FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1986
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MONTHLY TICKETS INTRODUCED ON MORE FERRY SERVICES
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THE USE OF MONTHLY TICKETS WILL BE EXTENDED TO TWO MORE HONGKONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY (HYF) CROSS-HARBOUR PASSENGER SERVICES FROM AUGUST 1.
FROM THE SAME DATE, FREIGHT CHARGES ON SERVICES TO OUTLYING ISLANDS WILL BE BASED ON EITHER THE WEIGHT OR THE VOLUME OF THE GOODS CARRIED BY PASSENGERS.
THE RELEVANT AMENDMENTS TO THE FERRY SERVICES (HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED) (DETERMINATION OF FARES) ORDER WERE GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE MONTHLY TICKET SYSTEM HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE SAI WAN HO TO KWUN TONG AND THE SAI WAN HO TO SAM KA TSUEN SERVICES. THE TICKETS WILL COST $70 EACH.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS BELIEVED THE MONTHLY TICKET PLAN WOULD BE WELCOMED BY REGULAR COMMUTERS ON THE TWO ROUTES, WHICH HAVE ADULT ORDINARY CLASS FARES OF $1.70.
HOLDERS OF HYF MONTHLY TICKETS ON CROSS-HARBOUR PASSENGER ROUTES ARE ENTITLED TO TRAVEL ORDINARY CLASS TWICE A DAY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
REFERRING TO THE CALCULATION OF FREIGHT CHARGES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT AT PRESENT BOTH WEIGHT AND VOLUMETRIC MEASUREMENTS ARE USED IN DETERMINING THE MAXIMUM CHARGES ON MOST HYF SERVICES.
HOWEVER, FOR SERVICES BETWEEN CENTRAL AND OUTLYING DISTRICTS, THE INTER-ISLAND SERVICE AND THE TOLO HARBOUR SERVICE, FREIGHT CHARGES ARE CALCULATED ONLY ON THE BASIS OF +FREIGHT PER 50 KG+ WITHOUT ANY REFERENCE TO FREIGHT SIZE.
FROM AUGUST 1, FREIGHT CHARGES FOR THESE ROUTES WILL BE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF +FREIGHT PER 50 KG OR 0.10 CUBIC METRE+.
+ THE MEASURE IS TO FACILITATE THE CALCULATION OF CHARGES FOR BULKY FREIGHT, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
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THREE MORE POST OFFICES JOIN INTELPOST NETWORK
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THREE MORE POST OFFICES WILL ACCEPT INTELPOST FROM MONDAY (JULY 28), A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INTELPOST ACCEPTANCE OFFICES IN HONG KONG TO 26.
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