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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1987

METERED PARKING CHARGES TO GO UP

METERED PARKING CHARGES IN ANOTHER FOUR DISTRICTS WILL GO UP FROM SUNDAY (OCTOBER 4), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY

(THURSDAY).

THE AFFECTED DISTRICTS ARE: YAU MA TEI, MONG кок. HUNG HOM AND SHA TIN.

THE CHARGES WILL BE INCREASED FROM THE EXISTING $1 AND 50 CENTS FOR 30 MINUTES TO $2 AND $1 FOR 30 MINUTES RESPECTIVELY.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOTE THE REVISED CHARGES WHEN FEEDING THE METERS. THE CONVERTED METERS MAY BE DISTINGUISHED BY THE YELLOW INSTRUCTION PLATE ON THE METERS INDICATING THE METER TYPE AND THE APPROPRIATE COIN TO BE USED.

FOR HALF-HOUR AND TWO-HOUR METERS FOR PRIVATE CARS, ONLY $2 COINS WILL BE ACCEPTED, WHILE FOR ONE-HOUR GOODS VEHICLE METERS, DRIVERS CAN ONLY USE $1 COINS.

PARKING

COUNTRY PARK PATROLS TO BE STRENGTHENED

THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IS TO STEP

COUNTRY PARKS ON SUNDAYS OF SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR HOLIDAYS TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE TO PARK VISITORS AND TO OFFENCES AGAINST COUNTRY PARKS REGULATIONS.

UP

AND

PATROL PUBLIC DISCOURAGE

UP WITH

ADULT

THE CIVIL MBMBERS

IN

THE NEW OPERATION IS A PILOT SCHEME DRAWN SERVICES

ITS UNIFORMED (CAS) ΤΟ MOBILISE PATROLLING POPULAR PARK AREAS, STARTING FROM THIS MONTH.

AID

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (THURSDAY),

THE DEPARTMENT'S

ASSISTANT

COUNTRY PARKS), MR K.C. IU, SAID THE DIRECTOR (CONSERVATION AND

EDUCATION AND INFORMATION SCHEME IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE MORE PUBLIC TO PARK VISITORS ON THE ONE HAND AND TO HELP DISTRESSED HIKERS ON OTHER.

"IT WILL INITIALLY COVER THE COUNTRY PARKS AT

THE

SAI KUNG KAST, WHICH ARE MOST POPULAR SAI KUNG WEST, PAT SIN LENG AND PLOVER COVE WITH HIKERS PARTICULARLY DURING SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS," HE SAID.

ON THIS