HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY #7848✨
PRESS RELEASE
新聞稿
Wednesday, 13th October 1976
85,566 PEOPLE REHOUSED IN 1975/76
A JUMP OF 32.5 PER CENT ON PREVIOUS YEAR
A total of 85,566 people were rehoused in 1975/76, compared
with 64,556 the previous year, according to the Annual Report of the
Housing Authority, released today.
This is a rise of just over 32.5 per cent.
Those rehoused were allocated 16,685 flats, giving an average
density of 5.13 persons per flat.
Of the 11 categories provided rehousing the largest number
were on the waiting list with 36,711 people being allocated 6,733 flats.
A further 13,507 people were rehoused to relieve overcrowding in public
housing estates.
Through development clearances, 8,053 persons were allocated
flats; 7,290 people from estates due to be redeveloped were rehoused.
Other categories rehoused were:
Re-use of licensed area
-5,415
Junior civil servants and pensionera
5,280
Compassionate cases
3,701
Victims of fires and natural disasters
3,581
Tenants of buildings demolished as
dangerous
1,367
Tenants of properties acquired for
309
urban renewal
Others
352