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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987
LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY TIMELY '
CONVENER OF THE LEGCO AD НОС GROUP ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY, THE HON
ΤΟ PREPARE FOR THE CHOW TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP AGREED
MRS SELINA STRATEGY WAS TIMELY AND NECESSARY FOR ADJUSTING THE FOCUS ON
THAT THE AHEAD.
THE WAY
SHE ADDED THAT MEMBERS ACCEPTED THERE WAS A GROWING DEMAND HOME PURCHASE, AND THEY ALSO AGREED THAT SUCH DEMAND SHOULD BE MET FAR AS POSSIBLE.
MRS CHOW WAS SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY.
FOR
AS
COUNCIL DURING
THE
ALL IN
"HOWEVER THE QUESTION IS RAISED AS TO HOW TYPES OF HOUSING IS
THE NEED FOR TO BE SATISFIED, WHETHER ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED PRIORITIES, OR WHETHER THIS
THIS IS INDEED FACT REPRESENT A SHIFT IN ESTABLISHED PRIORITIES
DOES NOT IN SHE SAID. +
BETWEEN
H
THE QUERY RAISED ASPIRATION FOR
SHE SAID MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC GROUP SHARED BY SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HOW THIS RECOGNITION OF HOME PURCHASE WOULD AFFECT THE RATIO AND HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEMES, AND WHETHER THE FLEXIBILITY
PUBLIC RENTED HOUSING THE RATIO ACCORDING TO DEMAND
TO DETERMINE WOULD NOT ADVERSELY RENTAL APPLICANTS AND TENANTS WHO WERE UNDOUBTEDLY THOSE MOST IN
AFFECT ELIGIBLE OF HELP.
NEED
SHE SAID MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WERE THE GOVERNMENT'S LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY POLICY STATEMENT
GENERALLY CONCERNED THAT DEMONSTRATED IN ANY WAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT ATTENTION TO THE EXTREMELY LONG PUBLIC HOUSING WAITING LIST.
WAS GIVING
HAD NOT PRIORITY
OF THOSE
"WHILE ENDORSING THE AIN TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITION ALREADY RESIDING IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING RANKING OF THIS PRIORITY OVER THE RELIEF OF
SECTOR, WE QUESTION THE
THE SAID.
WAITING LIST, SHE
SHE SAID A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS AGREED WITH THE NEW SUPPLEMENTING PUBLIC HOUSING
CONCEPT OF PRODUCTION BY TAPPING RESOURCES THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE HOME PURCHASE
PRIVATE SECTOR WHILE A MINORITY
LOAN SCHEME, OF MEMBERS ECHO THE OBJECTION INTEREST GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY BASED
RAISED BY SOME MAINLY ON TWO GROUNDS.
FIRST, THEY REGARDED THIS PROPOSAL AS A SUBSIDY TO BOOST PROFITS OF PROPERTY DEVELOPERS. IT MIGHT PRODUCE
FORM OF GOVERNMENT UNDERSIRABLE EFFECT OF INFLATING THE PROPERTY MARKET AS
THE ECONOMY.
WELL AS THE
"THEY ARE PARTICULARLY WORRIED THAT EVEN THOSE AFFORD IT WOULD BE TEMPTED ΤΟ PURCHASE AND HARDSHIP AND OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS,
THIS
WHO COULD NOT WOULD LEAD ΤΟ
SHE SAID.
THE MAJORITY