Honest Profit Corporation Limited (誠利有限公司) is one of the green minibus operator that operates minibuses routes mainly in Mong Kok and Wong Tai Sin.
Currently, Honest Profit Corporation Limited operates three Kowloon special minibus routes under the Passenger Service License No. 11071C, as well as an overnight special minibus route from Mong Kok to Lok Ma Chau Control Point.
The person in charge of Honest Profit is Wai Kam Choi. [2] Wai Kam Choi also holds several green minibus passenger service licenses under the names of Good Country, Bothfine Transportation and Head Expand, and also operates a car repair company, Tin Fat Motor Engineering, among which Good Country has now withdrawn from the GMB industry. The office of Honest Profit is located at G/F, Cheung Hing Industrial Building, 23 Tai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon.
History[]
In 2003, Honest Profit Corporation Limited operated three green minibus routes, list are Kowloon GMB Route 79K, 79M and New Territories GMB Route 616S. Among them, Route 616S is one of the three GMB routes approved by the Transport Department to enter the Lok Ma Chau Control Point.
Since Kwok Chung Motor Car gave up the operation of Kowloon GMB Route 21K, Honest Profit Corporation Limited submitted a bid. The government allowed the operating rights of this route to Honest Profit Corporation in mid-2009, as the fourth route operated by Honest Profit Corporation. However, due to long-term losses, the route was ultimately unable to escape the fate of closure, and its historical mission ended on 15 October 2012. On the same day, the route 12 series under Central Venture Limited operated a temporary route 12S to replace it.
On 12 June 2009, The serious traffic accident occurred on route 616S led to Honest Profit Corporation Limited being accused of touting passengers over its express journey time of 30 minutes. For details, see New Territories GMB Route 616S.
Minibus routes[]
| Routes operated under Honest Profit Transportation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Route no | Termini | Remark | |
| 79K | Mong Kok (Park Avenue) ↺ Mong Kok East Station ● | Daytime route | |
| 79M | Daytime route | ||
| 79S | Daytime busiest route | ||
| 616S | Mong Kok (Sai Yeung Choi Street South) ↔ Lok Ma Chau Control Point ● | Nighttime route | |
Former routes[]
| Routes once operated under the name of "Honest Profit Corporation" | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Route no | Termini | Remark | |
| 21K | Cancelled on 15th October 2012 and was replaced with 12S commenced by Central Venture | ||
| 79W | Cancelled on 24 May 2020 Daytime circular route | ||
Minibus fleets[]
Current Kowloon Route 79K, 79M and 79S under Honest Profit Corporation have a total of 24 TOYOTA Coaster minibuses. Included 15 of 16-seater minibuses and 9 of 19-seater minibuses. Some part of minibuses can support Route 616S.
| List of Honest Profit Corporation minibuses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate No. | Type No.[Remark 1] | Seat | Sign Configuration | Route | Remarks |
| AW923 | 2019 7DL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Patent Enterprises EDS | 79M／79S | Entered service in May 2019 Licence Plate belonged to 2003 5DL[Remark 2] of Red Minibus Ping Tsuen Route, Kwa Tsing Route and Kung Wan Route |
| CY8738 | 2002 5LS | 16-seater low back | Rollsign | 79K | Formerly vehicle of Kowloon Route 21K Entered service in October 2012 |
| DD1638 | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high back | 79M／79S | Formerly vehicle of Head Expand Kowloon Route 44A Entered service in October 2016 | |
| KX6640 | 2019 7DL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Patent Enterprises EDS | Entered service in 20th February 2019 Licence Plate Originally belonged to 2003 5LS | |
| KX9078 | Entered service in 22th February 2019 Licence Plate Originally belonged to 2003 5LS | ||||
| KX9546 | 2003 5LS | 16-seater low back | Rollsign | 79K | Formerly vehicle of Kowloon Route 21K Entered service in October 2012 |
| KY420 | 2019 7DL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Patent Enterprises EDS | 79M／79S | Entered service in 24th February 2019 Licence Plate Originally belonged to 2003 5LS |
| KY1750 | Entered service in 5th March 2019 Licence Plate Originally belonged to 2003 5LS | ||||
| KY2078 | Entered service in 8th March 2019 Licence Plate Originally belonged to 2003 5LS | ||||
| LT4437 | 2004 5LS2 | 16-seater high back | Rollsign | 79K | Formerly vehicle of Yau Jor Route |
