XN000022-1975-01-23 — Page 3

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1975.

MOVEMENTS IN THE INDICES FOR OTHER SECTIONS OF COMMODITY AND SERVICE WERE

SIGNIFICANT.

(SEPT. 63/AUG

MEANWHILE, THE GENERAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (SEPT. 63/AUG. 64 = 100) FOR DECEMBER 1974 WAS 187, NINE POINTS (OR 4.6 PER CENT) LOWER THAN THAT FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

MORE PARKING METERS IN KOWLOON

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PARKING METERS WILL BE INSTALLED IN TO KWA WAN, KOWLOON, FROM SUNDAY(JANUARY 26) TO PROVIDE A BETTER TURNOVER OF PARKING SPACES FOR SHORT-TERM PARKERS IN THE AREA,

THE INSTALLATION PROGRAMME, INVOLVING 1,200 NEW-RATE METERS FOR PRIVATE CARS AND 340 OLD-RATE METERS FOR GOODS VEHICLES, WILL BE COMPLETED IN SEVEN WORKING DAYS,

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY ALL THE METERS WOULD BE INSTALLED IN PARKING SPACES NOW UNMETERED, WHILE A SMALL NUMBER OF OLD-RATE METERS FOR PRIVATE CARS IN TAM KUNG ROAD WOULD BE CONVERTED INTO THE NEW RATE TYPE.

HE ADVISED MOTORISTS TO READ CAREFULLY THE INSTRUCTIONS PRINTED ON THE METAL PLATE ATTACHED TO THE PARKING METERS TO ENSURE THAT THE CORRECT COINS WERE INSERTED.

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

THE OLD-RATE METERS FOR GOODS VEHICLES TAKE 10 CENT COINS, WITH A CHARGE OF 50 CENTS FOR TWO HOURS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE TO CANCEL PARKING TICKETS ISSUED TO A MOTORISTS WHO MIGHT HAVE PARKED HIS CAR AT AN UNMETERED PARKING SPACE WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY METERED.

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

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