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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1975.

OVERNIGHT PARKING FACILITIES FOR TAXIS

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TAXI OPERATORS WILL HAVE MORE OVERNIGHT OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES UNDER A SCHEME WHICH COMES INTO EFFECT ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 12).

TAXIS WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARK IN ALL GOVERNMENT MULTI-STOREY AND TEMPORARY OPEN-AIR CAR PARKS BETWEEN 10 P.M. AND 8 A.M.

THIS PARKING PERIOD FOR TAXIS FALLS WITHIN THE FREE-OF-CHARGE PERIOD AT OPEN-AIR CAR PARKS, AND WITHIN THE CHEAP-RATE PERIOD AT MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS DURING WHICH THE FEE IS 50 CENTS PER HOUR WITH A MINIMUM CHARGE OF $1.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THE SCHEME WOULD BE TRIED OUT FOR THREE MONTHS, AFTER WHICH THE SITUATION WOULD BE REVIEWED.

THE SCHEME, WHICH HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IS INTENDED TO HELP TAXI OPERATORS FIND OVERNIGHT PARKING SPACES FOR THEIR VEHICLES, THUS REDUCING THE NUMBERS OF TAXIS PARKED ON THE STREETS.

HOWEVER, TAXI OPERATORS WHO PARK THEIR VEHICLES IN A GOVERNMENT CAR PARK ARE WARNED NOT TO CARRY OUT ANY REPAIR OR CLEAN-OUT WORKS IN THE CAR PARK.

AT PRESENT, PARKING IN GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS IS ALLOWED FOR PRIVATE CARS, PÚBLIC CARS, GOODS VEHICLES UNDER TWO-TON UNLADEN WEIGHT, AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIGHT BUSES.

FROM SUNDAY EVENING, TAXI OPERATORS MAY PARK THEIR VEHICLES OVERNIGHT AT ANY OF THE SEVEN GOVERNMENT MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS AT RUMSEY STREET, GARDEN ROAD, CITY HALL, STAR FERRY CONCOURSE AND MURRAY ROAD ON HONG KONG ISLAND, AND MIDDLE ROAD AND YAU MA TEI IN KOWLOON, OR AT ANY OF THE THREE TEMPORARY OPEN-AIR CAR PARKS AT MURRAY BARRACKS AND EX-NAVAL DOCKYARD ON THE ISLAND AND TAI KOK TSUI FERRY CONCOURSE IN KOWLOON.

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