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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1975
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NEW PARKING METERS FOR MONG KOK ******
ABOUT 800 OLD-RATE PARKING METERS IN MONG KOK, KOWLOON, WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE NEW-RATE TYPE AS FROM SUNDAY (MARCH 2) IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BETTER TURNOVER OF PARKING FACILITIES FOR SHORT-TERM PARKERS IN THE AREA.
THE CONVERSION PROGRAMME, ON METERS WEST OF YIM PO FONG STREET BETWEEN SHAN TUNG STREET AND BOUNDARY STREET, WILL TAKE ABOUT 10 DAYS TO COMPLETE.
THE PROGRAMME WILL START AT SHAN TUNG STREET AND THEN PROGRESS UP TO BOUNDARY STREET. THE OLD-RATE METERS FOR GOODS VEHICLES IN TAI KOK TSUI WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY ADVISED MOTORISTS THAT, DURING AND AFTER THE CONVERSION, THEY SHOULD READ CAREFULLY THE INFORMATION PRINTED ON THE METAL PLATE ATTACHED TO THE PARKING METER TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT COINS ARE INSERTED.
HE SAID ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CANCEL PARKING TICKETS ISSUED TO A MOTORIST WHO MAY HAVE PARKED HIS CAR AT AN OLD-RATE METER WHICH IS THEN REPLACED BY A NEW-RATE METER.
CARS ALREADY PARKED AT OLD-RATE METERS, WHICH ARE SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED TO THE NEW TYPE WHILE THE CAR IS STILLED PARKED, WILL BE GIVEN THE FULL TIME ALLOWED BY THE METER AFTER IT HAS BEEN CONVERTED, HE ADDED.
NEW-RATE METERS ACCEPT ONLY 50-CENT OR ONE DOLLAR COINS DEPENDING ON THEIR TYPE. UNDER THE NEW RATE SYSTEM, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TWO-HOUR METERS - ONE WHICH ACCEPTS A 50-CENT COIN FOR 30 MINUTES, AND THE OTHER WHICH TAKES A 50-CENT COIN FOR ONE HOUR. THERE IS ALSO ONE TYPE OF HALF-HOUR METERS AT WHICH THE CHARGE IS A FLAT $1.
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