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MONDAY, AUG. 26, 1974.

NEW PARKING HETERS IN WAN CHAI

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MOTORISTS USING PARKING HETERS IN THE WAN CHAI AREA

ON HONG KONG ISLAND ARE ADVISED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CORRECT COINS ARE INSERTED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT

THE CHANGE-OVER OF OLD RATE HETERS IN THE AREA TO THOSE WITH THE NEW RATES HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

+UNLIKE THE OLD RATE ONES THE METERS DO NOT TAKE 10-CENT COINS. THEY ACCEPT ONLY 50-CENT OR $1 COINS DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF THE METER,+ HE SAID.

HE EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE NEW RATE SYSTEM THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TWO-HOUR METERS — ONE WHICH ACCEPTS 50-CENT COINS FOR 30 MINUTES, AND THE OTHER WHICH TAKES 50-CENT COINS FOR ONE HOUR. AT THE NEW RATE HALF-HOUR HETERS, THE CHARGE

IS A FLAT $1.

IT WILL BE IN THE INTEREST OF THE MOTORISTS TO READ CAREFULLY THE REGULATIONS PRINTED ON THE HETAL PLATE ATTACHED TO THE PARKING HETER TO ENSURE THAT THEY INSERT THE CORRECT COINS,+ HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE CONVERSION WORK, INVOLVING ABOUT 1,400 METERS IN THE AREA, WAS COMPLETED ON WEDNESDAY CAUGUST 21).

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN KWUN TONG ******..

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED THAT WITH EFFECT FROM 10 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 28), THE SERVICE LAME BETWEEN TAI YIP STREET AND WAI YIP STREET WILL BE ROUTED ONE-WAY NORTHWARD IN ORDER TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.