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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1975
ON THE SQUATTER PROBLEM, SIR MURRAY SAID IT IS SYMPTOMATIC OF THE DEGREE OF THE HOUSING SHORTAGE THAT THE NUMBERS OF SQUATTERS HAVE RISEN NOTICEABLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS PROBABLY INFLATED BOTH BY NEW ARRIVALS FROM CHINA AND BY THE HIGH RENTS CHARGED IN PRIVATE HOUSING.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PROVIDED A SIMPLE FORM OF HOUSING IN LICENSED AREAS FOR THOSE WHO CLAIM TO HAVE NO OTHER WAY OF MEETING THEIR HOUSING NEEDS.
+ADMITTEDLY, THESE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS DO BRING RELIEF
TO MANY.
IT IS A SOBERING THOUGHT THAT IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO ACCEPT A FURTHER 25,000 PERSONS A YEAR INTO LICENSED AREAS FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
+ONLY THEN, AND ASSUMING THAT RESOURCES ARE FORTHCOMING, WILL THE PRODUCTION OF PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING REACH A POINT AT WHICH THEY CAN START TO BE RUN DOWN, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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