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SHE SAID THE ELEMENT OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY IN THE HOME PURCHASE LOAN SCHEME AS WELL AS THE NEED TO ENSURE ITS ATTRACTION AND SUCCESS MUST SURELY DEMAND THAT MINIMUM STANDARDS SHOULD BE MET BEFORE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS CAN QUALIFY FOR THE SCHEME. BY PROMOTING SUCH STANDARDS, ALL HOME PURCHASERS, SUBSIDISED OR NOT, WOULD BE GUARANTEED THE CONSUMER PROTECTION THEY DESERVE BUT WAS PRESENTLY NOT AVAILABLE.
"THE WAITING LIST IS STILL DISAPPOINTINGLY LONG, AND TO AIM TO SATISFY ALL APPLICANTS UNDER THIS CATEGORY IN NINE TO 10 YEARS, WHILE CLEARANCES WITH NO INCOME ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND SITTING TENANTS ARE GIVEN PRIORITY OF REHOUSING, IS CLEARLY UNJUST, SHE SAID.
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TURNING TO THE SANDWICH CLASS, SHE URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO COME UP WITH A FORM OF ASSISTANCE, SUCH AS TAX RELIEF OR LOW INTEREST FIRST INSTALMENTS, FOR FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME FELL IMMEDIATE OUTSIDE THE WAITING LIST INCOME LIMIT TO BUY THEIR HOME.
HOUSING STRATEGY OBJECTIVE COMMENDED
THE SPIRIT OF THE LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY IS BECAUSE IT HAS A CLEAR OBJECTIVE AND PAYS EQUAL ATTENTION AS WELL AS QUANTITY OF HOUSING, THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG,
(WEDNESDAY).
COMMENDABLE TO QUALITY SAID TODAY
SPEAKING AT THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG SAID THE STRATEGY NOT ONLY CONCERNED THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING, BUT ALSO REALISED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EFFECTIVE UTILISATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR RESOURCES AND THE CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN THE TWO SECTORS.
MR CHEUNG SAID IT WAS A GOOD AND PRACTICAL MEANS TO INTRODUCE A FLEXIBILITY TO THE PRODUCTION OF HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME AND PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING.
"LOOKING AT THE RECENT ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSES FROM THE SITTING TENANTS AND PROSPECTIVE TENANTS TO THE SALE OF HOS FLATS AND THE RELATIVELY LOW SUCCESS RATE, IT CAN BE DISCERNED THAT THE DEMAND FOR HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS CANNOT BE MET," HE SAID.
"IF WE CAN ASSESS THE PREFERENCES OF THE PROSPECTIVE TENANTS AND THOSE AFFECTED BY REDEVELOPMENT ON THE TYPES OF HOUSING WHICH THEY REALLY WANT AND USE SUCH INDICATION TO
TO ADJUST FLEXIBLY THE CONSTRUCTION RATIO BETWEEN HOS AND PRH, THOSE CONCERNED THIS METHOD A MORE SATISFACTORY AND PRACTICAL ONE.
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