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next morning, and throughout Sundays and Public Holidays.
In Multi-storey Car-parks, the normal rate is charged for cars parked either
(i) before the start of a "cheap period" and removed during the "cheap period"; or
(ii) during a "cheap period", and removed after the end of the "cheap period"; or
(iii) before the start of a "cheap period", and removed after the end of the "cheap period".
In other words, to obtain the benefit of the "cheap rate" the car must be parked and removed within the same "cheap period".
In Open Air Car-parks, for any car parked: (i) before the start of the "free period" and removed during the "free period, the fee will be either $5.00 (if the car is parked before 1 p.m.), or $2.50 (if after 1 p.m.);
(ii) during the "free period" but removed after the end of the "free period", the fee (collected at the exit, by means of a supplementary ticket) will be either $2.50 (if the car is removed before 2 p.m.) or $5.00 (if after 2 p.m.);
(iii) before the start of the "free period" and if removed after the end of the "free period", the fee will be $2.50 or $5.00 (dependent similarly on the time of entry I have just described), plus a further fee of $2.50 or $5.00 (dependent again on whether the removal is before or after 2 p.m.).
In short, to obtain the benefit of the "free period" the car must be parked and removed within the same "free period".
The holder of a valid monthly pass costing $200 may, provided of course that there is a space available, park his vehicle at any time without any extra charge in any Government Car Park the management of which is vested in the Urban Council.
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MISS CECILIA L. Y. YEUNG (in Cantonese): -Mr. Chairman, I want to know: before this cheap period, if they had to wait to enter the car park, they wasted a lot of time if there were no spaces available, and if there were spaces available, could there be two methods regarding the charge? Should they pay the cheap period charge? Because at the moment, if they park their cars before the cheap period, they still have to pay the normal rate.
MR. PETER P. K. NG (in English): -I think administratively and on the management side, it is impossible to take care of any car which is outside our gates. We only can collect according to the time that it enters through our gate and the card is stamped accordingly.
MR. LO TAK-SHING (in English): -I wonder, if charges were made for all free government car parks at the present moment, it might not take care of the proposed increase from public car parks. Do we have any figures as to how many government car park spaces there are, and how much revenue we are losing as a result of this?
MR. PETER P. K. NG (in English): -I am not too sure what Mr. Lo means by Government car parks not charging.
MR. LO TAK-SHING (in English):—What I mean is, of course, car parks exclusively used by Government servants.
MR. PETER P. K. NG (in English):-Mr. Chairman, car parks exclusively used by Government servants are outside the control of the Urban Council.
MR. LO TAK-SHING (in English): -I only thought it was within Mr. PETER P. K. NG's control, Mr. Chairman, because in his answer, second paragraph, he referred to official car parks.
MR. PETER P. K. NG (in English):-Mr. Chairman, if my answer gives such a wrong impression, may I correct it accordingly?
(5) MISS CECILIA L. Y. YEUNG asked the following question (in Cantonese):
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As regards the sound system in the Government Stadium at Caroline Hill Road, how many loud-speakers have been installed, and is it possible for the audience to hear very clearly from all sides?