MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1975
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THE MONTHLY TICKET FEE WILL BE REDUCED BY $100 FROM $500 TO $400, HE SAID.
THE CHEAP-RATE PERIOD WILL START ONE HOUR EARLIER AT 6 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS AND TWO HOURS EARLIER AT 12 NOON ON SATURDAYS, EXCEPT IN THE GROUP C CAR PARK THE ONE AT HUNG HOM WHERE THE CHEAP- RATE PERIOD WILL APPLY ALL DAY ON SATURDAYS.
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THEREFORE, HE SAID, THE CHEAP-RATE PERIOD AS FROM NOVEMBER 30 WILL BE FROM 6 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS TO 8 A.M. THE NEXT DAY AND FROM 12 NOON ON SATURDAYS UNTIL 8 A.M. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, AS WELL AS ALL DAY ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
THE CHEAP RATE WILL REMAIN AT 50 CENTS AN HOUR WITH A MINIMUM CHARGE OF $1, HE ADDED.
IN ADDITION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, IN CASES WHERE A CAR IS PARKED FOR A PERIOD COVERING BOTH THE NORMAL-RATE AND CHEAP-RATE PERIODS, THE NORMAL RATE WILL BE CHARGED FOR THAT HOUR, WHOLLY OR PARTLY, WHICH INCLUDES THE TIME WHEN THE RATE CHANGES FROM NORMAL TO CHEAP OR VICE VERSA.
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FOR EXAMPLE, HE SAID, IF A CAR IS TAKEN INTO A GROUP A CAR PARK AT 5.30 P.M. AND REMOVED AT 7.30 P.M., THE NORMAL RATE OF $2 AN HOUR WILL BE CHARGED FOR THAT HOUR FROM 5.30 P.M. TO 6.30 P.M. WHICH INCLUDES THE TIME WHEN THE RATE CHANGES AT 6 P.M. THE REMAINING PERIOD FROM 6.30 P.M. TO 7.30 P.M. WILL THEN BE CHARGED AT THE CHEAP RATE OF 50 CENTS AN HOUR. THESE GIVE A TOTAL CHARGE IN THIS CASE OF $2.50.
SIMILARLY, THE CHARGING AT NORMAL RATE FOR THE +BRIDGING HOUR+ SPANNING BOTH PERIODS WILL ALSO APPLY IN THE MORNING WHEN THE RATE CHANGES AT 8 A.M., HE ADDED.
+THIS COMPARES FAVOURABLY WITH THE EXISTING SYSTEM WHEREBY, IF THE PARKING OF A CAR STARTS IN THE NORMAL-RATE PERIOD, IT WILL BE CHARGED AT THE NORMAL RATE FOR AS LONG AS THE CAR IS PARKED, + HE SAID.
THE NEW HUNG HOM CAR PARK, WHICH IS EIGHT-STOREY HIGH, HAS 1,050 PARKING SPACES. ITS OPENING TO PUBLIC USE ON NOVEMBER 30 WILL BRING TO 5,568 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SPACES IN ALL GOVERNMENT MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS.
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