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THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1988
THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT DURING HIS VISIT TO LONDON HE ALSO MET MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT FROM THE HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP.
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"I WAS VERY PLEASED TO NOTICE THAT THERE IS GREAT INTEREST IN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HONG KONG AMONGST MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, SIR DAVID SAID.
THE GOVERNOR WAS MET ON HIS ARRIVAL BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD; THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG; AND THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN.
MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR NEW HOUSING AUTHORITY
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LEGISLATIVE AND ORGANISATIONAL CHANGES BEING MADE TO CREATE A MORE AUTONOMOUS HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL GIVE MORE OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO ACHIEVE ITS TARGETS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE AUTHORITY THE DEPUTY TO
ESTATE AND THE DAVID SAID THE
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF HENG ON HOME OWNERSHIP KAM ON COURT IN MA ON SHAN, SIR GOVERNMENT HAD PROPOSED THESE CHANGES NOT IN ANY WAY ΤΟ REDUCE ITS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC HOUSING, AS SOME CRITICS HAD SPECULATED.
"WE SHALL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS AND THE LAND NECESSARY FOR THE AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT ITS PROGRAMMES," SIR DAVID SAID.
THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, REMAINED AS COMMITTED AS EVER то ITS OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE PERMANENT HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
SIR DAVID SAID MUCH HAD BEEN ACHIEVED IN PUBLIC HOUSING AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY COULD BE JUSTLY PROUD OF ALL ITS EFFORTS.
NOTING THAT MUCH REMAINED TO BE DONE, HE SAID THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAD DEMONSTRATED ITS AWARENESS OF THE NEED ΤΟ CONTINUE ΤΟ INTENSIFY ITS EFFORTS BY FORMULATING THE LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY.
HE SAID: "THE STRATEGY PROVIDES FOR THE DEMAND FOR RENTAL HOUSING TO BE MET BY THE MID-1990s, AND THE DEMAND FOR HOME OWNERSHIP SOME FIVE YEARS LATER.
"IT IS AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME, AND WE NEED MORE OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY FOR THE AUTHORITY TO ACHIEVE ITS TARGETS.
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