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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1994

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LATER THAT DAY, THE ARMY WILL HAND OVER THE AMMUNITION DEPOT HONG THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTERING AND GUARDING IT TO THE

KONG GOVERNMENT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE FINAL PARADE OF THE ARMY DEPOT POLICE ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE GUARDROOM,

9.15 PRINCE OF WALES BARRACKS, NO LATER THAN

IN AM ORDER ΤΟ CATCH THE 9.30 AM FERRY TO STONECUTTERS ISLAND. THE FERRY WILL NOT WAIT FOR LATECOMERS.

FOLLOWING THE PARADE, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW THE PARTICIPANTS. THE RETURN FERRY TO CENTRAL WILL DEPART AT 12.05 PM.

SUFFICIENT PARKS FOR CAR OWNERS

SHORT QUEUES WERE OBSERVED IN TWO OF THE SEVEN GOVERNMENT LIMITED MULTI-STOREY CAR PARKS MANAGED BY WILSON PARKING (HONG KONG) WHICH WERE PUTTING UP MONTHLY PARKING TICKETS FOR SALE THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID.

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"THE QUEUES WERE IN GOOD ORDER, HE SAID.

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BY THE TIME THE QUEUES WERE CLEARED AT ABOUT 9 AM AND 10.30 RESPECTIVELY AT SHEUNG FUNG STREET AND SHAU KEI WAN CAR PARKS, SOME TICKETS WERE STILL AVAILABLE THERE.

"ACCORDINGLY, THE PUBLIC SHOULD PUT THEIR HEART AT EASE IF THEY

THEIR WISH TO PURCHASE MONTHLY TICKETS FOR

CARS AT GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS WITH THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS, HE EMPHASISED.

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ALSO CARRIED OUT AN INFORMAL CUSTOMER OPINION SURVEY ON THE PREFERRED METHOD OF SALE OF THE PARKING TICKETS.

DIVERSIFIED VIEWS WERE COLLECTED. SOME FAVOURED THE EXISTING FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED PRACTICE, WHILE OTHERS STATED THAT THEY WOULD PREFER BALLOTING, AGAINST WHICH OBJECTIONS HAD ALSO BEEN RECEIVED.

LOOK THE DEPARTMENT WILL

INTO THE EXISTING ASSESS THE PROS AND CONS OF ALL AVAILABLE ARRANGEMENTS PARKING PASSES.

PROCEDURES

FOR

AND SALES OF

THE HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE FINDINGS, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT

MONTHLY PARKING EXISTING ARRANGEMENT FOR SALE OF

PASSES FOR OTHER LIMITED ON THIS SEVEN GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS MANAGED BY THE METROPARK SUNDAY (OCTOBER 23) WILL CONTINUE.

THE PAST SALES PERFORMANCE IN THESE SEVEN CAR PROBLEM AT ALL AND TICKETS WERE ALSO AVAILABLE DISAPPEARED, HE SAID.

PARKS SHOWED

AFTER

NO QUEUES

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