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Wednesday, February 14, 1973
RENT CONTROLS FOR MIDDLE INCOME GROUP ACCOMMODATION
The Government will keep in mind opinions expressed by a number
of Legislative Councillors that permanent arrangements should be made
to prevent "excessive rent increases", when it makes rent control proposals
for the future.
The Colonial Secretary, Sir Hugh Norman Walker, said this in
the Legislative Council today when he replied to a question by the Hon.
Mrs. Mary Wong.
Sir Hugh said there were now estimated to be about 250,000 families
with monthly incomes between $1,000 and $3,000.
He said that at present about 175,000 tenancies were subject to
one or the other form of control under the existing legislation.
"Moreover," the Colonial Secretary said, "some of these families
of course live in public housing whilst others own flats."
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