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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1981
NEW CHARGES AT GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS START MONDAY
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A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) REMINDED MOTORISTS THAT NEW PARKING CHARGES AT 11 GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS WOULD COME INTO EFFECT ON JUNE 1 (MONDAY).
AND MONTHLY PASSES FOR JUNE, SCHEDULED TO GO ON SALE TOMORROW (THURSDAY), WOULD BE SOLD AT THE NEW RATES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS HOPED THAT THE REVISED CHARGES WOULD HELP REGULATE DEMAND FOR PARKING SPACES BY INCREASING TURNOVER AND CUTTING DOWN ON CONGESTION AND INCONVENIENCE CAUSED BY VEHICLES FORMING QUEUES TO GAIN ENTRY TO CAR PARKS.
THE NEW HOURLY RATES FOR THE GARDEN ROAD, STAR FERRY, MURRAY ROAD, RUMSEY STREET AND CITY HALL CAR PARKS WILL BE INCREASED FROM $3 TO $4 BETWEEN 8 AM AND 6 PM ON WEEK DAYS. THE 6 PM TO 6 AM RATE WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AT $1 AN HOUR, BUT THE CHARGE FOR MONTHLY PASSES AT THESE CAR PARKS WILL BE INCREASED FROM $600 TO $800.
CHARGES FOR THE MIDDLE ROAD AND YAU MA TEI CAR PARKS WILL BE INCREASED FROM $2 TO $3 AN HOUR BETWEEN 8 AM AND MIDNIGHT FROM MONDAY TO SUNDAY. THE MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM RATE WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AT $1 AN HOUR. MONTHLY PASSES WILL REMAIN AT $600.
CHARGES AT THE TAI KOK TSU! OPEN-AIR CAR PARK WILL GO UP FROM $1 TO $2 AN HOUR BETWEEN 8 AM AND MIDNIGHT MONDAY TO SUNDAY, WHILE THE COST OF A MONTHLY PASS WILL BE INCREASED FROM $200 TO $300. THE MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM HOURLY RATE WILL CONTINUE TO BE $1.
THE 8 AM TO 6 PM RATE ON WEEK DAYS AT BOTH THE MURRAY BARRACKS AND HARBOUR ROAD OPEN-AIR CAR PARKS WILL BE RAISED FROM $2 TO $3 AN HOUR AND THE MONTHLY PASSES FROM $300 TO $400. THE 6 PM TO MIDNIGHT RATE AT THE HARBOUR ROAD CAR PARK ALSO WILL BE INCREASED FROM $1 TO $2 AN HOUR, BUT THE MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM CHARGE WILL REMAIN AT $1 AN HOUR. THE CHARGE OF THE MURRAY ROAD CAR PARK DURING THE 6 PM TO MIDNIGHT PER JOD WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AT $1 PER HOUR.
THE COST OF A MONTHLY PASS FOR THE HUNG HOM MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM $600 TO $200, ALTHOUGH THE HOURLY RATE REMAINS AT $1.
MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED THAT ONLY THE $800 MONTHLY PASS COULD BE USED AT ALL CAR PARKS, OTHER MONTHLY PASSES COULD ONLY BE USED IN SPECIFIC CAR PARKS WHERE THE MONTHLY CHARGE WAS THE SAME OR LESS. PASSES FOR EACH OF THE TEMPORARY OPEN-AIR CAR PARK ARE ONLY VALID FOR INDIVIDUAL CAR PARK.
CHARGES AT GOVERNMENT LORRY PARKS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. MEANWHILE, THE OPENING OF THE NEW ABERDEEN MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH, HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL JULY. THE HOURLY RATE AT THE NEW CAR PARK, WHICH HAS SPACE FOR 351 VEHICLES, WILL BE $2 BETWEEN 8 AM AND MIDNIGHT AND $1 FROM MIDNIGHT TO 8 AM THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. MONTHLY PASSES WILL COST $400.
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