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Paggie Leung

Updated at 5.15pm:
Hong Kong people using the Mass Transit Railway Corporation will be hit with a new $10 charge - starting from next week.

Local radio reported on Friday that the MTRC was planning to introduce a $10 flat fee to passengers who get in and out of the same station after staying inside the gates for 20 minutes or longer.

The charge, which will come in next Monday, is designed to make sure couriers and passengers don't get away with paying minimum fares by exiting from the same station that they used to enter after taking long journeys on the train.

Elderly passengers aged 65 or above will not be subject to the new surcharge, local radio reported.
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Legislator Andrew Cheng Kar-foo, said the MTRC should have brought the matter before the Legislative Council for discussion.
He said the new charge was equivalent to a fare increase.

But MTRC corporate relations manager May Wong said the new policy would be fair to normal users of the MTRC.

'Passengers should be charged a one-way fare - even if they have taken the train but get on and off at the same station,' Ms Wong explained.
 She said that 20 minutes should also be sufficient for passengers who enter stations in order to shop.

Currently, passengers are charged the minimum fare - $3.8 for adults and Octopus users - when they come in and get out of the same MTR station. This applies whether they have taken the train or not.

 Local newspapers also reported on Friday that a passenger said he had discovered a notice from the MTRC at one of its stations. The notice announced that a 'new provision' would be introduced in November.

The passenger, surnamed Yeung, said he then checked the MTRC Ordinance and discovered the new $10 charge.

The MTRC's May Wong said the corporation often announced new provisions via notices at MTRC stations.

Ms Wong said the MTRC would look into the way this information had been disclosed.



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