WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1993
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CAR PARK MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED
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THE CENTRAL TENDER
BOARD HAS AWARDED A
PACKAGE OF
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS TO THE WHARF (HOLDINGS) LTD.
THESE ARE THE STAR FERRY, CITY MIDDLE ROAD, KWAI FONG AND TSUEN WAN WITH A TOTAL OF 4,039 PARKING SPACES.
CONTRACT FOR THE SEVEN GOVERNMENT
HALL, MURRAY ROAD, TRANSPORT COMPLEX
ABERDEEN, CAR PARKS,
AT THE SAME TIME, THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD ALSO AWARDED A CONTRACT ΤΟ MANAGE AND OPERATE ANOTHER PACKAGE OF SEVEN OTHER GOVERNMENT MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS TO WILSON PARKING (HONG KONG) LTD.
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THESE ARE THE GARDEN ROAD, RUMSEY STREET, SHAU ΚΕΙ WAN, TIN HAU, YAU MA TEI, SHEUNG FUNG STREET AND THE TSUEN WAN MTR STATION PARKS WHICH HAVE 4,135 PARKING SPACES.
WILSON PARKING (HONG KONG) LTD WAS ALSO AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO PRODUCE, MARKET AND SELL GOVERNMENT TUNNEL TICKETS IN ALL ITS OUTLETS.
1993.
THE NEW CONTRACTS WILL LAST FOUR YEARS STARTING FROM MAY
1.
OPEN TENDERS FOR THESE CONTRACTS WERE INVITED ON JANUARY 8 AND THE CLOSING DATE WAS FEBRUARY 19.
THIS IS THE THIRD TENDER EXERCISE SINCE THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS WERE CONTRACTED OUT IN 1984.
ALL PREVIOUS CONTRACTS HAD BREN AWARDED TO WILSON PARKING (HONG KONG) LTD.
IN SELECTING THE CONTRACTORS, THE GOVERNMENT TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION A HOST OF FACTORS INCLUDING THE BIDDING PRICE, THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE OF THE TENDERERS IN CAR PARK MANAGEMENT, AND THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF THE TENDERERS.
UNDER THE CONTRACT TERMS, THE GOVERNMENT RETAINS THE AUTHORITY IN APPROVING PARKING FEES. THE CONTRACTORS ARE PAID A MANAGEMENT FEE IN THE FORM OF A PERCENTAGE OF THE GROSS REVENUE FROM CAR PARK OPERATIONS TENDERED FOR BY THE CONTRACTORS.
UNDER THE CONTRACT, THE OPERATORS ARE ALLOWED ΤΟ PUT UP ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE EXTERNAL WALLS OF THE CAR PARK BUILDINGS, SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT'S APPROVAL.
PROCEEDS FROM ADVERTISING INCOME WILL
BE SHARED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CONTRACTORS AS IF THEY WERE PARKING REVENUES.
/A SPOKESMAN