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TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1982

PARKING ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN CAUSEWAY BAY

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METER-PAID PARKING FACILITIES ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS WILL SOON BE INTRODUCED IN THE BUSY DISTRICT OF CAUSEWAY BAY.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, THE ACTING CHIEF TRANSPORT OFFICER, MR CHARLES LEUNG SAID THE PROPOSAL WAS RECENTLY ENDORSED BY THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD.

HOWEVER, CHARGES WILL ONLY BE LEVIED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 10 PM.

MR LEUNG SAID THE VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT AND SHOPPING FACILITIES IN CAUSEWAY BAY ATTRACTS MORE TRAFFIC BOTH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN - DURING WEEKENDS AND ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

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+IN FACT, IT HAD BEEN OBSERVED THAT THE PRIVATE MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS IN THE CAUSEWAY BAY AREA LEVIED HIGHER PARKING FEES TOGETHER WITH A MINIMUM CHARGE ON SUNDAYS AND ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

*THIS CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES A HIGH DEMAND FOR PARKING SPACES IN THIS DISTRICT DURING HOLIDAYS AND THE PRESENT SOLUTION IS TO DETER LONG TERM PARKING SO THAT MORE MOTORISTS CAN USE THE ON-STREET PARKING SPACES,+ HE SAID.

IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, MR LEUNG ADDED, THE NEW SCHEME WILL BE IMPLEMENTED EARLY IN SEPTEMBER.

THE PLAN COVERS CLEVELAND STREET, PERCIVAL STREET, LOCKHART ROAD AND JAFFE ROAD SECTIONS EAST OF THE PERCIVAL STREET JUNCTION, HYSAN AVENUE, SUN WUI ROAD, HOI PING ROAD, SUNNING ROAD, YUN PING ROAD, LAN FONG ROAD, PAK SHA ROAD, LEE GARDEN ROAD AND RUSSELL STREET.

MEANWHILE, THE PARKING METERS INSTALLED IN SHAU KET WAN AND CHAI WAN WILL BE IN USE FROM 6 AM ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 5).

THE METERED SPACES ARE ON THE KERBSIDE LANES OF TAI HONG STREET, SHUN FOO STREET, TAI SHEK STREET, SAI WAN HO STREET TAI FOO STREET, SUN SING STREET, NGO1 MAN STREET, SAN HA STREET AND CHAI WAN ROAD.