WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987
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STRATEGY, A
TRADITIONAL
UNDER THIS NEW MARKETING SUPPLEMENTS THE DEPARTMENT'S
SYSTEM
LETTING-BY-NEGOTIATION
TENDER METHOD TO ACHIEVE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH NEW COMMERCIAL TENANTS.
TEMPORARY HOUSING
LAND
AS A RESULT, NINE NEW WERE COMPLETED AND DB- PERSON SPACES WAS UNDERWAY
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT CONTINUED DURING THE YEAR TO ACQUIRE MORE TO BOOST THE TEMPORARY HOUSING SUPPLY. TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS FOR 10 003 PEOPLE
WITH 30 409 AREAS VELOPMENT OF 23 NEW DURING THE YEAR.
OLDER
ANNUAL SAVING
DURING THE YEAR, INSTALLATION OF INDIVIDUAL WATER METERS IN THE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS WAS COMPLETED, RESULTING IN AN OF ABOUT $15 MILLION.
SQUATTER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT
DURING THE YEAR, THE AUTHORITY MADE
SURVEY AN ADDITIONAL SQUATTERS
CRITERION
IN NOT REGISTERED TEMPORARY HOUSING.
THE 1984-85 FOR PERMANENT THE SURVEY ARE
SQUATTER
PUBLIC ELIGIBLE
OCCUPANCY HOUSING. ONLY FOR
THE ADDITIONAL
CRITERION
WILL
PREVENT QUEUE-JUMPING
PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING BY PEOPLE TRYING TO MOVE TO AREAS SOON TO CLEARED FOR DEVELOPMENT.
FOR
BE
ΤΟ HELP
IN THE YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT'S
SQUATTER
IMPROVEMENTS AREA
SPENT MORE THAN
$17
MILLION
NEW
PROJECTS
IN LARGER SQUATTER
COMPREHENSIVE ON 11
SETTLEMENTS FOR THE
DIVISION IMPROVEMENT BENEFIT OF SOME
23 000 SQUATTERS.
LIGHTS IN COMPREHENSIVE
A PROGRAMME HAD ALSO BEEN FORMULATED TO INSTALL 600 PUBLIC THE NEXT TWO
YEARS IN 40
IMPROVEMENTS ARE PLANNED.
SQUATTER
AREAS
WHERE NO
CLEARANCE
THE DEPARTMENT CARRIED OUT A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS, FOR A WIDE RANGE OF
HOUSING INCLUDING
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCES ESTATES, SCHOOLS,
PARKS, DRAINAGE SCHEMES AND ROADS.
AS A RESULT HOUSED HOUSING.
OF THESE AND OTHER
-
CLEARANCES, 37 056 PEOPLE
AND 16 442 IN 20 614 IN PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING
WERE RE- TEMPORARY
9
A 52. ESTATE,
NOTABLE AMONG THE MAJOR CLEARANCES WAS THE ONE CARRIED OUT ON WAY FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING HECTARE SITE IN TAJ PO TO MAKE HOS AND PSPS PROJECTS, GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILI- TIES AS WELL AS PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
/THE PUBLIC