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On private cars, Mrs Chan noted that there were about 406,000 designated parking spaces for cars in the first quarter of 1994 - about 221,000 were domestic (residential) spaces, 167,000 were non-domestic (usage related, within commercial developments for example) and about 18,000 were on-street spaces.
In the same period, there were some 265,000 licensed private cars in the territory and the deficit in domestic parking spaces for private cars was about 26,000
spaces.
On a district basis, most of the demand in the 17 districts were met except Eastern, Yau Tsim Mong, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong where the problem was more apparent.
On goods vehicles, Mrs Chan said the findings showed there was a serious territory-wide shortfall of parking spaces for this type of vehicles which is expected to deteriorate in the future if the problem is not addressed immediately.
In 1994, there was an overall shortfall of 76,000 overnight parking spaces and 37,000 daytime parking spaces for goods vehicles.
The night time parking problem was mainly found in Tuen Mun, Kwai Tsing, Yuen Long and Kwun Tong while Yau Tsim Mong, Kwai Tsing, Kwun Tong and Central and Western districts experienced problems in parking at day time.
Mrs Chan noted that the number of goods vehicles had almost doubled in the 10 year period between 1984 and 1994 from 68,000 to 124,000.
"This growth is very high and reflects the growth in Hong Kong's economy over that period.
"Certainly the Government would not want to restrict the growth of the economy. Inevitably therefore the demand for goods vehicle parking outstripped supply.
"The Government recognises the problem and that it cannot be satisfactorily solved on a piecemeal basis. The PDS was therefore commissioned to identify clearly the size of the problem and to examine ways of containing it.
"The deteriorating situation in terms of supply/demand assumes that no remedial measures are implemented.