Tolls..What is The Standard Talking About?

There has been much debate over the raising of tolls in the Eastern Harbor Tunnel crossing from HK$15 to HK$25. As contractually stipulated, the owner of the tunnel has the right to raise fares by stipulated amounts and the tunnel has done so legally. But the Standard's opinion piece makes this bizarre comment:

The question is not why the Eastern Harbour Crossing toll is HK$25, but why the main Cross-Harbour Tunnel is just HK$10.
It seems blindingly obvious that the toll is too low. The Cross-Harbour Tunnel is a limited resource; it was already congested.

Well, I took the main Cross-Harbor Tunnel this past Sunday morning to church and it was still HK$20 not HK$10 as he states. I think that it was HK$10 back in 1995 or something! When was the last time you paid the toll in the tunnel Mr. Gordon?

Overall, I do not see anything wrong with paying the prices that we do for the tunnel crossing. With fuel costing HK$12 per liter and car yearly registration fees topping HK$5,000, driving is a luxury and the 'right' to cross the harbor in a tunnel should not be a guaranteed low price.

The Hong Kong legislature has been considering several proposals including buying the private tunnels [The main Cross-Harbour tunnel ownership has already reverted back to the government]that would cost billions of taxpayer dollars. This proposal is just another disgusting tycoon related payout, and serves to enrich these people at the expense of the rest of us.

I could rant for hours on this kind of thing, but its a waste of time and only makes me angry. I will save my tycoon rant for another day.