5.
The Jublic Works Department produces accommodation for the homeless and waiting groups to house about 100,000 persons a year - or about 20,000 families.
6.
When allocating this accommodation first priority is given to people made homeless by
:
(1)
fires, typhoons, floods, etc;
(2)
buildings they are living in being declared dangerous; and
(3)
clearance for development of the land on which their huts stand.
7.
These homeless people use up most
of the housing produced. any balance of accommo- dation available after these commitments have been met goes to
(4)
people on the waiting list;
(5)
people who are recommended for
resettlement by the Director of Social
Welfare on compassionate grounds;
(6)
people in bad squatter areas;
(7)
people who have been in Licensed Areas for several years;
and
(8)
people who are living in overcrowded rooms in resettlement estates;
but there is never enough space available to satisfy the needs of all the people in these categories in any one year.
8.
Because of the general shortage of low-rent accomodation, many people still put up a hut illegally on public lend. when we discover a new hut we demolish it. We demolish about 40 such huts every working day in the urban areas and
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