Section B: Estate Management and Rent Policy Chapter 16: The Use of Roads and Parking Facilities of Public Housing Estates Parking Facilities Under the Housing Ordinance, the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) is empowered to designate certain roads in public housing estates as restricted roads, to provide parking areas, to fix and to collect parking fees. Car parks in public housing estates are provided in accordance with the Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines and their provision is reviewed by the Housing Department regularly. Apart from monthly car parks, the HA also provides hourly ones for shoppers and visitors.       Enforcement Measures against Illegal Parking Illegal parking may cause inconvenience to the residents. It may lead to traffic congestion, blocking passages for refuse collection vehicles, fire engines, ambulances, etc., which may impede the saving of lives and properties in case of emergency. To strengthen the enforcement measure against illegal parking on its properties, the HA started to implement, with effect from 1 June 1994, the Housing Fixed Penalty Ticket (HFPT) System which is similar to that being enforced by the Hong Kong Police Force. Under the system, housing staff are delegated with the power to issue fixed penalty tickets against illegal parking of motor vehicles on restricted roads of HA estates in accordance with the provision set out in Housing (Traffic Contraventions) (Fixed Penalty) Bylaw (Cap. 283 sub. leg.C). Notwithstanding the implementation of the HFPT System, other enforcement measures such as impounding, towing of offending vehicles on restricted roads, as appropriate, may still be exercised by the housing staff or by the employees of car park operators or Property Management Agents under delegated authority.

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