SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1986
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PRE-PAID TUNNEL TICKET SALE ENCOURAGING
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MORE THAN $1 MILLION WORTH OF PRE-PAID TICKETS FOR GOVERNMENT ROAD TUNNELS HAVE BEEN SOLD SINCE THEY WENT ON SALE ON MONDAY, WITH ABOUT HALF BEING BOUGHT BY PRIVATE CAR OWNERS AND THE REMAINDER BY FLEET USERS.
THE PRE-PAID TICKETS, WHICH CAN BE TENDERED AT THE LION ROCK AND ABERDEEN TUNNELS FROM TODAY (SATURDAY), ARE AVAILABLE AT 22 MULTI-STOREY GOVERNMENT CARPARKS AND PRIVATE CARPARKS MANAGED BY WILSON PARKING (HONG KONG) PTY LTD.
WILSON PARKING HAS PROJECTED INITIAL MONTHLY SALES AT
600 000 TICKETS, REPRESENTING ABOUT 20 PER CENT OF TUNNEL USERS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT JUDGING FROM THE GOOD RESPONSE SO FAR, IT APPEARED LIKELY THAT SALES WOULD EXCEED THE ESTIMATED FIGURE.
LIKE EXACT TOLLS, THE TICKETS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGHPUT AT THE TOLL BOOTHS OF THE TUNNELS AND THEREBY REDUCE CONGESTION.
MAKING U.C. ELECTIONS BETTER KNOWN
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A THREE-DAY EXHIBITION INTRODUCING THE WORK OF THE URBAN COUNCIL WILL BE STAGED FROM TODAY (SATURDAY) AT VICTORIA PARK.
ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE EXHIBITION IS PART OF THE PUBLICITY PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE THE U.C. ELECTIONS ON MARCH 6.
IT WILL MOVE TO THE CHAI WAN COMMUNITY HALL FROM FEBRUARY 14 TO 16 AND THEN TO CITY PLAZA, BETWEEN FEBRUARY 28 AND MARCH 2.
UNDER THE ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES OF THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS, EASTERN DISTRICT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO CONSTITUENCIES POINT AND SHAU KEI WAN.
NORTH
THE NORTH POINT CONSTITUENCY COVERS CAUSEWAY BAY, NORTH POINT AND QUARRY BAY, WHILE THE SHAU KEI WAN CONSTITUENCY INCLUDES CHAI WAN, A KUNG NGAM, SHAU KEI WAN HILLSIDE AND SAI WAN HO. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN THE DISTRICT IS MORE THAN 142 000, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ELECTORS ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
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