FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1984
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NEW FEE CALCULATIONS FOR GOODS VEHICLES
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ANNUAL VEHICLE LICENCE FEES FOR GOODS VEHICLES WILL BE PAYABLE ON GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT EXPRESSED IN METRIC TERMS, INSTEAD OF UNLADEN WEIGHT IN IMPERIAL TERMS, WHEN THE NEW ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATIONS COME INTO FORCE IN LATE AUGUST THIS YEAR.
FEES PAYABLE WILL THEN BE: $700 FOR VEHICLES NOT EXCEEDING 1.9 TONNES, $1 400 FOR THOSE OVER 1.9 TONNES BUT NOT EXCEEDING 5.5 TONNES, AND $2 800 FOR THOSE OVER 5.5 TONNES.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT FOR THE MAJORITY OF GOODS VEHICLE OWNERS, THE SWITCHOVER WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY CHANGE IN THE ANNUAL LICENCE FEES.
+AS REGARDS TRAILERS, THE ANNUAL LICENCE FEE PAYABLE WILL BE $20 FOR EVERY 250 KILOGRAMS OF GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT. ALTHOUGH THIS NEW CALCULATION REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 160 PER CENT OVER THE EXISTING RATE, IT IS CONSIDERED REASONABLE AS THE FEE HAS NOT BEEN REVISED SINCE 1956, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
STREET ALTERATIONS FOR MTR ISLAND LINE
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STREET ALTERATIONS WILL BE MADE IN CENTRAL TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN MTR ENTRANCE IN STATUE SQUARE.
THE NEW ENTRANCE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FACILITY FOR MTR COMMUTERS USING THE CENTRAL STATION, WILL HAVE THREE ESCALATORS.
A NOTICE TO EFFECT THE ALTERATIONS IS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AND THE COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR THE WORK WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.
ALTERNATIVE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE AND TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE ERECTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS. PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE CARRIAGEWAY OF CHATER ROAD BETWEEN PRINCE'S BUILDING AND THE COURTS OF JUSTICE BUILDING WILL BE TEMPORARILY NARROWED TO 10.5 METRES AND THE ADJACENT SOUTHERN FOOTPATH, TO THREE METRES.
AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE MTR ENTRANCE WORK THE EXISTING LAYOUT WILL BE REINSTATED.
/A PLAN