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HOUSING
Background
It is impossible to describe the housing situation in
This Hong Kong in a manner which is both brief and accurate.
background note has accordingly been prepared in the form of
an aide memoire; it does no more than set out the main
features of a complex situation.
THE HOUSING BOARD
This Board was established in 1965 to advise the Governor
on housing policy, and to co-ordinate the execution of housing
programmes by the Government and by semi-public and private
development. The Board regularly reviews the general housing
situation, the balance between the various types of housing
being constructed and the existing and probable need for
domestic housing over the next ten years. Membership of the
Board includes unofficials with experience in the Housing
Authority, the Housing Society and private housing development;
and also ufficials with responsibilities in the housing field.
RESETTLEMENT ESTATES
(i)
Purpose
Resettlement of -
families displaced from Crown land required for
redevelopment;
(ii)
families rendered humeless by the demolition of
(iii)
(iv)
dangerous buildings;
compassionate welfare cases, and
certain victims of natural disasters.
Responsibility
Built by Public Works Department for Resettlement
Department.
Policies set by Urban Council Select Committees.
/Allocation.
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