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“成本、技术问题”150组屋无法翻新电梯 方荣发:总得要让等待居民知道定案

by Yee Loon
05/03/2020
in 公共组屋, 公民社会, 国会, 政治, 新闻, 时事
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工人党议员方荣发,昨日(4日)在国会质询,那些无法在电梯翻新计划下受惠的组屋居民,长期以来一直在等待,当局理应尽快为他们带来定案。

在政府50亿元的电梯翻新计划下,仍有150座组屋,因费用、技术或地势等因素,无法进行翻新。

“一些议员也一再在国会里质询,这些组屋在无法参与电梯翻新计划下的命运。我也要求建屋发展局,根据技术问题和成本问题把这些组屋分类。我要求国家发展部分享这数据。”

“建屋局的回复也“一直都很一致”,即该局会持续探讨较有成本效率的方案;至于那些因健康或行动不便居民,当局则可协助安排其他的住处。”

然而,方荣发认为,这些居民长期引颈长盼,是否有好消息?还是要搬出去?当局总得要给他们一个定案,任何房地产经纪都会告诉你没有电梯可能很难脱手这类组屋。

他说,此前他询问是否能让居民来决定,是否出钱来获得电梯服务的供应,对此国家发展部长黄循财则指出,一些翻新工程的成本,甚至可达每户逾20万元,足以购买另一间组屋。

方荣发建议,当局应再分散这些翻新成本,因为一些组屋例如后港五道363座只是需要额外的电梯井。他认为应让居民来决定,如何分摊成本。

2018年,李智陞也指未找到解决方案

回溯2018年7月,社会及家庭发展部长兼国家发展部第二部长李智陞,在国会回答工人党议员方荣发提问,同样指建屋局仍未找到克服一些组屋现有局限的解决方案,有约150座组屋未能加入电梯翻新计划。

“在这150座组屋中,约七成因费用方面的考量,不符合翻新条件。无法让居民直接享有电梯服务的组屋,占本地已出售组屋的少于1巴仙。”

今年初,民主党财政林文兴反映西岭115座和119座组屋,只有五楼、九楼和12楼有电梯,对于一些不良于行的人士或年长者十分不便。

对此,负责林景区事务的该区议员王鼎昆,针对此事在《联合早报》回应,指例如115座组屋建在山坡,建筑的格局和地势,为电梯翻新工程增加难度和成本。他担忧两座组屋若翻新电梯预计成本可能超过顶限。

民主党也很快对此回应,质问为何每件事都要跟居民“斤斤计较”?更何况这两栋组屋有不少年长者、残障人士和婴孩,他们的安全又该如何?

该党也宣称有居民反映宁愿要有电梯,也不要社区内设立其他形同“白象”的设施。

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