily on CMB services.
