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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1988
MAJORITY OF RENT INCREASES RELATIVELY MILD
THE MAJORITY OF RENT INCREASES FOR ALL AUTHORITY ESTATES IN MONEY TERMS ARE RELATIVELY
HON THE ADMINISTRATION, FOR DISTRICT
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HOUSING
CATEGORIES OF
MILD, THE SECRETARY DONALD LIAO, SAID IN
MR LIAO WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HUT YIN-FAT.
THE
MR LIAO SAID REFERRING TO ANOTHER PART OF MR HUI'S QUESTION,
YEARS ABOUT
12 PER IN EACH OF THE PAST
60,000 OR FIVE
CENT OF RENTS EXCEEDING 15 PER CENT OF HOUSEHOLDS IN RENTAL ESTATES PAID THEIR INCOME. THESE OCCURRED MAINLY IN THE NEWER ESTATES.
"VERY FEW TENANTS HAD EXPRESSED DIFFICULTY IN
ABOUT WHICH REPRESENTED RENTS, THE LEVEL OF RENTS," HE SAID.
PAYING THE NEW ONE THIRD OF MARKET
MR LIAO ALSO NOTED THAT HOUSING
NUMBER OF
THAT OF THE
CLEARANCES,
TOTAL TENANTS
DEPARTMENT
STATISTICS SHOWED
PEOPLE TO
AND CASES HAD CHEAPER
AFFECTED WAITING
BY LIST
MADE OFFERS BY REDEVELOPMENT CENT OF THE ONE PER
AFFECTED
APPLICANTS, IN LESS THAN ACCOMMODATION BEEN REQUESTED.
WHERE DIFFICULTY WAS EXPRESSED, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT THESE PEOPLE FLATS AT LOWER RENTS IN OTHER ESTATES, HE SAID.
IN THE CASE OF GENUINE REFERRED THE PEOPLE CONCERNED TO THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,
OFFERED
THE DIFFICULTIES,
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT
HOUSING DEPARTMENT
FOR
FLATS 14,500
WERE ALLOCATED TO
IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, SUCCESSFUL WAITING LIST APPLICANTS, MR LIAO SAID.
OF
WHILE ABOUT 1.5 PER CENT OR 220 FAMILIES DECLINED THE OFFER NEW FLATS CHARGED AT RENTS WHICH EXCEEDED 15 PER CENT OF THEIR INCOME,
THEM
AND OFFERED, WERE ALL OF
CHEAPER SELF-CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION IN OTHER ESTATES.
ACCEPTED,
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