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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1991
NO DOUBLE STANDARD IN COMMUNITY FACILITY ALLOCATION
FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND HOS ESTATES
*
THE CRITERIA BETWEEN
FOR
ALLOCATING AND THOSE AND
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE PREMISES FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN PUBLIC RENTAL ESTATES FOR HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME COURTS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WELFARE, THE HON MICHAEL CARTLAND, INFORMED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ROSANNA IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON
BOTH CARTLAND SAID THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES REQUIRED IN
THE WITH
HONG KONO HOUSING WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.
TAM, MR TYPES OF PLANNING
OF
IN
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNMENT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT A NUMBER
FROM PRIVATE OR VOLUNTARY FACTORS WHEN CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS
COMMUNITY SERVICE FACILITIES WELFARE ORGANISATIONS TO OPERATE PUBLIC RENTAL ESTATES AND HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME COURTS.
IF WOULD SEE
THE APPLICANT USEFUL SERVICE AND IF THE PROPOSED FACILITY
MR CARTLAND SAID THE GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION WAS NON-PROFIT-MAKING; IF IT PROVIDED A FOR THE DIRECT BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS; WAS LIKELY TO BE OBJECTED TO BY RESIDENTS.
CONCESSIONARY
↓
RENT, THE
APPLICATION ITSELF
HE:
"TO QUALIFY FOR WILL ALSO NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT," SAID.
UNDER THE CURRENT
DEVELOPMENTS
DESIGN, WERE NORMALLY SCHEME ADJACENT TO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
MR CARTLAND
BUILT
IN
SAID THE
HOMB
OWNERSHIP VICINITY OF OR
TO OWNERSHIP SCHEME
PROJECTS, ONLY
ARE
AND
"AS A GENERAL PRACTICE, THE WELFARE OR COMMUNITY FACILITIES CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF BOTH PUBLIC HOUSING AND HOME RESIDENTS ARE ACCOMMODATED IN THE RENTAL PORTION.
"IN THE CASE OF ISOLATED HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME BASIC FACILITIES SUCH AS NURSERIES AND CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES HONG KONG PLANNING STANDARDS ALLOWED IN ACCORDANCE GUIDELINES, HE SAID.
++
WITH
THE
IN HOUSING AUTHORITY HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME OWNERS HAD
TYPES CERTAIN
OF
FACILITIES COMMUNITY OF INTRUSION BY OUTSIDERS AND THE
MR CARTLAND POINTED OUT THAT EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENTS HAD SHOWN THAT SOME
OF RESISTED THE PROVISION WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARY FOR FEAR POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE PROPERTY VALUE.
FOR ALLOCATING PREMISES FACILITIES WHICH MAY BALANCE
"THEREFORE, IN APPLYING THE CRITERIA FOR WELFARE OR COMMUNITY SERVICE, PARTICULARLY
TAKEN BE NOT BE WELL RECEIVED, CARE HAS TO BETWEEN COMMUNITY NEEDS AND RESIDENTS' REACTION,
A IN STRIKING
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HE SAID.
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