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37. THE TERRITORY WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ITS PERFORMANCE AND
ACHIEVEMENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING CONSTRUCTION. THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY EXCEEDED ITS ANNUAL PRODUCTION TARGET OF 35,000 FLATS
FOR THE SIXTH SUCCESSIVE TIME. WITH A FURTHER 12,000 FLATS BUILT
UNDER THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME AND BY THE HOUSING
SOCIETY, PUBLIC HOUSING CONSTRUCTION REACHED A RECORD LEVEL OF OVER 48,000 FLATS. OVER 18,000 OF THESE WERE FOR SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC: YET ANOTHER RECORD, REFLECTING RECOVERY AND
RE-INVESTMENT IN THE PROPERTY MARKET. PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING
PRODUCTION ALSO INCREASED WITH ABOUT 30,000 NEW FLATS COMPLETED.
38. 1985 SAW THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT STEP UP THEIR SQUATTER
AREA CLEARANCE PROGRAMME. THEIR OBJECT IS TO CLEAR AND REHOUSE
ALL SQUATTERS IN THE URBAN AREA OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, WITH
PRIORITY BEING GIVEN TO THOSE CURRENTLY SQUATTING ON SLOPES
VULNERABLE TO LANDSLIP.
39. DURING 1985 THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AGREED TO PROVIDE
SELF-CARE HOSTELS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES FOR THE MORE
`ABLE-BODIED ELDERLY MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION: THESE HOSTELS WERE
IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING QUOTA OF SHARED FLATS AND HOUSING
UNITS FOR SINGLE PERSONS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES. FOR THOSE
REQUIRING A GREATER DEGREE OF PERSONAL CARE, THE PLANNING RATIO
FOR CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOMES WAS RAISED FROM FOUR TO FIVE PLACES
PER THOUSAND OF THE ELDERLY POPULATION.
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