(c) the suitability of the balance between the various types of housing being constructed or projected and the appropriate- ness of these types as presently defined (or later redefined) to the changing needs of the community;
(d) the extent to which the need for domestic accommodation
is being met;
(e) the scale of ancillary social and employment facilities available and (in broad terms) required in various parts of the Colony in association with domestic housing; and, having regard to all aspects of the Colony's practical ability to provide domestic housing, to make a report annually by 1st September for the consideration of the Governor in Council covering the matters listed above, together with recom- mendations for a forward building programme and a technical planning target, in categories of housing, covering the next 10 years from the date of the report.
(2) To advise the Governor from time to time on any administrative measures necessary to improve co-ordination between the agencies responsible for providing domestic housing.
(3) To consider and make recommendations on any matters affect- ing domestic housing policy which may be referred to the Board.
The Commissioner for Resettlement is an ex-officio member of the Board, and an Assistant Commissioner is a member of its sub- committee on statistics.
REVIEW OF THE YEAR
10. The following paragraphs contain a brief review of the main events of the year. A fuller account will be found in subsequent chapters.
11. A large-scale outbreak of mass squatting at Tai Wo Hau, Tsuen Wan, in October 1967, was followed by several smaller out- breaks in the same district, all of which were successfully contained. The number of demolitions of new squatter structures rose from 11,300 in 1967-68 to 15,720 this year. A departmental survey made in the course of the year showed that, judging by the number of demolitions carried out, the incidence of squatting (that is, the erection of new structures) appeared to have dropped by about 10%
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