HOUSING
14.
The Governor of Hong Kong announced last October, at
the opening of the current session of the Legislative Council,
that the public housing programme, which currently provides for
housing about 100,000 persons per year, will be expanded to
provide new homes for 170,000 in 1978/79 and 224,000 in 1979/80.
Thereafter, it is planned to maintain the rate at over 200,000
per year. The Governor also announced a Government subsidized
home ownership scheme for lower income groups.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN HONG KONG
15. It is the policy of Her Majesty's Government, shared
the Hong Kong Government, that there should be such progress
towards the equitable distribution of wealth in Hong Kong as
is consistent with Hong Kong's special circumstances.
CORRUPTION IN HONG KONG
16. The Hong Kong Government is fully committed to the
eradication of corruption. The Independent Commission Against
Corruption, which was set up in 1974, has had considerable
success in rooting out corruption and in mobilizing popular
support for its work. The Commission should be given every
opportunity to fulfil its important task.
DRUG ADDICTION IN HONG KONG
17. Hong Kong has a considerable problem in this field, but
it is one which the Hong Kong Government are fighting hard and
with some success. There is, for example, encouraging evidence
that the proportion of Hong Kong's young people taking drugs has
been decreasing, as a result of more effective law enforcement
as well as better preventive education and publicity.