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BRIEF
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Telephone No. & Ext.
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Sir Leslie Monson's Visit to Hong Kong.
April 1972.
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SOCIAL SERVICES:
1.
HOUSING
Despite spectacular achievements in the field
of housing and resettlement the Hong Kong
Government still face the formidable problems of
satisfactorily rehousing the squatter population
and of refurbishing many of the older estates.
2.
Another
HK$192 million has been provided for housing
in this year's budget (HK$1 million less than last
year). During the debate on the budget two
Unofficial Members referred to the need for more
housing. Another Member called for a review of
policy on the resettlement of squatters. He
claimed that there were now 270,000 squatters in
the New Territories and that in the past 5 years
only 6 per cent of the total number resettled were
from the New Territories.
3. In his reply the Commissioner for
Resettlement said that preliminary proposals for
modernising the older estates at a cost of
HK$700 million had been drawn up and that a start
would be made in the Shek Kip Mei estate
containing 60,000 people.
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