FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1978
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NEW PARKING CHARGES FOR CAR PARKS
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REVISED PARKING CHARGES FOR OPEN-AIR CAR PARKS WILL BE INTRODUCED ON SUNDAY (OCTOBER 1).
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE REVISED SYSTEM PARKING CHARGES WILL BE CALCULATED ON AN HOURLY INSTEAD OF A HALF DAY BASIS AS AT PRESENT.
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THE CAR PARKS WILL BE CLASSIFIED INTO TWO GROUPS. GROUP A FOR MURRAY BARRACKS, THE PARKING CHARGES WILL BE $1 AN HOUR OR PART THEREOF FROM 8 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT. MONTHLY PASSES FOR THIS OPEN-AIR CAR PARK MAY BE PURCHASED AT $200 EACH, BUT ONLY 100 PASSES WILL BE AVAILABLE.
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IN GROUP B, WHICH COMPRISES THE HARBOUR ROAD VEHICLE PARK, THE HO MAN TIN LORRY PARK AND THE TAI KOK TSUI CAR PARK, THE PARKING CHARGES WILL BE FIFTY CENTS AN HOUR OR PART THEREOF FROM 8 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT.
A LIMITED NUMBER OF MONTHLY PASSES FOR THESE PARKS AT $100 EACH WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE.
THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE FOR PARKING ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED MOTORISTS THAT A MONTHLY PASS IS VAL ID FOR USE ONLY IN RESPECT OF THE CAR PARK SPECIFIED IN THE MONTHLY PASS.
THIRD CHEMICAL PLANT SITE FOR SALE ON TSING YI
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THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO DEVELOP TSING YI ISLAND AS THE BASE FOR HONG KONG'S HIGH-TECHNOLOGY AND HEAVY INDUSTRY TOOK AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD TODAY WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ANOTHER BIG SITE IS TO BE SOLD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TEXTILES CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING PLANT.
THE SITE COVERING JUST ON 2.4 HECTARES (ALMOST SIX ACRES) WILL BE SOLD BY OPEN TENDER AND IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS INTEREST.
IT IS THE EIGHTH SITE ON THE ISLAND OFFERED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON SPECIAL SALES TERMS DESIGNED TO ATTRACT SPECIALIST INDUSTRIES WHICH WILL BROADEN HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL BASE.
THE SITE IS ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND OPPOSITE THE FEOSO OIL STORAGE DEPOT OPERATED BY CHINA RESOURCES AND IS NEAR THE OTHER TWO CHEMICAL PLANTS OPERATED BY DOW CHEMICALS AND SWIRE-CHEMSYN.
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