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Parking space in public housing estates

Following is a question by the Hon Fung Kin-kee and a written reply by the Secretary for Housing, Mr Dominic Wong, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

With regard to car-parks in Private Sector Participation Scheme housing estates, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

whether the Housing Authority has laid down the proportion of hourly rental spaces, monthly rental spaces and spaces for sale provided in such car-parks; if so, what the proportion is;

if the answer to (a) is in the negative, what measures will be taken to tackle the problem of developers progressively increasing the proportion of hourly rental spaces and spaces for sale in such car-parks in pursuit of profits, resulting in insufficient provision of monthly rental spaces to meet residents' demand;

of the method used in dealing with speculation in parking spaces of such car-parks; and

whether there is any plan to review the present policy of allowing the offer of parking spaces in such car-parks for sale to the public; if so, what the details are and when the review will take place; if not, why not?

29.

Answer:

Mr President,

As with other sites sold by the Government for residential development, the conditions of sale for sites under the Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS) contain no restriction on the proportion of private car parking spaces to be sold or leased.