Train users can expect to pay 3 per cent more for fares as rebate ends while motorists using the Tai Lam Tunnel will also take hit
Hongkongers have seen in the new year but less welcome are the increases in train fares, tunnel tolls, electricity tariffs and parking fees that arrived with it. However, a new transport subsidy should take some of the sting away for commuters.
A long-awaited HK$4,000 cash handout scheme, meanwhile, will open for applications from February 1 to April 30, the government announced on New Year’s Eve.
The profit-making firm announced it would raise ticket prices by 3.14 per cent in the summer but later came up with concessions – the six-month rebate – amid a public outcry.
The new year brought an end to the programme and at the same time the rail giant increased prices on schemes for frequent travellers – the MTR City Saver, Monthly Pass Extra and Tuen Mun-Nam Cheong Day Pass – by up to HK$15.
