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SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1991

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REVISION OF PARKING CHARGES IN YUEN LONG

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES THAT THE HALF-HOURLY FOR USING METER PARKING SPACES IN YUEN LONG WILL BE INCREASED $0.5 AND $1 TO $1 AND $2 RESPECTIVELY. THIS CHARGE REVISION PROGRAMME WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN TWO PHASES AS FROM MONDAY (APRIL 8):

NEW FEE FOR PHASE I (I.E. $2 PER 30 MINUTES) WILL BE CHARGED FROM MONDAY IN SHUI PIN WAI ROAD, PING SHUN STREET, KIU LOK SQUARE, YUEN LONG TUNG TAI STREET, WANG CHAU ROAD, YUEN LONG TAI YUK ROAD CARPARK, FUNG NIN ROAD, FUNG SHING COURT, YAN LOK SQUARE, ON HONG ROAD, HUNG MIN SQUARE, KAM CHEUNG SQUARE, HOP CHOI STREET, KIN TAK STREET CARPARK II, KIN TAK STREET CARPARK I. KIN TAK STREET, FUNG CHEUNG ROAD, SAI YU STREET, SAI CHING STREET, FUNG YAU NORTH STREET CARPARK, FUNG KWAN STREET CARPARK 1, FUNG KWAN STREET CARPARK II.

PHASE II CHARGES (I.E. $1 PER 30 MINUTES) WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM APRIL 15 TO COVER ALL GOODS VEHICLE PARKING SPACES ON SHUI PIN WAI ROAD, PO LOK SQUARE, TAI FUNG STREET, YUEN LONG TUNG TAI STREET, FUNG SHING COURT, SAI YU STREET, KAM CHEUNG SQUARE, KIN TAK STREET CARPARK II, KIN TAK STREET CARPARK I, KIN TAK STREET, KIN YIP STREET, SAI CHING STREET, FUNG YAU NORTH STREET CARPARK, FUNG KWAN STREET CARPARK II.

AUXILIARY POLICE PASSING OUT PARADE

EVERYDAY SOME 800 AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICERS REPORT FOR DUTY, AND PATROL THE STREETS OF HONG KONG TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER, AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, SUPPORT, OF THE POLICE FORCE, MR LAU TO-YEE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

ADDRESSING A PASSING OUT PARADE AT THE AUXILIARY POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN KOWLOON BAY, MR LAU SAID THE AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE HAD A LONG AND PROUD HISTORY, ADDING THAT WITH AN ESTABLISHMENT OF OVER 5,700 MEN AND WOMEN IT WAS THE LARGEST AUXILIARY OR PART-TIME POLICE FORCE IN THE WORLD.

THE GRADUATES, AS VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, WERE TOLD THAT "WHAT YOU HAVE IN COMMON IS A DESIRE TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY, TO ENSURE THE PEACE OF HONG KONG AND THAT IT REMAINS A PLACE IN WHICH ALL OF US CAN LIVE AND PROSPER"

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MR LAU SAID THEIR TRAINING HAD BEEN VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE REGULAR FORCE AND WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE THEM THE KNOWLEDGE CONFIDENCE TO DISCHARGE THEIR DUTIES EFFICIENTLY,

/HE ALSO