Founded in 1921, Kowloon Motor Bus Company operated 9 Ford buses on 2 routes in Kowloon. When it gained the franchise to operate bus services in 1933, it owned 110 small single-decker buses and ran a total of 18 routes in Kowloon and the New Territories. On its 80th anniversary of obtaining the franchise, KMB now has a fleet of 3,800 buses and operates 392 routes in the territory, employing about 12,000 people. It offers about 2.6 million out of a total of 12 million public transport trips per day in Hong Kong. That means 1 out of 4 to 5 people commutes by KMB on a daily basis. In addition to the railway, KMB is the most widely used means of transport in Hong Kong. These figures illustrate the profound development of KMB which is extraordinary when compared with public transport in other world cities.
Throughout the years, KMB and the people of Hong Kong have weathered the ups and downs together – the Japanese Occupation, the population surge after the war, two civil disturbances, natural disasters, the development of new towns, the opening of the railway as well as cross-harbour tunnels, etc. In the tiny city of Hong Kong where people have to commute frequently, public transport that is both convenient and reliable is vital to urban development.
In this book, the author has employed a large quantity of archival data and historical photographs to explore the relationship between the government's transport and city planning policies, as well as the advancement of KMB. The book is informative and can serve as a reference on the development of the local bus industry.
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