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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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