HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY GWARA
PRESS RELEASE
新聞稿
Tuesday, 26th October 1976
ONE MAJOR CONTRACT BEING SIGNED EVERY MONTH,
REVEALS DIRECTOR OF HOUSING
The Housing Authority is now awarding one major contract
each month to provide homes for 15,000 people.
This was revealed today (Tuesday) by the Director of
Housing, Mr D.P.H. Liao, who was speaking at the monthly meeting of
the Rotary Club of Hong Kong at the Mandarin Hotel.
Mr Liao said the work of the Housing Authority was beginning
to gather momentum after a temporary slowdown during the recession.
"The building programme is swinging into top gear with
work going on in 11 estates to provide housing for over 200,000 people,"
Mr Liao said. "On average, we are now letting each month a new major
contract to build for 15,000 persons; a further 16 projects are at an
advanced planning stage, from which housing for 380,000 people will result."
The latest date for completion of these projects was December, 1981,
although many would be completed well in advance of this date.
"From 1973 80," said Mr Liao, new housing for more than 820,000
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people will have been provided."
He went on to state that this rate of activity would be
substantially increased over the next two to three years until we reach
our target."
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