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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987
"WE MUST ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THE PATTERN OF DEMAND FOR HOUSING IS CHANGING. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WANT TO OWN THEIR OWN HOMES OR LOOK FOR BETTER QUALITY HOUSING," HE SAID.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THESE ASPIRATIONS WERE RECOGNISED IN THE LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY WHICH WAS TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
HE SAID THE STRATEGY AIMED TO PROVIDE INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOME PURCHASE, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL RENTAL ACCOMMODATION AND A COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE OLDER RENTAL ESTATES.
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"IT SETS THE TARGET OF PROVIDING HOMES FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE MILLION FAMILIES FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS COMBINED BY 2001. ON PRESENT ESTIMATES THAT WOULD ENABLE THE WHOLE OF OUR POPULATION TO BE ADEQUATELY HOUSED BY THAT DATE, SIR DAVID SAID.
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HE SAID IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR THE AMOUNT
OF HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE RATHER THAN RENTAL WOULD INCREASE FROM 18 PER CENT TO PER CENT IN TWO YEARS' TIME.
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NOTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN TAKING A DETAILED LOOK AT THE ORGANISATION OF THE HOUSING PROGRAMME TO MEET NEW AND FUTURE NEEDS, HE SAID THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S TERMS OF REFERENCE WOULD BE EXPANDED TO ENABLE IT TO MONITOR AND DIRECT AN OVERALL HOUSING PROGRAMME IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
HE ALSO SAID FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ALSO BE REVISED TO GIVE IT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND WOULD BE APPOINTED WHO WOULD NOT BE AN OFFICIAL.
THE AUTHORITY WOULD THAT A NEW CHAIRMAN
"THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION WILL BE PUT TO THIS COUNCIL IN TIME FOR THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS TO BE INTRODUCED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1988-89 FINANCIAL YEAR, SIR DAVID ADDED.
SPECIAL TEAM TO PRODUCE 'METROPLAN”
A SPECIAL TEAM IS BEING SET UP UNDER THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH TO PRODUCE A COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE WHOLE METROPOLITAN AREA, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THIS METROPLAN, HE SAID, WOULD PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR MORE DETAILED DISTRICT PLANNING AND FOR INDIVIDUAL URBAN RENEWAL REDEVELOPMENT SCHEMES.
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