Gov’t to increase parking fee in 9 car parks

The government is to raise the parking fee in 9 local public cark parks from March, a dispatch by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On announced yesterday. The new day-time hourly parking fee in these nine car parks will increase to MOP6 (US$0.75) while that for night-time will be set at MOP3. The nine car parks include Pak Vai, Pak Kong, Pak Lai, Ferreira de Almeida and those in Rua da Tranquilidade, Jardim da Vitória, Jardim de Iao Hon and Jardim de Vasco da Gama, as well as the one in the sewage treatment works, for which the monthly pass will also be cancelled, according to the Official Gazette.