hiving-off: it seems that they detach themselves from the
But the thing to consider is
Government after maturity.
be more efficient as independent
whether they will
bodies. This Bill is again a very
hiving-off.
Basically,
good example of
Authority
became
the Housing
we further widen its
n
independent in 1973 and
relationship with the Government.
Perhaps the next thing
that we can think about is to make the Housing Department
a department under the Housing Authority. Privatisation
is something different. When a government department is
totally detached and is financially independent, then it
is privatisation. However in this case, the Government
1
If We treat
Thus,
the
Λ
still finances Housing Authority's projects.
case
of
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should not be taken as a case the revamping of the Housing Authority privatisation,
人
do not think it is a correct description.
At
Coming back to the point about appointments.
the moment, you, Sir, can appoint six public officers and
certain number of non-public officers to join the Housing
Authority and the Secretary for Housing will be its
chairman. However, after the revamping, the Director of
Housing will replace the Secretary for Housing, and not
more than three public officers and a certain number of
non-public officers will be appointed. Under this
particular Bill, Sir, you can also appoint a non-public
officer to be the chairman of the Housing Authority. In
this way,
the Housing Authority, in making its decision,