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Question 9

Reply to question by Dr. Hon. Henrietta IP

in LegCo on 1.5.85

Question : Would Government make a statement on the availability of on-street and off-street parking facilities in Eastern District?

Secretary for Transport

Sir,

Eastern District has approximately 10,000

off-street spaces. Most of these are in housing

estates and are reserved for residents.

However, many

estates with commercial centres also make spaces

available to the general public. There are 721 metered

on-street spaces of which 486 are in Causeway Bay and

North Point, 79 in Shau Kei Wan and 156 in Chai Wan.

A further 100 on-street spaces had to be suspended

because of the construction of the MTR Island Line,

but reinstatement of these will soon begin.