LIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1974
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NEW RATE PARKING KETTERS FRON NIIT LEEK
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OLD-RATE PARKING METERS IN VANCHAI VILL CS REPLACED BY NEW-RATE HETERS STARTING ON TUESDAY CAUSUST 6).
THE REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME WILL BE SPREAD OVER 12 WORKING DAYS WITH ACOUT 1,400 NEU HETERS TO BE INSTALLED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTIENT SAID TODAY LEGISLATION AUTHOR ISING THE NEW RATES FOR PARKING METERS HAD BEEN PASSED IN JUNE 1972.
HE SAID IT WAS INTENDED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE ALL OLD-RATE METERS TO NEW-RATE ONES. THOSE IN CENTRAL AND TSIN SHA TSUI DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED.
THE NEV KETERS ACCEPT ONLY 50-CENT OR ONE-COLLAR COINS DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF THE METER. THEY DO NOT TAKE 10 CENT COINS.
UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TWO-HOUR METERS ONE WHICH ACCEPTS 50-CENT COINS FOR 30 MINUTES, AND THE OTHER WHICH TAKES 50 CENT COINS FOR ONE HOUR. AT THE NEU-RATE HALF-HOUR METERS, THE CHARGE IS A FLAT $1.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CHANGEOVER OF METERS IN VANCHAT WOULD START IN FENWICK STREET AND THEN PROGRESS UP TO PERCIVAL STREET.
+DURING AND AFTER THE CHANGEOVER, KOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO READ CAREFULLY THE REGULATIONS PRINTED ON THE HETAL PLATE ATTACHED TO THE PARKING HETER TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT COINS ARE INSERTED.
+CARS ALREADY PARKED AT THE OLD-RE METERS, WHICH ARE SUBSEQUENTLY CHANCED TO NEW METERS CHILE MIE CAR IS STILL PARKED, WILL BE GIVEN THE FULL TIME ALLOWED BY THE HETER AFTER IT HAS BEEN REPLACED,+ HE SAID.
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE TO CANCEL ANY PARKING TICKETS ISSUED TO A CAR-OUNER WHO MAY HAVE PARKED AT A 10-HOUR METER WHEN IT WAS REPLACED BY A TUO-HOUR METER, HE ADDED.
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PROPOSED RAIN-SHELTER AT KAT O
THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO RECLAIM UNDER THE PUBLIC RECLAMATIONS AND WORKS ORDINANCE AN AREA OF ABOUT 2,750 sq. FT. OF FORESHORE AND SCADED TO BUILD A RAIN SHELTER TO THE NORTH WEST OF THE EXISTING PIER IN KAT O VAN, NEW TERRITORIES, SO AS TO IMPROVE THE FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE ISLAND.
THE EXACT BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED SHELTER ARE DESCRIBED IN THE GAZETTE NOTIFICATION WHICH STIPULATES THAT ALL PERSONS HAVING ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED RECLAMATION OR ANY CLAIMS OF PRIVATE RIGHT IN THE MATTER SHOULD DO SO IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED IN THE NOTIFICATION.
THIS NOTIFICATION (IN BOTH ENGLISH AND IN CHINESE) CAN BE SEEN ON THE NOTICE BOARDS ON THE SITE.
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