WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1993
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THE EXISTING PRES UNDER THE TRADE MARKS RULES WERE LAST REVISED IN MARCH 1992.
SINCE
"THE REVISED FEES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE INCREASE IN COST 1992. ON AVERAGE THEY ARE INCREASED BY ABOUT 10 PER CENT WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE INFLATION RATE OF 1993 OVER 1992, HE ADDED.
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THE REVISED FEES WILL BE GAZETTED TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
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VEHICLE PARK AT WESTERN RECLAMATION TO CLOSE
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) REMINDED LORRY DRIVERS THAT THE TEMPORARY OPEN VEHICLE PARK AT THE WESTERN RECLAMATION WOULD BE CLOSED ON SATURDAY (OCTOBER 2).
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CLOSING DATE SHOULD BE OCTOBER 1. HOWEVER, AS OCTOBER 1 IS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY, THE CLOSURE WILL TAKE EFFECT ON OCTOBER 2.
HE SAID AFTER THE CLOSURE OF THIS VEHICLE PARK, LORRY DRIVERS SHOULD MAKE USE OF ALTERNATIVE PARKING SPACES MAINLY TN THE WESTERN DISTRICT AND SHEUNG WAN.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS, IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, IDENTIFIED AND MADE AVAILABLE A TOTAL OF 375 PARKING SPACES IN THESE AREAS + INCLUDING DES VOEUX ROAD WEST, KENNEDY TOWN PRAYA, FUNG MAT STREET (INCLUDING 10 SPACES FOR DANGEROUS GOODS VEHICLES), WESTERN PARK ROAD, PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA IN SAI WAN, PUBLIC CARGO WORKING IN SHEUNG WAN AND THE FORMER POOR MAN'S NIGHT CLUB SITE NEXT ΤΟ THE WATERFRONT POLICE STATION.
IN ADDITION, 15 SPACES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT WHICH MAY BE USED BY DANGEROUS AND A TEMPORARY OPEN VEHICLE PARK AT SIU SAI WAN CAN 100 GOODS VEHICLES.
AREA
HEUNG YIP ROAD GOODS VEHICLES, ACCOMMODATE OVER
USE THE GRASS
RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE AGREED TO AREA IN WESTERN PARK PHASE I FOR PARKING OF ABOUT 50 GOODS VEHICLES. THIS SITE MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE SHORTLY.
GOODS VEHICLE DRIVERS ARE ALSO ADVISED TO MAKE USE OF THE OPEN VEHICLE PARKS IN QUARRY BAY AND OTHER AREAS WHERE PARKING OF GOODS VEHICLES IS PERMITTED.
"THE GOVERNMENT IS STILL LOOKING INTO OTHER POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE PARKING SPACES FOR GOODS VEHICLES, INCLUDING SOME SHORT- TO MEDIUM-TERM LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLE DEPOT AND THE VEGETABLE WHOLESALE MARKET IN KENNEDY TOWN. OTHER LONGER-TERM LOCATIONS INCLUDE THE BELCHER BAY RECLAMATION AND THE TELEGRAPH BAY RECLAMATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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/HE STRESSED