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Party
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
For WRITTEN ANSWER on
TUES 20 MAY 1986
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TEXT OF QUESTION :
Head of HKS
Please submit
a draft Answer
& Background
to Parliamentary Unit
before NOON.
Mon 19/5
129 Sir Paul Bryan (Boothferry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common-
W
wealth Affairs, if he is satisfied with the state of private and public housing in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement.
to P/S
ن
for answer by
MR. EGGAR....
(Minister)
(Minister)
for approval by
NOON 20 May
...PQS
REPLY(S)
copy to
Private Secretary
MR. RENTON
PS/
(Minister)
Parliamentary
Clerk
ANSWER
1. The provision of housing remains a priority commitment for the Hong Kong Government whose aim is to ensure that every family eventually has a permanent, self-contained home, at a rent or price it can afford. To this end, about one third of its total annual capital expenditure and one tenth of recurrent expenditure is devoted to public housing. The Government-sponsored housing authority has a subsidised public housing programme which aims to produce annually over 40,000 flats (30,000 for rental and 10,000 for ownership). In 1985, it constructed a record 49,724 such flats. In addition to
quantity, the authority places emphasis on steadily improving the quality of new public housing, and redeveloping existing stock. The
The newer housing estates offer comfortable, well-designed homes in pleasant landscaped surroundings with ever-improving community facilities. At present 2.6 million people, or about 47% of the population, live in public housing.
authorised
Chten...
(Head of Dept)