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Following is a question by the Hon LEUNG Kwok-hung and a written reply by the Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands, Mr Michael Suen, in the Legislative Council today (November 16):
Question:
Will the Government provide this Council with a breakdown, by management modes (i.e. direct in-house management and outsourced management), of the average per-square-metre rentals and percentages of rental adjustment of each of the shopping centres and carparks under the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the respective numbers of cleaning workers and security staff employed for such premises, as well as the average monthly salaries of such employees, in each of the past five years?
Reply:
Madam President,
Information on the operation of the commercial premises and carparks under the Housing Authority is compiled on the basis of the commercial portfolio as a whole. We do not normally keep separate statistics on the rental levels and adjustments for individual shopping centres. The average rental levels and rental movements of the commercial facilities, including custom-built shopping centres and ground floor shops in housing estates, over the past five years are set out at Annex A.
The carparks under the Housing Authority are divided into four groups according to their location. The levels of monthly and hourly parking fees for each group are detailed at Annex B.
The cleansing and security services for all commercial facilities under the Housing Authority are outsourced. The numbers of cleansing workers and security guards employed by the contractors for the commercial facilities and carparks over the past five years are shown at Annex C. As some of the contracts awarded before May 2004 did not prescribe the wage levels, the average pay figures for the security guards and cleansing workers are not available.
Ends/Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Issued at HKT 12:16
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