THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1988
HEARTENING CONCERN FOR QUALITY OF LIFE
OF
THE QUALITY THE GOVERNOR'S CONCERN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
HEARTENING, THE HON EDWARD RO LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IS SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE
SECOND DAY OF THE POLICY DEBATE IN SPEAKING ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR HO PUT EMPHASIS ON LIVING CONDITIONS.
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MAKESHIFT NOTING THAT MANY RESIDENTS STILL LIVED IN CRAMMED OR
PROGRAMME, HE SAID ACCOMMODATION DESPITE THE MASSIVE PUBLIC HOUSING
ON THE PRODUCTION OF THE LONG-TERM HOUSING STRATEGY MUST DEPEND
HOUSING BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE BUILDING OF AFFORDABLE PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.
INDUSTRY HAD IN HOUSING PRODUCTION
HOWEVER, THE LABOUR SHORTAGE IN THE CONSTRUCTION
IMPEDED THE PROGRESS OF PUBLIC
SERIOUSLY 1987-88.
COSTS HAD RISEN BY WAS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FROM EVEN THE MOST MAJOR
BESIDE THIS, PUBLIC HOUSING CONSTRUCTION OVER 35 PER CENT IN THE LAST YEAR AND IT TO OBTAIN AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF QUALITY CONTRACTORS.
PUBLIC "IF OUR COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED WITH THE PROGRESS OF OUR
TO CONSIDER JUSTIFICATION HOUSING PROGRAMME, THERE IS CERTAINLY
H HE SAID. LIMITED AND SHORT-TERM IMPORTATION OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS,
500 BLOCKS, WHICH HOUSED TURNING TO OLD ESTATES, MR HO SAID
IN THE MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE, WOULD HAVE TO BE REDEVELOPED NEXT 13 YEARS. IF THIS WERE NOT DONE, MAJOR BE NEEDED ON MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.
EXPENDITURE WOULD STILL
HE
ADDED THAT HE
NOT COULD
WORKS
AGREE WITH
THE ON
ANOTHER
OLD ESTATE
BLOCKS
MEMBER'S AND
PROPOSAL TO CEASE THE REPAIR INSTEAD REDEVELOP THEM.
BLOCKS WERE
IF THESE HE EXPLAINED THAT WITHOUT AFFECTING THE CLEARANCE PROGRAMME AND IT WOULD POSSIBLY LIST FOR PUBLIC HOUSING,
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TOTALLY REDEVELOPED
THOSE ON THE WAITING
THAT THE MEAN
ANNUAL WHICH WAS CLEARLY BEYOND PRODUCTION AVAILABLE CAPACITY OF HUMAN, FINANCIAL AND LAND RESOURCES.
FIGURE HAD
BE DOUBLED,
ON LAND SUPPLY, MR HO SAID THE PROBLEM LAY NOT
BUT IN THE OF LAND FOR PRODUCTION OF PUBLIC HOUSING SERVICED LAND WITH THE REQUISITE TRANSPORT LINKAGE AND AT THE RIGHT LOCATIONS AT THE RIGHT TIME.
IN A SHORTAGE PRODUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE
RIGHT LOCATION WOULD THIS AVAILABILITY OF LAND SUPPLY IN THE
FROM 1990 BECOME MUCH MORE CRITICAL FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME TO 1995, WHEN LAND WOULD HAVE TO BE FOUND IN THE URBAN AREA.
/THIS WOULD