Registry No.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT BRIEF
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30/515
No 7
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FROM
Top Secret
Secret.
Merantbont Rayla
Telephone No. Ext.
Confidential.
MR ROYLE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG
Department
11-15 NOVEMBER 1972
Restricted Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
SOCIAL SERVICES
HOUSING
1.
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.
HK $192 million has been provided for housing in
this year's budget (HK $1 million less than last year) However, on the Governor's instructions the Housing
Authority have thoroughly reviewed their programme. At the opening sitting of the new session of
Legislative Council the Governor announced plans to build sufficient permanent self-contained accommodation in a reasonable environment for every inhabitant of
Hong Kong in the next decade. Such a target if achieved should lead to the virtual disappearance of squatter areas and the elimination of overcrowding and sharing in both private and public housing.
Some 300,000 people still live in squatter huts or temporary housing The total requirement for public housing during that period is to house 1.8 million HK TEL NO 9589190CT people. The total cost of developing sites and
building at present day prices is HK $3,340 million (£239 million). It is proposed that from next April
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