HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY BA⭑
PRESS RELEASE
新聞稿
Thursday, December 2, 1976
OLD ESTATES' POPULATION DECLINING;
NEW ESTATES' POPULATION INCREASING
The population of the Housing Authority's older (Group 'B')
estates stood at 1,145,033 at the end of September, a decrease of
28,745 (oř 2:4 per cent) compared with the number living in these
estates on September 30, 1975.
During the same period, the population of the newer (Group 'A')
estates went up from 638,657 to 695,476, a rise of 56,819 (or 8.9 per
cent).
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The number of Group 'A' flats rose during the period from
116,036 to 129,982, an increase of almost 14,000.
A Housing Authority spokesman, revealing these figures today,
said they showed that progress was continuing to be made at relieving
overcrowding in older estates. The number of families living in these
estates had gone down by 3,637 to 193,630 between September, 1975, and
September, 1976.
Other figures released by the Housing Authority show that the
number of factory units let has increased from 8,287 to 8,752, an
indicator of Hong Kong's improved economic climate.
The Housing Department forecasts that 17,322 new flats will be
available between October, 1976, and October, 1978, providing homes for
more than 129,000 people.
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