HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL —15 March 1989 香港立法局 一九八九年三月十五日
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SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: Sir, it is the established practice that government departments would consult district boards and, to a certain extent, the views of area committees through the district office whenever the departments have new policies to put forward for the provision of facilities at the district level. Therefore, through various means including meetings at the full district boards or at sub-committees such as the Environmental Committee of the district boards, facilities proposed are examined and if there is shortage in a particular area that will certainly be fed into the system. The district officer, and of course the City and New Territories Administration, is keeping a very close watch to ensure that the standards laid down in the Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines are being observed and that the facilities are being provided in accordance with the standards over the long term. If there are any problems, the district board and the area committees work very closely with the district officer.
陳英麟議員問:在市區批地予私人發展商時,當局會否考慮規定他們提供一些急需的社區設施?
SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, normally not, because allocating land to the private sector is normally for private purposes, but in certain comprehensive developments, yes. The planning of certain facilities is included and the requirement to provide them is included in leases granted to the private sector, and the standards guiding the provision of these facilities are, of course, the same planning standards.
MRS. TU: Sir, would the Secretary for Lands and Works confirm that the provision of study rooms is the responsibility of the Education Department and would he explain why there is no mention of such provision in the table which he has annexed to his reply? Perhaps he could provide this information through the Secretary for Education and Manpower.
SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: To answer the second part of the question first, Sir, facilities for study rooms and other non-freestanding facilities such as child care centres, which do not require a site of their own, are not in fact covered in the Hong Hong Planning Standards and Guidelines but they are accommodated in various types of community centres, housing estates, school halls, or other institutional buildings. In the case of child care centres there is currently a working ratio which is used for planning of 100 aided nursery places to 20 000 population and this is flexibly applied in different circumstances, taking account of the demographic structures in each area. Regarding the