| LV5580 | 2005 5LS2 | 79M／79S | Formerly vehicle of Head Expand Kowloon Route 44A Entered service in October 2016 | ||
| MB4379 | Formerly vehicle of Head Expand Kowloon Route 44A Entered service in October 2016 | ||||
| MB8936 | Formerly vehicle of Head Expand Kowloon Route 44M Entered service in December 2017 | ||||
| MC2940 | 79K | Formerly vehicle of Head Expand Kowloon Route 44M Entered service in January 2018 | |||
| MC3397 | Formerly vehicle of Head Expand Kowloon Route 44A Entered service in October 2016 | ||||
| MH3312 | 2006 5LS2 | 79M／79S | Formerly vehicle of Red Minibus | ||
| MH8701 | 79K | ||||
| MJ8431 | Formerly vehicle of Red Minibus Lam Mong Route Was also a formerly Vehicle of Kowloon Route 21K and Red Minibuses Mong Kok - Sai Kung Route | ||||
| VY3451 | 2019 7DL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Patent Enterprises EDS | 79M／79S | The first 19-seater minibus in this series of route Entered service in January 2019 |
| WF7642 | 79K | Entered service in July 2019 | |||
| WJ8161 | Entered service in October 2019 | ||||
| ZJ5505 | 2010 6LS | 16-seater high back | Rollsign | 79M／79S | Plate originally was RN477 Formerly vehicle of Po Mong Route and Tsuen Wong Kau Route Entered service in July 2024 |
| List of former minibuses in Honest Profit Corporation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate No. | Type No. | Seat No. | Retirement/withdrawal date | Whereabouts | Substituted vehicle(s) |
| AW923 | 2003 5DL | 16 | April 2017 | Transferred to Red Minibus Ping Tsuen Route、Kwa Tsing Route and Kung Wan Route | |
| EM3998 | 5LS | October 2016 | Transferred to Chew Luen Red Minibus Kwun Tong Route | LV5580 (2005 5LS2) | |
| EP9752 | 2004 5DL | October 2019 | Retired | WJ8161 (2019 7DL) | |
| GA6877 | 2008 6DS | June 2024 | ZJ5505 (2010 6LS) | ||
| GG9703 | 2004 5DL | November 2019 | WK8984 (2019 7DL) | ||
| KC4427 | 2001 4th Generation | Not late then 2014 | Transferred to Hung Mong Route, Shwung Po Route and Kwun Sha Route | ||
| KE7526 | Wait for check | Retired | |||
| KX6010 | 2003 5LS | 2018 | Transferred to Jetwide Kowloon Route 78/78A Then changed as 7LL since March 2019 |
MC2940 (2005 5LS2) | |
| KX6640 | February 2019 | Retired | Same Licence (2019 7DL) | ||
| KX9078 | |||||
| KX9013 | October 2016 | Transferred to Holy Gain Kowloon Route 70/70A | MB4379 (2005 5LS2) | ||
| KY420 | February 2019 | Retired | Same Licence (2019 7DL) | ||
| KY1750 | March 2019 | ||||
| KY1798 | 2017 | Transferred to Ngau Mong Route | |||
| KY2078 | March 2019 | Retired | Same Licence (2019 7DL) | ||
| KY2133 | November 2016 | Transferred to Good Foundation New Territories 611 series | DD1638 (2005 5LS2) | ||
| LB4496 | 2003 5DL | May 2018 | Retired | ||
| LK7115 | 2004 5DL | March 2017 | Exchanged with GA6877 that formerly vehicle of Publoc Light Bus Kung Mong Route | ||
| LT7837 | 2004 5LS2 | February 2015 | Transferred to Mary Dragon New Territories 11/12 series | ||
| LX716 | 2005 5DL | May 2019 | Retired | AW923 (2019 7DL) | |
| LY2792 | 2005 5LS2 | 2020 | |||
| LZ3435 | 2005 5DL | January 2019 | VY3451 (2019 7DL) | ||
| NT3804 | 2009 6LS | October 2016 | Transferred to Central Venture Kowloon Route 12S | MC3397 (2005 5LS2) | |
| NW1783[Remark 3] | 2004 5DL | July 2019 | Retired | WF7642 (2019 7DL) | |
| WK8984 | 2019 7DL | 19 | June 2020 | Transferred to Bothfine Transportation Kowloon Route 59/59M | |
The information may not be complete and accurate, to be updated and modified by those who are willing to do so.
This section was last updated on 8/2024202408
Gallery[]
Related articles[]
- Good Country
- Bothfine Transportation
- Head Expand
Remarks[]
- ↑ Numbers placed after the model Toyota Coaster (if any) are only used within the transport enthusiasts, others (including the industry) does not use such names.
- ↑ That 5DL formerly vehicle of Honest Profit Corporation Kowloon Route 79M／79S, then transferred to Red Minibus Route Ping Tsuen Route、Kwa Tsing Route and Kung Wam Route in April 2017, until April 2019.
- ↑ Plate originally was EX6282, due to Traffic Accident then changed the licence Plate
References[]
- ↑ The telephone no use with Head Expand.
- ↑ Government's response to the submission from the Hong Kong Maxicab Licensee Association on the GMB trade's Charter on Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities as set out in LC Paper No. CB(1)388/13-14(01) (Chinese only), Paper No. CB(1)503/13-14(01) of the Legislative Council Panel on Transport
External links[]
- Honest Profit Corporation official website (dead link)
Honest Profit Corporation Limited