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APRIL 23, 1985
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BOARD TO SET UP COMMITTEES
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NORTH DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL SET UP VARIOUS COMMITTEES UNDER THE BOARD AT THEIR MEETING ON THURSDAY (APRIL 25).
AT THE MEETING, THEY WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND THE PROVISION OF OFFICES FOR BOARD MEMBERS.
THEY WILL ALSO GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON THE TRANSPORT NEEDS OF THE DISABLED.
PUBLIC HOUSING ALLOCATION QUOTAS UP ******
ALLOCATION QUOTAS OF RENTAL PUBLIC HOUSING ARE GOING UP FOR ELIGIBLE PEOPLE FROM MOST CATEGORIES IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
+STILL GETTING THE LARGEST SHARE ARE PEOPLE FROM THE WAITING LIST, FOR WHICH THE QUOTA HAS AGAIN BEEN INCREASED BY 400 TO 13 200, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY.
IN ADDITION AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, HE SAID ANY FLATS REMAINING UNUSED FROM OTHER CATEGORIES WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE WAITING LIST QUOTA AFTER THE NEEDS OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES HAD BEEN MET.
+OF THE WAITING LIST QUOTA, EARMARKED FOR UNRELATED ELDERLY PERSONS ARE 1 000 FLATS, WHICH ARE 200 MORE THAN FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
+FOR THE 'RE-USE OF TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS' CATEGORY, THE QUOTA HAS GONE UP FROM 1 500 TO 2 200.
+ALSO INCREASED ARE QUOTAS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF OLDER ESTATES, FROM 6 000 TO 7 000 FOR COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING, FROM 800 TO 900- AND FOR JUNIOR CIVIL SERVANTS, FROM 1 500 TO 1 700.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IN LINE WITH THE NEW ALLOCATION POLICY OF PROVIDING SPECIALLY DESIGNED ACCOMMODATION FOR SINGLE PERSONS, SOME 700 SINGLETON HOUSING UNITS WOULD BE CREATED IN 1985-86 AND 2 000 UNITS FROM CONVERSION OF EXISTING ESTATE FLATS.
+THE STOCK OF 2 700 IN 1985-86 IS MAINLY SET ASIDE FOR SINGLETONS FROM TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS AND MARK 1/1 BLOCKS ALTHOUGH A SMALL NUMBER WILL BE USED FOR COMPASSIONATE AND OTHER CASES.
/+AS FOR