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TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1981
AT MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS WHICH ARE REGULARLY FULL, THE HOURLY RATE BETWEEN 8 AM AND 6 PM ON WEEKDAYS WILL BE RAISED FROM $3 TO $4. THE CAR PARKS ARE GARDEN ROAD, STAR FERRY, MURRAY ROAD, RUMSEY STREET AND CITY HALL. THE COST OF MONTHLY PASSES WILL BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY FROM $600 TO $800.
TWO MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS WHICH EXPERIENCE HIGH DEMAND DURING THE EVENING AS WELL AS DAYTIME HOURS ARE MIDDLE ROAD AND YAU MA TEI. CHARGES AT BOTH CAR PARKS WILL BE STANDARDISED AT $3 AN HOUR BETWEEN 8 AM AND MIDNIGHT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THE COST OF MONTHLY PASSES WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AT $600.
FOR THE SAME REASON, THE HOURLY RATE AT TAI KOK TSUI OPEN-AIR CAR PARK WILL BE RAISED FROM $1 TO $2 DURING THE HOURS CF 8 AM TO MIDNIGHT FROM MONDAYS TO SUNDAYS. THE COST OF MONTHLY PASSES WILL BE INCREASED FROM $200 TO $300.
THE DAYTIME HOURLY RATE ON WEEKDAYS AT TWO POPULAR OPEN-AIR CAR PARKS, MURRAY BARRACKS AND HARBOUR ROAD, WILL BE RAISED FROM $2 TO $3. THE COST OF MONTHLY PASSES WILL BE ADJUSTED FROM 0300 TO $400. BECAUSE OF THE HIGH DEMAND FOR SPACES DURING THE PERIOD WHEN THE 'MEDIUM' HOURLY RATE APPLIES AT HARBOUR ROAD, TAIS CHARGE WILL BE RAISED FROM $1 TO $2.
NO INCREASE IS PROPOSED IN THE HOURLY RATE AT HUNG HOM MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK AS IT STILL HAS AMPLE SPARE CAPACITY.
ORDER TO ENCOURAGE MOTORISTS TO USE THE MAJOR TRANSPORT SERVICES AVAILABLE AT HUNG HOM, A 'PARK AND RIDE' INCENTIVE WILL BE OFFERED BY REDUCING THE COST OF MONTHLY PASSES FROM $500 TO $200.
OTHER EXISTING OFF-PEAK HOURLY RATES AT GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS AND ALL CHARGES AT GOVERNMENT LORRY PARKS WILL REMA IN UNCHANGED.
MONTHLY PASSES ARE VALID FOR THE CAR PARK FOR WHICH THEY ARE BOUGHT AND ALL OTHERS OF AN EQUIVALENT OR LOWER MONTHLY CHARGE.
A NEW GOVERNMENT MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK IN ABERDEEN WILL BE OPENING IN JUNE, PROVIDING 351 SPACES. THE HOURLY RATE FOR THIS NEW FACILITY WILL BE $2 BETWEEN 8 AM AND MIDNIGHT AND $1 FROM MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM, APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, AND MONTHLY PASSES WILL COST $400,
IN ADDITION TO ABERDEEN, WORK IS IN PROGRESS ON THREE OTHER NEW MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS AT TSUEN WAN, KWAI FONG AND PING SHEK, ALL THREE ASSOCIATED WITH MTR STATIONS, AND WORK WILL START SHORTLY ON A NEW PARK AT YAU MA TEI.
OTHER CAR PARKS IN THE PLANNING STAGE INCLUDE KWUN TONG AND TSUEN WAN FERRY CONCOURSES AND ONE ADJACENT TO KOWLOON TONG STATION.
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