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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1991

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BILL TO INTRODUCE ELECTRONIC PARKING METERS AND PARKING TICKET VENDING MACHINES

THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG TODAY (WEDNESDAY) MOVED A BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO ENABLE THE

OF INTRODUCTION

MODERN ELECTRONIC PARKING METERS AND AUTOMATIC PARKING TICKET VENDING MACHINES.

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1991, MR LEUNG SAID THE BILL ALSO SOUGHT TO

TO DETERMINE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT

ON-STREET

PARKING

EMPOWER THE CHARGES

WITHIN A MAXIMUM CEILING SET BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

CURRENTLY IN US R

HE SAID THE 14,000 ON-STREET PARKING METERS WERE COIN-OPERATED AND HAD LIMITATIONS FROM THE USER'S AND MANAGEMENT POINT OF VIEW.

LIMITATIONS BY

THESE HE SAID THE PROPOSED BILL WOULD ADDRESS

THE PROVIDING FOR

INTRODUCTION OF ELECTRONIC PARKING METERS AND AUTOMATIC PARKING TICKET VENDING MACHINES.

CARDS AND, IN

IN PAYMENT

THE CASE OF ADDITION

申申

VALUE "BOTH WILL ACCEPT STORED PARKING TICKET VENDING MACHINES, OTHER MODES OF TO COINS, THUS PROVIDING GREATER CONVENIENCE TO MOTORISTS,

WOULD THE SECRETARY SAID A SERIES OF TRIALS DETERMINE THE EQUIPMENT BEST SUITED FOR LOCAL NEEDS.

HE SAID.

BE

CONDUCTED

ΤΟ

OF

IN

ON PARKING CHARGES, MR LEUNG SAID CURRENTLY, THE COMMISSIONER

THROUGH FOR TRANSPORT REGULATED THE USE OF PARKING SPACES

A MIX METERS WITH VARYING FEE LEVELS AND PARKING DURATIONS, AS SPECIFIED THE ROAD TRAFFIC (PARKING) REGULATIONS.

"THE BILL PROVIDES LEGAL BACKING FOR THESE ARRANGEMENTS, AND A9 GIVES THE COMMISSIONER FLEXIBILITY IN SETTING PARKING FEES SO LONG THESE ARE WITHIN THE MAXIMUM PRESCRIBED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL, MR LEUNG SAID.

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THE SECRETARY ALSO INTRODUCED THE FIXED PENALTY (TRAFFIC ΤΟ PAY FOR CONTRAVENTIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991 WHICH MADE FAILURE THE USE OF A PARKING SPACE AN OFFENCE, WHERE THE NEW ELECTRONIC PARKING METERS OR PARKING TICKET VENDING MACHINES WERE PROVIDED.

THE PROPOSED PENALTY IS A FIXED PENALTY TICKET OF $200.

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