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Minibuses are often known as the "poor people's taxi" & have a maximum of 16 seats. There are two types of minibuses: red & green.
Green minibuses operate at fixed routes with fixed fares. Red minibuses, on the other hand has no schedule or fixed routes. Most of them serve as short connecting lines between MTR stations, KCR terminals, shopping centres or residental areas.
As the routes(have to ask driver), signs (often in Chinese) & customer service (or the lack of it) are often very confusing, travellers & locals all have trouble using this form of transportation.
So good luck if you are planning to use the minibus!
Updated Feb 14, 2004
Website: http://www.info.gov.hk/td/eng/transport/public_tran_index.html
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Also known as "maxicabs"; there are 2 kinds - red top, and green top. Green top have fixed route, while Red Top don't. They are 16 seat public vans. Most of them serve as short connecting rides between MTR stations, train terminals, shopping areas and residential areas.
You can check this official page for the minibus route:
http://www.info.gov.hk/td/eng/transport/public_tran_index.html
As to where they all go, good luck! Even the locals don't know except the routes they frequent. I suspect there is no web site on all the routes either.
Updated May 8, 2003
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