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MONDAY, MAY 29, 1978

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NEW AIRPORT HIRE CAR SERVICE STARTS FROM JUNE *****

A NEW AIRPORT HIRE CAR SERVICE WILL START OPERATION AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM THURSDAY (JUNE 1).

IT WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING SERVICE OF THE AIRPORT PUBLIC HIRE CARS AS THEY ARE DUE TO BE DE REGISTERED UNDER NEW LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.

INITIALLY, THE OPERATOR WILL HAVE A FLEET OF 20 CARS IN THE NEW SERVICE, INCREASING THEM GRADUALLY TO 40.

ALL VEHICLES IN THE FLEET WILL BE AIR-CONDITIONED. BE WHITE IN COLOUR BEARING A LOGO FOR IDENTIFICATION.

THEY WILL

THESE VEHICLES WILL BE STATIONED AT THE AIRPORT TO PROVIDE A 24-HOUR SERVICE TO PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS FORM OF TRANSPORT. SINCE THE VEHICLES ONLY PROVIDE A +ONE WAY+ SERVICE FROM THE AIRPORT, THEY WILL BE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN TAXIS.

CHARGES, WHICH MUST BE PRE-PAID BY TICKET, WILL BE ABOUT $3.5 FOR THE FIRST MILE, $2.5 FOR THE SECOND MILE AND $2 FOR THE THIRD AND EACH MILE THEREAFTER.

FEES TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN ON NOTICE BOARDS AT THE AIRPORT PICK-UP POINT AND AT THE HIRE CAR BOOKING COUNTER IN THE +BUFFER HALL+ OF THE PASSENGER TERMINAL.

THE FOLLOWING ARE FEES FOR TYPICAL JOURNEYS :

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KOWLOON TSIM SHA TSUI - 07, KWUN TONG AND LAI CHI KOK

$9 AND LEI YUE MUN - $14.

HONG KONG (TUNNEL FEES INCLUSIVE): CENTRAL AND NORTH POINT

$35, VID-LEVELS 340, THE PEAK AND ABERDEEN AND SHEK O - 360.

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NEW TERRITORIES : SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN

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$20, SAI KUNG

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$50

$35 AND FAN LING

$60.

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