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Friday, June 30, 1972
SYSTEM OF TWO TAXI ZONES TO CONTINUE
The Governor-in-Council has accepted the advice of the Transport
Advisory Committee that the present system of two taxi zones Hong
Kong Island and Kowloon with different fares should be continued after
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the opening of the cross-harbour tunnel.
The retention of the zoning system means that taxis may not
ply for hire outside their own zone, and that any taxi hired for a cross-
harbour journey may not pick up passengers on the other side of the
harbour for the return trip.
The Governor-in-Council has also decided that, with immediate
effect, a taxi crossing the harbour by vehicular ferry may make a surcharge
of $15 in addition to the fare shwon on the meter. This surcharge is intended
to cover the cross-harbour fares payable to the ferry company for both
the onward and return trips, as well as an element for returning empty.
Taxis crossing the harbour by the cross-harbour tunnel, when it
comes into operation, may make a surcharge equal to twice the appropriate
tunnel toll plus $5. As the toll announeed by the Tunnel Company is $5
per trip for a taxi, the surcharge will, in effect, also come to $15.
The rates of surcharge are laid down in the Road Traffic (Taxis,
Public Omnibuses, Public Light Buses and Public Cars) (Amendment) (No. 2)
Regulations 1972 published in today's Government Gazette.
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