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Friday, February 2, 1973
NEW AUTHORITY TO HAVE OVERALL CHARGE FOR HOUSING
Housing Bill 1973 Published
Legislation is being introduced to create a reconstituted
Housing Authority with overall responsibility for overseeing the
Massive 10-year public housing drive in Hong Kong.
Under the Housing Bill 1973, published in today's Gazette,
the new Authority will assume the roles of the existing Housing
Authority, the Urban Council, the Urban Services Department's Housing
Division, the Resettlement Department and the Housing Board from
April 1 this year.
For the first time, there will be one single body charged
with implementing the Government's plan to build homes for 1.8 million
people in a decade.
This will achieve the Government's stated aim of streamlining
the work of the various agencies which have in the past been responsible
for different aspects of public housing in Hong Kong.
The Housing Authority will operate through a new Housing
Department which will act as the Authority's administrative arm in
building and managing all types of public housing estates,
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