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whether those public housing flats already equipped with the old systems will switch to the entry phone control systems ("the new systems"); if so, what the reasons are and how the authority concerned will dispose of the old systems;
of the names of the housing estates, and the total number of public housing flats involved, which will be equipped with the new systems, together with the total costs of the installation of the new systems in these estates; and
of the number of public housing blocks under construction which will not be equipped with the new systems because the tendering procedures for the installation of the old system in these housing blocks have been completed?
Answer:
Mr President,
Details of public housing estates, involving 24,937 rental flats, which are equipped with conventional door-phone systems. are given at Annex A. The total installation cost is about $26 million.
The conventional door-phone systems have generally been well received by residents. There is no plan to replace these systems by the telephone-entry door-phone systems. However, in 11 blocks within four estates, involving 7,335 flats, where a large amount of door-phone circuit wiring has become faulty as a result of tenants changing the location of their handsets without permission, the conventional door- phone systems are being replaced by telephone-entry door-phone systems. Details of the housing estates concerned are at Annex B.
Details of public housing estates, involving 198,449 rental flats, which are equipped or will be equipped in the near future with telephone-entry door-phone systems, are given at Annex C. The total installation cost is about $4.7 million.
The conventional door-phone system will be installed in all the 73 new public housing blocks now under construction. The Housing Department will conduct an overall review later this year of the effectiveness of the different types of security systems used in public housing estates.