Toll Roads

China Digest, February 12, 2013

12 Feb 2013

Travel agencies in Jiangsu say their business has suffered after the central government waived highway tolls during the Lunar New Year holiday.

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Stock Watch: Chinese toll companies

17 Dec 2012

In these times of low interest rates and volatile share markets, investors keep coming back to dividend stocks. A near inescapable market logic drives this. Low interest rates make returns on high...

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US$50,000 a month in illegal fees collected from drivers using a main highway in Afghanistan

4 Oct 2012

Tens of thousands of dollars are being illegally collected monthly from drivers in Afghanistan's Laghman province using the main highway between Kabul and Jalalabad.

And it's not the...

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New rule to crack down on road toll corruption

27 Sep 2004

State Council move is response to angry motorists' gripes over excessive fees

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Slump may force rise in road tolls

25 May 1999

The economic downturn and a drop in cross-border trading may force tolls on Route Three to rise by one-third next year.

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Liaoning arm on course for fourth-quarter red-chip float

8 Jun 1998

Liaoning provincial government has secured approval from the China Securities and Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for a red chip float of its assets in Hong Kong, according to sources.

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Traffic recovery boost for Sichuan Expressway gains

Sichuan Expressway expects traffic on its main asset, the Sichuan section of the Chengyu Expressway, to rise 6 per cent this year, despite a 60 per cent increase in the toll.

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Jinhui buys into road toll operator

Jinhui Holdings Co yesterday announced it had taken a 2.5 per cent stake for $100 million in a toll road operator in China.

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Roads clogged by 'highway robbery'

CHINA's high-speed highways have not been living up to their name of late.

Drivers are finding that as soon as they reach a comfortable cruising speed, they have to slam on the...

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