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The Tsing Sha Control Area (Tolls, Fees and Charges) Regulation will be published in the gazette on December 21 (Friday).
"The section of the Tsing Sha Control Area between Sha Tin and Cheung Sha Wan is scheduled to open in March 2008. The regulation is to prescribe and provide for the payment of tolls for the use of the Control Area as well as other fees and charges,"a Government spokesman said today (December 19).
"Our proposal is to set a toll of $12 for private cars/taxis with corresponding levels for other types of vehicles. In determining the proposed toll levels, we have taken into account various factors, such as the strategic location of the Tsing Sha Control Area, tolls of alternative routes and public acceptability."
In accordance with the Tsing Sha Control Area Ordinance enacted earlier this year, the Chief Executive in Council has now made the Tsing Sha Control Area (Tolls, Fees and Charges) Regulation to prescribe and provide for the payment of tolls for the use of the control area as well as other fees and charges. The Government will publish the regulation in the gazette on December 21, 2007, and will table it at the Legislative Council on January 9, 2008, for negative vetting.
Ends/Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Issued at HKT 18:00
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