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Wednesday, August 1, 1973
11The new towns offer the best opportunity to provide new homes for
the people of Hong Kong and every effort is being made to accelerate the
rate of progress in the new towns," he said.
Mr. Robertson added that the government had accepted in its public
housing projects the need to balance quantity against quality. Similarly,
for private housing, "government has an obligation to ensure that the demand
for new houses does not overweigh the consideration that should be given to
providing a reasonable environment for existing and future residents,"
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