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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1985
OTHER WORK'S ALREADY CARRIED OUT UNDER THIS PROJECT, BUT UNDER SEPARATE CONTRACTS, ARE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAI MEI TUK +B+ AND HARBOUR ISLAND PUMPING STATIONS AT PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR AND THE SAI O-PAK KONG TUNNEL.
RAW WATER STORED AT PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR WILL BE PUMPED FROM HARBOUR ISLAND PUMPING STATION VIA THE SUBMARINE PIPELINE AND THE TUNNEL TO PAK KONG, WHERE A WATER TREATMENT PLANT WILL SOON BE BUILT.
TREATED WATER WILL THEN BE SUPPLIED TO THE SAI KUNG AREA, JUNK BAY. THE EASTERN PART OF KOWLOON AND NORTHEASTERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
HOUSEHOLD MOVE INTO PUBLIC ESTATES REVIEWED
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THE .SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS CONTAINS A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ENTITLED +ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLDS REHOUSED INTO PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING AT THE TIME OF INTAKE+.
THIS REVIEW ARTICLE DESCRIBES BRIEFLY THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF HOUSEHOLDS ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING, GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUPPLY OF RENTAL FLATS, AND ANALYSES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLDS REHOUSED INTO HOUSING AUTHORITY RENTAL ESTATES AT THE TIME OF INTAKE FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1973-74 TO 1983-84.
THE CHARACTERISTICS COVERED IN THE ANALYSIS INCLUDE HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THE PROPORTION OF RENT TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME, GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF RECEPTION ESTATES AND AVERAGE WAITING TIME FOR THE ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING.
THE ARTICLE REVEALS THAT BEFORE 1979-80, THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF HOUSING AUTHORITY RENTAL FLATS WAS LESS THAN THAT OF PRIVATE FLATS, BUT SINCE THEN, THE TREND HAD BEEN REVERSED.
THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC RENTAL FLATS PRODUCED ANNUALLY ROSE STEADILY FROM 8 170 IN 1973-74 TO 14 130 IN 1978-79. IT THEN INCREASED RAPIDLY TO 29 760 IN 1979-80, AND THIS LEVEL OF PRODUCTION HAD BEEN MAINTAINED SINCE THEN.
BECAUSE MANY NEW RENTAL ESTATES WERE LOCATED IN THE NEW TOWNS IN RECENT YEARS, THE PROPORTIONS FOR HOUSEHOLDS REHOUSED INTO ESTATES ON HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND TSUEN WAN DECREASED WHILE THOSE FOR HOUSEHOLDS REHOUSED INTO ESTATES IN THE NEW TOWNS INCLUDING TUEN MUN, FANLING, TAI PO AND YUEN LONG INCREASED. CORRESPONDINGLY, THE WAITING TIME FOR REHOUSING WAS LONGER IN URBAN AREAS AND SHORTER IN THE RECENTLY DEVELOPED NEW TOWNS.
/DURING 1983–84