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Under the PSPS, private car parking spaces must, however, be used for the parking of private motor vehicles belonging to residents and their visitors. This It is not requirement aims to provide adequate parking spaces for residents. practicable to set a fixed ratio for hourly and monthly parking spaces, or for rental and sale spaces, as the demand in each category is difficult to forecast.

In order to prevent speculation in parking spaces, the following restrictions on disposal have been imposed on all PSPS projects since 1993:

(a)

(b)

the developer can assign or sublet car parking spaces only to the owners of residential units; and

not more than one parking space may be assigned or sublet to each flat

owner.

The Government will review the effectiveness of these restrictions at the end of 1996 when the first project with such restrictions is completed.

End/Wednesday, July 19, 1995

Complaints handled by Medical Council

Following is a question by Dr the Hon Conrad Lam and a written reply by the acting Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Shelley Lau, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Is the Government aware of the operation of the Medical Council; if so, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

of the number of complaint cases handled by the Medical Council in each of the past three years;

(b)

which are the three types of complaint cases most frequently received, as classified by the nature of complaint; and

(c)

whether it is aware of any progress that the Council has made in enhancing its transparency in the past three years?