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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1993
EXCO APPROVES TAX1 FARE INCREASES
THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS APPROVED FARE INCREASES FOR URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES (NT) TAXIS WITH EFFECT FROM NOVEMBER 14 THIS YEAR TO COVER INCREASES IN THEIR OPERATING COSTS.
THE FARES WERE LAST REVISED IN JANUARY LAST YEAR.
CENT,
URBAN TAXIS WILL RECEIVE AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF 17.7 PER MUCH IN LINE WITH THE ESTIMATED RATE OF INFLATION OF 17 PER CENT DURING THE 22-MONTH PERIOD BETWEEN JANUARY 1992 AND NOVEMBER 1993.
NT TAXIS WILL RECEIVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER INCREASES OF 19.2 PER CENT BECAUSE THEIR OPERATING COSTS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE RISEN 22.3 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH 16.2 PER CENT FOR URBAN TAXIS DURING THE SAME PERIOD.
WITH THE INCREASES, AN URBAN TAXI'S FLAGFALL CHARGE WILL GO UP FROM $9 TO $11.5 FOR THE FIRST TWO KILOMETRES AND A NT TAXI'S FROM $8 TO $10.
FOR URBAN TAXIS, THE INCREMENTAL CHARGE FOR 0.2 KM WILL GO UP FROM $0.9 TO $1 AND FOR NT TAXIS, FROM $0.8 TO $0.9.
OTHER CHARGES ARE REVISED AS FOLLOWS:
EACH SUBSEQUENT THE RISE WILL
BE
URBAN TAXIS
EXISTING FARE
NEW FARE
WAITING TIME CHARGE
$ 0.9
$ 1.0
FOR EVERY ONE MINUTE
$ 4.0
$ 5.0
SURCHARGE ON BAGGAGE, ANIMALS OR BIRDS/ PER ITEM
SURCHARGE ON DIAL-A-
TAXI SERVICE
NT TAXIS
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@ 4.0
$ 5.0
WAITING TIME CHARGE
0.8
$ 0.9
FOR EVERY ONE MINUTE
SURCHARGE ON BAGGAGE,
$ 4.0
NO CHANGE
ANIMALS OR BIRDS/ PER ITEM
SURCHARGE ON DIAL-A-
TAXI SERVICE
$ 2.0
$ 4.0
/THE PARE