WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1974
NEW PARKING FEES EFFECTIVE FROM TUESDAY
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MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED THAT THE NEW FEES FOR GOVERNMENT MULTI- STOREY AND TEMPORARY CAR PARKS WILL COME INTO EFFECT NEXT TUESDAY COCTOBER 12.
AS OCTOBER 1 IS A GENERAL HOLIDAY, THE CHEAP-RATE PERIODS FOR MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS WILL APPLY AND THE FEE WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AT 50 CENTS AN HOUR WITH A MINIMUM CHARGE OF $1.
THE CHEAP-RATE PER 1ODS ARE GENERAL HOLIDAYS, THE HOURS BETWEEN 7 P.M. AND 8 A.M. ON WEEKDAYS, AND FROM 2 P.M. ON SATURDAYS TO 8 A.M. ON MONDAYS.
FOR THE FULL-RATE PERIODS WHICH ARE FROM 8 A.M.
TO 7 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 8 A.M. TO 2 P.M. ON SATURDAYS, THE NEW CHARGES WILL BE $2 AN HOUR FOR THE FIRST FIVE HOURS, $3 AN HOUR FOR THE SIXTH TO EIGHTH HOURS, AND $4 AN HOUR AFTER THE EIGHTH HOUR.
AT TEMPORARY CAR PARKS, THE CHARGE WILL BE $5 PER HALF DAY.
THE FEE FOR A MONTHLY PASS FOR COVERNMENT MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS WILL BE INCREASED TO $500.
IN THE CASE OF A VEHICLE NOT REMOVED FROM A CAR PARK WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF THE LATEST TIME MARKED ON A TICKET, THE NEW CHARGE WILL BE $4 PER HOUR.
THE FEE REVISION IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE BETTER USAGE OF THE LIMITED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE BY DETERRING PEOPLE FROM USING THE CAR PARK FOR DAY-LONG GARAGING. THIS WOULD PROVIDE MORE SPACES FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO PARK FOR SHORTER PERIODS.
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WATER SITUATION REPORT
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HONG KONG ENTERS THE FIRST PHASE OF WATER RESTRICTIONS BEGINNING AT 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT WITH ONLY 35,422 MILLION GALLONS IN THE RESERVOIRS, COMPARED WITH 66,178 MILLION GALLONS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
THE PRESENT STORAGE, AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY, REPRESENTS ONLY 52.6 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY OF 67.300 MILLION GALLONS.
THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 27,252 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 50,411 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 54.0 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.
A TRACE OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. TOTAL RA INFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 1,367.3 MM (53.83 IND.
THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 1,954.0 MM (76.93 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 30.0 PER CENT.
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