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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL -15 March 1989 香港立法局——————————一九八九年三月十五日

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潘志輝議員問:主席先生,很多區議會都因應人口的稠密和學生溫習室的巨大需求而撥款設立臨 時溫習室。政務司可否告知本局,這些由區議會撥款的溫習室的使用率如何?如果使用率高,會 否考慮將這些臨時溫習室列入香港規劃與準則內,並且規定在公共屋邨以及人口稠密的區域必須 設置永久溫習室,以配合市民實際的需要?

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, a reply to this question will require a little research and I will give it in writing. (Annex I)

MR. EDWARD HO: Sir, from Table 2 appended to the Secretary's reply, even established new towns such as Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin, and Tai Po showed considerable deficit in government, institutional and community facilities. Since shortage of sites should not be a problem in these areas, will the Secretary please inform this Council what Government intends to do to address the shortfall in a timely manner?

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, the existing public works programme contains a large number of items to provide for sites for government, institutional, and community facilities in the new towns; and within the next four or five years, particularly in Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Tai Po, and Fan Ling, the deficit should be very much reduced.

MR. TAI: Sir, in view of the fact that the provision of public facilities and its priority mainly depends on population size, would the Secretary advise what standard in the provision of such facilities by the Government will apply to the rural areas and low density residential areas? And does the Government have a programme for the provision of appropriate facilities to these areas where the population factor has contributed to their lagging far behind urban areas and new towns in terms of GIC facilities?

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, there are planning standards for provision of appropriate facilities for the rural areas, and such facilities are provided not in accordance with a comprehensive programme but in accordance with the individual functional and policy programmes which would relate to the particular facilities. For instance, education facilities are provided in the rural areas through education programmes, social welfare through social welfare programmes, community development through community development programmes. Sir, it would not be possible to give a comprehensive answer to cover all the facilities that Mr. TAI has referred to. The relevance of the rural