WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1979
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AT THE YAU MA TEI CAR PARK, THE NEW PARKING CHARGES WILL BE $2 AN HOUR FROM 8 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT, $1 FROM MIDNIGHT TO
8 A.M., AND $1 AN HOUR ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
AT HUNG HOM CAR PARK, A FLAT RATE OF $1 AN HOUR WILL BE CHARGED ON ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.
MONTHLY TICKETS WHICH NOW COST $400 A MONTH, WILL BE
INCREASED TO $600 FROM NOVEMBER 1.
PARKING FEES AT OPEN-AIR CAR PARKS WILL ALSO BE INCREASED.
AT MURRAY BARRACKS AND HARBOUR ROAD. THE PARKING FEE DURING WEEKDAYS WILL BE $2 AN HOUR FROM 8 A.M. TO 6 P.M. AND $1 AN HOUR FROM 6 P.M. TO 8 A.M. ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS THE FEE WILL BE $1 AN HOUR. MONTHLY PASSES FOR THESE TWO CAR PARKS WILL GO UP TO $300.
AT TAL KOK TSUI A FLAT RATE OF $1 AN HOUR WILL BE CHARGED 24 HOURS A DAY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, INCLUDING SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. THE MONTHLY PASS WILL GO UP FROM $100 TO $200.
AT THE HO MAN TIN AND HARBOUR ROAD LORRY PARKS, THE STANDARD RATE OF 50 CENTS AN HOUR REMAINS UNCHANGED BUT FEES WILL BE CHARGED FOR PARKING OVERNIGHT AND ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, AT THE RATE OF 50 CENTS AN HOUR. THE MONTHLY PASS REMAINS UNCHANGED AT $100.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE MAIN REASON FOR INCREASING CAR PARK CHARGES WAS TO IMPROVE OVERALL UTILISATION AND TO ENSURE THAT A REASONABLE NUMBER OF SPACES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
HE POINTED OUT THAT ALL CAR PARKS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HUNG HOM WHICH IS PRESENTLY CLOSED, ARÉ NOW USUALLY FULL DURING THE PERIOD FROM 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
SOME CAR PARKS, IN PARTICULAR MIDDLE ROAD, ARE ALSO VERY HEAVILY USED IN THE EVENINGS AND ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS,
HE SAID +ONE CONSEQUENCE OF HAVING NO SPACES AVAILABLE AT THESE CAR PARKS DURING THESE PEAK PERIODS IS THAT CARS CIRCULATE AROUND THE STREETS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE PARKING OR QUEUE UP ON THE STREETS OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCES TO THE CAR PARKS.
+THIS CONTRIBUTES TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND, AT SOME CAR PARKS, SUCH AS GARDEN ROAD, WHERE THE ENTRANCE IS ON A STREET WITH VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC, IT HAS BEEN FOUND NECESSARY TO POST A POLICE OFFICER OR TRAFFIC WARDEN TO DIRECT MOTORISTS TO MOVE ON.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE NEW PARKING CHARGES ARE GENERALLY LOWER THAN PARKING FEES CHARGED AT COMMERCIAL CAR PARKS. ALSO, PARKING CHARGES AT GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS HAVE NOT BEEN INCREASED SINCE 1974. + IN FACT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, +PARKING CHARGES WERE LOWERED IN 1975 TO THEIR PRESENT LEVEL.+
THE SPOKESMAN