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SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1987

* STADIUM PATH NEAR SO KON PO VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRE

* TAXI STAND AT HAR BOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI

* TAXI STAND AT TSUEN WAN FERRY PIER AND

* LEK YUEN STREET NEAR FUN CITY, SHA TIN.

A SIMILAR SURVEY WOULD BE CONDUCTED ON LANTAU TAXIS IN MAY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TAXI CONVERSION TABLES READY FOR COLLECTION

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CONVERSION TABLES SHOWING EXISTING URBAN TAXI FARES AS AGAINST THE NEW FARE SCALE DUE TO COME INTO EFFECT ON MARCH 15 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION BY TAXI OPERATORS FROM TUESDAY (MARCH 10), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED.

THE TABLES ALSO SHOW THE NEW SURCHARGES FOR LUGGAGE. BIRDS AND ANIMALS AND RADIO CALL, WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED IN URBAN AS WELL AS NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS AS FROM THE SAME DATE.

URBAN TAXI OPERATORS MAY COLLECT THE TABLES AT ANY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES OR THE PUBLIC VEHICLE SECTION AT ROOM 906-909, HUTCHISON HOUSE, 10 HARCOURT ROAD, HONG KONG.

THESE TABLES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT PUBLIC ENQUIRY COUNTERS OF ALL URBAN DISTRICT OFFICES AND OF THE SHA TIN, KWAI TSING AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICES.

FOR NEW TERRITORIES TAXI OPERATORS, NOTICES OF THE NEW TAXI SURCHARGES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE LICENSING OFFICES, THE PUBLIC VEHICLE SECTION AND THE PUBLIC ENQUIRIES COUNTERS OF ALL NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES EXCEPT THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE FROM TUESDAY.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REMINDED TAXI OPERATORS TO BRING ALONG THE IR TAXI REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS WHEN COLLECTING THE CONVERSION TABLES OR NOTICES.

HE ALSO ADVISED THEM TO DISPLAY THE TABLES AND NOTICES AS APPROPRIATELY AS POSSIBLE IN THE IR VEHICLES BEFORE THE IR METERS ARE RECALIBRATED.

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