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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1976
NEW TYPE OF PARKING METER FOR HONG KONG
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A NEW TYPE OF PARKING METER FOR HONG KONG IS BEING INTRODUCED IN WAN CHAI. THE METERS WILL BEGIN OPERATION IN JAFFE ROAD BETWEEN LUARD ROAD AND FLEMING ROAD ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 23) WHERE THEY HAVE REPLACED THE TWO-HOUR AUTOMATIC METERS,
THE NEW METERS ARE THE AMERICAN MANUAL TYPE WHICH, UNLIKE THE PRESENT AUTOMATIC METERS, DO NOT REQUIRE REGULAR WINDING BY MAINTENANCE STAFF.
THE NEW METERS ARE BEING INTRODUCED ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS TO SEE IF THEY ARE BETTER SUITED TO LOCAL CONDITIONS THAN THE PRESENT AUTOMATIC METERS.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TO OPERATE THE METERS, THE MOTORIST MUST INSERT A 50-CENT COIN AND THEN TURN THE
+IF THE HANDLE IS NOT TURNED SMALL METER HANDLE FULLY TO THE RIGHT. FAR ENOUGH, THE METER WILL DISPLAY A YELLOW FLAG AND NO PARKING TIME WILL BE GIVEN+.
BEFORE USING THE NEW METERS, MOTORISTS SHOULD READ CAREFULLY THE INSTRUCTIONS DISPLAYED IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH ON EACH METER, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE MAXIMUM TIME ON THESE
ONLY 50-CENT COINS CAN BE USED, EXPERIMENTAL METERS WAS TWO HOURS. EACH GIVING 30 MINUTES' PARKING TIME.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED MOTORISTS THAT IF THEY SHOULD PARK AT A FAULTY METER, WHETHER IT IS AN AUTOMATIC OR MANUAL TYPE, THEY SHOULD TELEPHONE THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S PARKING METER SECTION
THE CALLER AT THE NUMBER DISPLAYED ON THE NEARBY PARKING SIGN. SHOULD GIVE HIS NAME, VEHICLE NUMBER AND THE PARKING METER POST NUMBER.
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