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DRAFT SPEECH BY HON TAM YIU CHUNG
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 29.10.86
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Adjournment Debate on the
"Report of the Committee on Housing Subsidy to Tenants of Public Housing" and the
"Report of the Domestic Rent Policy Review Committee
Sir,
In the conclusion of this year's policy aadress, you pointed out the intention of the Government to improve the living standard of the people of Hong Kong. I fully appreciate the determination you have shown and I believe that in realizing the ideal of improving the living standard of the people, Government must ensure and fulfill the target of providing a 'stable home and a stable job' for the people.
Judging from Hong Kong's practical experience, the Government has already succeeded in providing a stable home for some 2.3 million people. This is something commendable.
But the number
of applicants on the Public Housing Waiting List definitely shows that many people must be accommodated in public housing because of their financial conditions. I think the Government is obliged to assist the people of Hong Kong in satisfying their basic accommodation needs, so that they can all live in their own self-contained residence.
By providing public housing, Government is fulfilling its
To the lower class, it is a kind responsibility towards the people.
of welfare; to the society as a whole, public housing is a kind of social investment which brings in a lot of benefits: first, it can relieve internal conflicts and stabilize social development; second, it helps to promote economic development and prosperity; and third, it helps the development of new towns.
In fact, whether from the angle of satisfying the accommodation needs of individual citizens or from the multiple
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