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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1974
NEW RATE PARKING METERS FOR HUNG HOM
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ABOUT 700 NEW RATE PARKING METERS WILL BE INSTALLED IN HUNG HOM AREA, KOWLOON, FROM SUNDAY (DECEMBER 22) TO PROVIDE A BETTER TURNOVER OF PARKING FACILITIES FOR SHORT-TERM PARKERS.
THE INSTALLATION PROGRAMME, TO BE COMPLETED IN FIVE WORKING DAYS, WILL START IN WHAMPOA STREET AND PROGRESS UP TO CHI KIANG STREET.
MOST OF THE METERS WILL BE INSTALLED IN UNMETERED PARKING SPACES, WHILE ABOUT 50 METERS WHICH NOW CHARGE THE OLD RATE IN THE AREA WILL BE CONVERTED INTO THE NEW RATE TYPE.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY ADVISED MOTORISTS THAT, DURING AND AFTER THE INSTALLATION, THEY SHOULD READ CAREFULLY THE INFORMATION PRINTED ON THE METAL PLATE ATTACHED TO THE PARKING METER TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT COINS WERE INSERTED.
HE SAID ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE TO CANCEL PARKING TICKETS ISSUED TO A MOTORIST WHO MIGHT HAVE PARKED HIS CAR AT AN UNMETERED PARKING SPACE WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY METERED.
THE NEW RATE METERS ACCEPT ONLY 50 CENT OR ONE DOLLAR COINS DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF METER. UNDER THE NEW RATE 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 NEW RATE HALF-HOUR METERS, THE CHARGE IS A FLAT $1.
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