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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1987
THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE RATES OF INCREASE WILL BE 4.7 PER CENT FOR
TOWN NEW
3.5 SERVICES, CROSS-HARBOUR AND
PER CENT SERVICES AND THREE PER CENT FOR VEHICULAR SERVICES.
HYF'S LAST FARE INCREASE WAS IN JANUARY LAST YEAR.
PASSENGER
SERVICES, ADULT
FOR
OUTLYING
FARES WILL BE $75 INSTEAD TSUI FARE
FOR CROSS-HARBOUR REVISED FROM $1.70 TO $1.80 AND MONTHLY TICKETS WILL COST OF $70. FARES FOR CHILDREN AND THE TEMPORARY CENTRAL TO TSIM SHA UNCHANGED. THERE WILL BE NO EAST HOVERFERRY SERVICE INCREASE FOR NEW TOWN PASSENGER SERVICES.
ON HYF'S
REMAIN
OUTLYING ISLANDS AND TOLO HARBOUR
THE SERVICES, AFTERNOONS, SUNDAYS SATURDAY
AND PUBLIC DELUXE CLASS FARES DURING
$7 TO HOLIDAYS WILL BE INCREASED FROM $11 TO $12 FOR ADULTS AND FROM
INCREASED FROM $165 ΤΟ $7.50 FOR CHILDREN. MONTHLY TICKETS WILL BE $185.
FARE
ALL
AND FARES WEEKDAY SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC
NO THERE WILL BE
INCREASE FOR ORDINARY CLASS FARES DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, HOLIDAYS.
FROM $6 FOR MOTORCYCLES AND INCREASE FOR GOODS VEHICLES
AS FOR VEHICULAR FERRY FARES, THERE WILL BE INCREASES TO $6.50 FOR PRIVATE CARS OR TAXIS; $3 TO $3.50 $10 TO $11 FOR BUSES. THERE WILL BE NO FOR THE TIME BEING.
CHARGES
FOR
FREIGHT
INCREASE FROM $6 TO $6.50
FOR
CARRIED ON
EVERY
CROSS-HARBOUR
ROUTES WILL 60 KG OR 0.12 CUBIC METRE. FREIGHT CHARGES ON OTHER SERVICES WILL NOT BE AFFECTED.
SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE BEGINS
A MAJOR SEARCH AND RESCUE EXERCISE COORDINATED BY THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT AND INVOLVING A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND REGIONAL EMERGENCY UNITS, WILL BE HELD FROM TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO FRIDAY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT SAID THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE EXERCISE WAS TO TRAIN AND FAMILIARISE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER SUPPORTING UNITS IN SEARCH AND RESCUE TECHNIQUES.
"IT WILL ALSO SERVE ΤΟ TEST THE ALERTING AND COORDINATING PROCEDURES AND COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, "HE SAID.
/"IN ADDITION,