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Hong Kong parking meters down for 4 hours; Transport Dept investigates

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Hong Kong's parking meter system experienced a four-hour outage on Tuesday morning, leading transport authorities to launch an investigation. The Transport Department was notified of the system's failure around 8:20 AM and confirmed its restoration shortly after noon. The system operator, HKT, has been instructed to provide a report detailing the cause of the breakdown. AI

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Hong Kong parking meters down for 4 hours; Transport Dept investigates

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fiona Sun ·

    Transport authorities demand answers after 4-hour parking meter outage

    Hong Kong’s transport authorities have launched an investigation into a four-hour outage of the city’s parking meter system on Tuesday morning and ordered operator HKT to submit a report. The Transport Department said HKT had notified it at about 8.20am that the system was out of…

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