On
"Between now and the end of the current financial year, six more building
contracts will be let and a start will be made on two redevelopment contracts.
completion, a further 100,000 people will be housed.
"At this moment there are seven contracts in hand for temporary housing
in licensed areas with part-built structures, individual water and electricity
supply which will provide accommodation for 23,000 people.
Efforts
"So I am happy to say that we are on target today concerning our housing
goals and that with the recession behind us we are recruiting more professional
men such as architects and engineers to help carry out the growing workload.
are being concentrated to improve the production of housing and we can expect to see
the considerable increase in our output before the end of the decade.
"So the Housing Authority's output is aiming in only one direction, the
same direction as the multi-storey blocks in a housing estate, and that is upward."
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