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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1977

NEW TYPE OF PARKING METERS FOR KOWLOON

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THE NEW MANUALLY-OPERATED PARKING METERS WHICH HAVE BEEN TESTED IN WAN CHAI FOR ABOUT A YEAR WILL NOW BE TESTED IN YAU NA TI, KOWLOON, BEGINNING ON MONDAY (JANUARY 17).

THE NEW METERS ARE THE AMERICAN MANUAL TYPE AND WALIKE THE PRESENT AUTOMATIC METERS, THEY DO NOT REQUIRE REGULAR WINDING EY

AINTENANCE STAFF.

THESE METERS WILL REPLACE THE PRESENT TWO-HOUR AUTOMATIC VETERS IN THE FOLLOWING STREETS:

PARKES STREET BETWEEN BOWRING STREET AND AUSTIN ROAD=

#OOSUNG STREET BETWEEN BOWRING STREET AND AUSTIN ROAD*

TEMPLE STREET BETWEEN BOWRING STREET AND AUSTIN ROAD-

SHANGHAI STREET BETWEEN BOWRING STREET AND AUSTIN ROAD.

AND

THE NEW METERS ARE BEING FURTHER TESTED IN KOWLOON TO SEE IF THEY ARE BETTER SUITED TO LOCAL CONDITIONS THAN THE PRESENT AUTOMATIC METERS.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TO OPERATE THE METERS, THE MOTORISTS MUST INSERT A 50-CENT COIN AND THEN TURA THE SMALL METER HANDLE FULLY TO THE RIGHT. +IF THE HANDLE IS NOT TURNED FAR ENOUGH, THE METER WILL DISPLAY A YELLOW FLAG AND NO PARKING TIME WILL BE GIVEN.+

BEFORE USING THE NEW METERS, MOTORISTS SHOULD READ CAREFULLY THE INSTRUCTIONS DISPLAYED IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH ON EACH METER, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE MAXIMUM TIME ON THESE EXPERIMENTAL METERS WAS TWO HOURS. ONLY 50-CENT COINS CAN BE USED, EACH GIVING 30 MINUTES' PARK ING TIME.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED MOTORISTS THAT IF THEY SHOULD PARK AT A FAULTY METER, HETHER IT IS AN AUTOMATIC OR MANUAL TYPE, THEY SHOULD TELEPHONE THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S PARKING PETER SECTION AT THE NUMBER DISPLAYED ON THE NEARBY PARKING SIGN. THE CALLER SHOULD GIVE HIS NAME, VEHICLE NUMBER AND THE PARKING VETER POST NUMBER.