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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1992

"IN THE LONGER TERM, PROVISION FOR VEHICLE PARKING WILL BR INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER TERMINAL NO. 9, WHICH WILL HAVE A 36-HECTARE BACK-UP AREA, HE SAID.

MR LEUNG SAID THE HONG KONG PLANNING STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES WHICH STIPULATED STANDARDS FOR PROVIDING LORRY PARKING SPACES IN NEW INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, WERE BEING APPLIED IN THE CASE OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON TSING YI.

"THE ACTUAL AVAILABILITY OF LAND FOR PARKING IS MONITORED. WHERE THERE IS A SHORTFALL, EFFORTS ARE MADE TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL SITES FOR USE ON A TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT BASIS, HE SAID.

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AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ABOUT 1,150 PARKING SPACES FOR CONTAINER VEHICLES AND ABOUT 1,800 SPACES FOR LORRIES ON TSING YI.

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MR LEUNG SAID A SPOT CHECK BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT JANUARY SHOWED THAT ABOUT 310 CONTAINER VEHICLES AND 350 LORRIES WERE ILLEGALLY PARKED ON TSING YI OVERNIGHT.

ROLE OF NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS EXPLAINED

THE NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (NLCDPS} ARE CARRIED OUT BY SUBVENTED AGENCIES IN AREAS WHERE THE PROVISION OF

SOCIAL FACILITIES AND WELFARE SERVICES IS NON-EXISTENT OR INADEQUATE.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON FUNG KIN-KEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.

MR SUEN SAID SUCH AREAS INCLUDED TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, SQUATTER AREAS, COTTAGE AREAS, AND MARK I ΤΟ VI PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES THAT WERE DUE FOR IMMINENT REDEVELOPMENT.

THE NLCDP TEAM IS GENERALLY THE MAIN SOCIAL WELFARE AGENCY IN THE PRIORITY AREA, PROVIDING A PACKAGE OF WELFARE SERVICES ΤΟ THE TARGET POPULATION.

SINCE MAY 1989, THE COMMITTEE ON NLC'DP HAS APPROVED THE EXTENSION OF NLCDP TEAMS, INTER ALIA, TO MARK III TO MARK VI PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

"A TOTAL OF 51 TEAMS HAVE BEEN SET UP, 14 SERVE THESE ESTATES, HE SAID.

NOTING THAT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT APPLICATIONS FROM AGENCIES TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN EACH CASE, SAID IT WAS A MATTER FOR THE AGENCY TO APPLY TO THE HOUSING FOR THE ALLOCATION OF SUITABLE ACCOMMODATION.

APPROVED MR SUEN AUTHORITY

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