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Monday, January 21, 1974
A detailed aerial survey of the entire length of the road and its
surrounding area has been completed with the help of the survey aircraft
"Islander", of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force, and is now being
processed.
When the whole South Lantau Road improvement scheme is completed,
the full length of the road, measuring 15 miles from Mui Wo in the east of
the island to Tai O in the west, will be open to two-lane traffic. This
will greatly facilitate the fast increasing volume of tourist traffic on the island.
WARNING TO TAXI DRIVERS
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The Transport Department today reminded taxi drivers that they
would be committing an offence if they charged higher fares during the
forthcoming holiday period or at any other time.
A spokesman for the department said there had been reports during
the last Lunar New Year of taxi drivers demanding "lucky money" or higher
fares from their passengers.
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Ho said that any person committing such an offence is liable, in
the case of a first conviction, to a fine of $500 and imprisonment for
three months.
Under the Law no taxi driver is allowed to charge a fare exceeding
the appropriate scale of fares set down in the regulations.
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