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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1974.
MORE NEW-RATE PARKING METERS FOR YAU MA TEI
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ABOUT 650 OLD-RATE PARKING METERS IN YAU MA TEI, KOWLOON, WILL BE REPLACED BY THE NEW-RATE TYPE STARTING ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 25).
AN ADDITIONAL 240 NEW-RATE.METERS WILL ALSO BE INSTALLED AT PARKING SPACES WHICH ARE AT PRESENT NOT METERED IN THE AREA. THE PROGRAMME WILL TAKE FIVE DAYS TO COMPLETE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THIS PROGRAMME WAS PART OF A SERIES TO GRADUALLY REPLACE ALL PARKING METERS IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WITH THE NEW TYPE. METERS ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN TSIM SHA TSUI AND PART OF YAU MA TEI IN KOWLOON HAVE BEEN CONVERTED.
HE SAID LEGISLATION AUTHORISING THE NEW PARKING METER RATES WAS PASSED IN JUNE 1972. THE OBJECT IS TO ACHIEVE BETTER TURNOVER OF METERED PARKING SPACES FOR SHORT-TERM PARKERS.
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO READ CAREFULLY THE INFORMATION PRINTED ON THE METAL PLATE ATTACHED TO THE NEW PARKING METER TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT COINS ARE INSERTED.
+CARS ALREADY PARKED AT THE OLD-RATE METERS WHICH ARE SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED TO NEW-RATE ONES WHILE THE CARS ARE STILL PARKED WILL BE GIVEN THE FULL TIME ALLOWED BY THE NEW RATES,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE, HE ADDED, TO CANCEL ANY PARKING TICKET ISSUED TO A MOTORIST WHO MAY HAVE PARKED HIS CAR AT A 10-HOUR OR FOUR-HOUR METER WHEN IT WAS REPLACED BY A TWO-HOUR NEW METER.
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THE NEW METERS ACCEPT ONLY 50 CENT OR ONE DOLLAR COINS. THE NEW RATE SYSTEM, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TWO-HOUR METERS - ONE WHICH ACCEPTS 50 CENT COINS FOR 30 MINUTES, AND THE OTHER TAKES 50 CENT COINS FOR ONE HOUR. THERE ARE ALSÓ NEW HALF-HOUR METERS FOR WHICH THE CHARGE IS A FLAT $1.
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