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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1974.

MORE OLD PARKING METERS TO BE REPLACED

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A PARKING METER CONVERSION PROGRAMME WILL START NEXT TUESDAY (OCTOBER 29) ON HONG KONG ISLAND IN AREAS WHERE OLD METERS HAVE NOT YET BEEN REPLACED BY THE NEW-RATE TYPE.

ABOUT 1,670 NEW METERS WILL BE INSTALLED TO REPLACE OLD METERS IN WESTERN DISTRICT, THE PEAK, HAPPY VALLEY, CAUSEWAY BAY AND NORTH POINT. METERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONVERTED IN CENTRAL AND WANCHAI ON HONG KONG ISLAND AS WELL AS IN TSIM SHA TSUI AND YAU MA TEI IN KOWLOON.

THE NEW METER SCHEME AIMS AT FURTHER RATIONING THE LIMITED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO ENSURE A BETTER TURNOVER OF PARKING FACILITIES FOR SHORT-TERM PARKERS.

THE CONVERSION PROGRAMME, WHICH WILL BE SPREAD OVER 12 WORKING DAYS, WILL START IN VILLAGE ROAD IN HAPPY VALLEY AND THEN PROGRESS UP TO HOI KWONG STREET IN NORTH POINT.

THE NEW METERS ACCEPT ONLY 50-CENT OR ONE DOLLAR COINS DEPENDING ON THEIR TYPE. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TWO-HOUR METERS ONE WHICH TAKES 50-CENT COINS FOR 30 MINUTES AND THE OTHER WHICH ACCEPTS 50-CENT COINS FOR ONE HOUR. THERE ARE ALSO NEW-RATE HALF-HOUR METERS FOR WHICH THE CHARGE IS A FLAT $1.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY ADVISED MOTORISTS TO READ CAREFULLY THE INFORMATION PRINTED ON THE METAL PLATE ATTACHED TO THE PARKING METER TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT COINS ARE INSERTED.

+CARS ALREADY PARKED AT OLD-RATE METERS, WHICH ARE SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED TO NEW METERS WHILE THE CARS ARE STILL PARKED, WILL BE GIVEN THE FULL TIME ALLOWED BY THE METERS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN CONVERTED.

+ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE 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 NEW TWO-HOUR METERS,+ HE SAID.

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