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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1974.

NEW PARKING METERS FOR YAU MA TEI

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ALL PARKING METERS IN THE YAU MA TEI AREA, KOWLOON, WILL BE REPLACED BY THE NEW-RATE TYPES AS FROM THURSDAY CSEPTEMBER 19), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.

THE CHANGEOVER, INVOLVING ABOUT 950 OLD METERS, WILL BE SPREAD OVER SIX WORKING DAYS AND WILL START OUTSIDE THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

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A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROGRAMME WAS PART OF A SERIES TO GRADUALLY REPLACE ALL PARKING METERS IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WITH THE NEW METERS. METERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SO CONVERTED IN CENTRAL, WANCHAI AND TSIM SHA TSUI AREAS.

LEGISLATION AUTHORISING THE NEW RATES FOR PARKING METERS WAS PASSED IN JUNE 1972.

THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED MOTORISTS TO READ CAREFULLY THE REGULATION PRINTED ON THE METAL PLATE ATTACHED TO THE NEW PARKING METER TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT COINS WERE INSERTED.

+CARS ALREADY PARKED AT THE OLD RATE METERS WHICH ARE SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED TO NEW RATE ONES WHILE THE CARS ARE STILL PARKED WILL BE GIVEN THE FULL TIME ALLOWED BY THE NEW RATES,+ HE SAID.

ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE, HE ADDED, TO CANCEL ANY PARKING TICKET ISSUED TO A MOTORIST WHO MAY HAVE PARKED HIS CAR AT A 10-HOUR OR FOUR-HOUR METER WHEN IT WAS REPLACED BY A TWO-HOUR NEW METER.

THE NEW METERS ACCEPT ONLY 50-CENT OR ONE DOLLAR COINS. UNDER THE NEW RATE SYSTEM, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TWO-HOUR METERS ONE WHICH ACCEPTS 50-CENT COINS FOR 30 MINUTES, WHILE THE OTHER TAKES 50-CENT COINS FOR ONE HOUR. THERE ARE ALSO NEW HALF-HOUR METERS FOR WHICH THE CHARGE IS A FLAT $1.

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