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The company will also be responsible for the design, production and distribution of toll tickets for Government tunnels and Tsing Ma Control Area.
A spokesman for the Transport Department said the management of Government car parks was first contracted out in 1984 and the new contracts were openly tendered in December last year.
"While the Government retains control over the operation of Government carparks and setting parking fee levels, we shall continue to monitor closely the contractors' performance," he added.
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The weather of March 1997
March 1997 was sunnier and warmer than normal. The total sunshine duration amounted to 129.3 hours, 32.9 hours more than normal. As a result, the monthly mean temperature of 20.1 degrees, was 1.6 degrees above normal and the seventh highest for March. The mean minimum temperature of 18.3 degrees was also the sixth highest for March.
The total rainfall for the month totalled 34.8 millimetres, only about half of the normal. However, the accumulated rainfall since January 1, which totalled 191.1 millimetres, was 52.8 millimetres above the normal for the same period.
The month started fine and sunny. A cold front from the north crossed the South China coast on March 2 bringing drier air to the territory and temperatures dropped to 14.2 degrees, the lowest in the month, the next day.
Sunny weather prevailed until a maritime airstream brought along mist and fog patches to the harbour on the mornings of March 12 and 13. Temperatures rose to 27.1 degrees, the highest in the month, on March 15.
The generally fine weather in the first half of the month gave way to rain in the second half. Isolated thunderstorms associated with the passage of a cold front affected the territory on March 16. The weather remained cloudy to overcast until March 19. The next couple of days saw outbreaks of rain and occasional thundery showers due to successive passages of troughs of low pressure.
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