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Wednesday, January 17, 1973

But he added that he could not agree "that this should be to the

extent of providing so much off-street parking that the number of cars seeking

to use the roads grows even faster."

The Financial Secretary conceded that there was a shortage of off-street

car-parking spaces within and on the outskirts of the central business areas,

but said the Government was widening its definition of "commuter areas" to

take in more districts where people go to work in large numbers.

There were two projects in Category A of the Public Works Programme,

he said, providing for 1,300 spaces at Murray Road and Yau Ma Tei, and four

projects in Category B providing for 4,700 spaces at Kwun Tong Ferry Pior,

Causeway Bay Magistracy, Tsuen Wan Ferry Concourse and Garden Road.

"When these six projects are completed the number of car parking

spaces in Government multi-storey car parks alone will be 9,600," he said.

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