(c) the management practice in Resettlement estates should 'be brought more into line with that provided by the Housing Authority in managing Government Low Cost Housing estates; (d) market stalls should be provided in new and existing Resettle-
ment estates;
(e) the Board endorses the new proposals limiting certain additions to Resettlement families and accepts the additional commitment to the public housing programme resulting from the new policy; (f) further investigation to distinguish between real and 'paper'
overcrowding in Resettlement Estates is required;
(g) the Rent Advance Scheme should remain in force subject to
certain variations;
(h) Government should rehouse squatters in the worst squatter areas in addition to those cleared for development purposes. As a first step, a total of 30,000 people should be rehoused in the next six years.
REVIEWS OF THE YEAR
6. In the year under review a combination of circumstances resulted in a substantially reduced number of clearance compared with the previous year. On the one hand a number of major clearances had to be postponed for reasons unrelated to the department's responsibilities, while on the other hand, certain major clearances could not proceed because the completion of the new blocks in which the people con- cerned were to be housed, was delayed. These delays were a blessing in disguise to a certain extent as they allowed time for the introduction, on an experimental basis of new management methods. Towards the end of the year, 17 new blocks were, in fact, completed and handed over to the department.
7. Perhaps the most notable feature of the year in respect of resettle- ment housing in general, was the Government's decision that further resettlement accommodation should be of the same standard as Govern- ment Low Cost Housing.
8. Thinking and planning for large-scale improvements to existing estates by the conversion of housing blocks designed on a communal basis, to provide ones made up of self-contained flats, continued during the year. In these plans, the provision of commercial and social facilities presently lacking was also envisaged.
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