WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1985
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HOUSING PRODUCTION EXCEEDS TARGET FOR FIFTH YEAR
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S PUBLIC HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME HAS ONCE AGAIN ACHIEVED THE ANNUAL TARGET OF 35 000 RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS.
FOR THE FIFTH SUCCESSIVE YEAR, PRODUCTION EXCEEDED THIS TARGET AND TOTALLED 37 930 FLATS IN 1984-85, COMPRISING 26 354 RENTAL, 10 168 HOS AND 1 408 PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME FLATS.
DURING A TOUR OF PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS TO INSPECT CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS TODAY, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DAVID FORD, SAID: +WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THIS LEVEL OF PRODUCTION CAN BE MAINTAINED.+
HOWEVER, MR FORD SAID QUANTITY WAS NOT ENOUGH AND THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES MUST ALSO CONTINUE TO BE IMPROVED.
+ALREADY ENVIRONMENT AND FACILITIES PROVIDED ARE MUCH BETTER AND THE QUALITY OF OUR BUILDINGS IS IMPROVING.
+WE MUST NOT BE COMPLACENT, HOWEVER, AND MUST CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS OF RAISING OUR STANDARDS. WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT WE ARE NOW BUILDING HOMES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY,
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ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR HOUSING OFFICIALS ON THE INSPECTION TOUR, MR FORD HAD A LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS OF THREE OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S LATEST ESTATES - HIN KENG IN SHA TIN, HANG ON IN MA ON SHAN AND TIN PING IN FAN LING/SHEK WU HUT.
ALTOGETHER 25 MODERN HIGH-RISE DOMESTIC BLOCKS ARE BEING BUILT UNDER VARIOUS PHASES OF THE THREE PROJECTS.
THESE NEW BLOCKS WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 17 800 SELF-CONTAINED FLATS FOR ABOUT 80 000 PEOPLE WHEN FULLY COMPLETED BY 1987.
MR FORD ALSO TOURED KWONG FUK ESTATE IN TAI PO WHERE THREE NEW BLOCKS HAD RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED BY USING SEMI-MECHANISED METHOD UNDER ITS THIRD, AND FINAL, PHASE.
TENANTS ARE NOW SIGNING UP FOR THEIR NEW HOMES IN THE ESTATE WHICH WILL BECOME A SELF-SUPPORTING ENTITY FOR 27 000 PEOPLE.
MR FORD LATER INSPECTED THREE NEW HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME BLOCKS AT CHOI PO COURT IN FAN LING/SHEK WU HUI WHERE FLAT-OWNERS OF THE 1 584 MODERN UNITS HAVE STARTED MOVING IN.
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