HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY WARSA⭑
PRESS RELEASE
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Tuesday, October 26, 1976.
DIRECTOR OF HOUSING SPEAKS AT ROTARY CLUB MEETING
The following is the full text of the speech given by the Director of Housing, Mr. D.P.H. Liao, at the luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong held today (Tuesday) at the Connaught Room, Mandarin Hotel:
"The other day a prominent architect said at a meeting that the Housing Authority should be proud of the enormous job it has accomplished so far in providing public housing, and that the less well-off people of Hong Kong should be grateful that the Authority is here to help them.
to hear.
"Now, everybody likes praise and these were pleasant words
"Housing is a subject every one is familiar with in one way or another; some people however tend to be too quick to criticize and too slow to check the facts. I am, therefore, very glad to have this opportunity to speak to you this afternoon and hope to put the record straight to some extent.
"The fact is that the Hong Kong Housing Authority has today under its management nearly 350,000 flats, or more than one and a half times the number under the control of the Greater London Council.
"In order to meet the target announced by the Governor in 1972 - which is to build on such a scale that there will be permanent, self-contained accommodation for virtually everyone in need the housing administration was reorganized in April, 1973, with the formation of the new Housing Authority and its executive arm, the equally new Housing Department.
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"Their work is now beginning to gather momentum, after a temporary slow down during the recession.
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