Annual Report 2020

2020 Annual Report Transport International Holdings Limited 53 Public Safety Awareness Programme KMB and LWB attach great importance to enhancing bus safety performance and use different channels to boost public awareness of safety issues. A series of safety messages, broadcast on the Bus Stop Announcement System in Cantonese, English and Putonghua, reminds passengers to hold the handrail at all times. We have put on safety stickers, such as “Hold the handrail” and “Fasten seatbelt” on our buses. This message is also periodically conveyed via App1933 and on KMB’s Facebook page. Bus Captain Safety Training The Bus Captain Training School provides comprehensive basic training to all new bus captains, including a safe driving mind-set, bus manoeuvring skills and bus route knowledge. The school also offers a series of training courses for in-service bus captains, including route training, remedial training, bus type training and refresher training. Bus captains may upgrade their driving skills and enhance their safety awareness. In 2020, the bus captain training programmes were revamped with course content and materials restructured. To further enhance and consolidate the driving manner and safety awareness of bus captains with 0 – 4 years of service, yearly refresher training has been introduced. The module for preventing passengers from “losing balance” has been enhanced in both Basic Training and Remedial Training to strengthen bus captains’ sense of caring for passengers and smooth driving. We have re-designed and developed training on “bus tyre checking” and “handling of bus tyre on smoke/fire” across all training sessions in order to draw bus captains’ attention to the importance of keeping the bus tyres in good condition while driving. Aiming at preventing accidents of hitting stationary objects, we have been conducting “Safety Talks” at different bus termini. We provide comprehensive training to bus captains to ensure that their performance meets professional standards