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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1994

PARKING RENTAL INCREASES REASONABLE

(HOS)

THE MONTHLY CHARGES FOR PARKING SPACES IN HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME ESTATES WERE INCREASED BY ABOUT 20 PER CENT IN JANUARY THIS THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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SIU-TONG,

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON TANG MR EASON SAID THESE INCREASES WERE GENERALLY CONSIDERED REASONABLE AS THE NEW CHARGES REPRESENT ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF THE PREVAILING MARKET RATES.

MR EASON SAID THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WAS AWARE OF RECENT COMPLAINTS FROM PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME (PSPS) FLAT OWNERS CONCERNING INCREASES IN CAR PARK CHARGES BUT THESE HAD BEEN FEW IN NUMBER.

HE SAID THE PROVISION OF CAR PARKING SPACES IN HOS/PSPS ESTATES WAS PLANNED ON THE BASIS OF ASSESSED NEED.

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THE RATIO OF PARKING SPACES FOR PRIVATE CARS TO RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN HOS/PSPS ESTATES IS 1:5 TO 8 FLATS IN THE METROPOLITAN AND 1:8 TO 11 FLATS IN NON-METROPOLITAN AREA.

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE MORE THAN 15,000 AND 10,000 PARKING SPACES IN HOS AND PSPS ESTATES RESPECTIVELY.

MR EASON SAID CAR PARKS IN THE PSPS ESTATES WERE OWNED BY PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BUT MOST OF THE PARKING SPACES HAD BEEN SOLD TO INDIVIDUAL PURCHASERS.

HE NOTED THAT UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF SALE FOR EXISTING PSPS ESTATES, THE USE OF CAR PARKS WAS RESTRICTED TO RESIDENTS ONLY BUT NOT THEIR OWNERSHIP.

"THE GOVERNMENT. IS AWARE THAT CAR PARKS IN PSPS ESTATES HAVE BEEN SOLD IN LOTS BY THE DEVELOPERS TO SINGLE PURCHASERS WHO LATER RESELL OR LET FOR PROFIT.

"IN ORDER TO LIMIT THIS PRACTICE, THE CONDITIONS OF SALE OF NEW PSPS SITES WERE REVISED IN 1993 TO RESTRICT OWNERSHIP OF CAR PARKS IN FUTURE PROJECTS TO FLAT OWNERS AND TO PREVENT ANY FLAT OWNER FROM OWNING MORE THAN ONE PARKING SPACE, MR EASON SAID.

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OPEN RECRUITMENT FOR CDI PROFESSIONAL POSTS

THE TARGET TO FILL 60 PER CENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL POSTS IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE BY OPEN RECRUITMENT ON CONTRACT TERMS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY 1998/99.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID THIS WOULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE CONVERSION OF CIVIL SERVICE POSTS TO NON-CIVIL SERVICE POSTS FOLLOWING THE RETIREMENT OR RESIGNATION OF STAFF IN THE INSPECTOR GRADE.

/AT PRESENT