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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1989
HOUSING AUTHORITY SETS OUT PLANS FOR MILLION FLATS
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DETAILS OF HOW THE HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY IS TACKLING JOB OF ENSURING THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL ALL BE PROVIDED WITH HOMES
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AUTHORITY'S OF THE CENTURY ARE SET OUT IN THE ANNUAL REPORT, TABLED AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN HIS CHAIRMAN'S REVIEW, SIR DAVID AKERS JONES THAT CLOSE TO ONE MILLION FLATS WILL BE NEEDED TO MEET SET OUT IN THE GOVERNMENT'S LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY.
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THE PUBLIC IN AT THIS
THE AUTHORITY, WHICH PRODUCED 50,000 FLATS FOR THE 1988-89 YEAR COVERED BY THE REPORT, INTENDS TO CONTINUE PACE OF CONSTRUCTION IN THE YEARS AHEAD. IT WILL THUS FOR BUILDING 60 PER CENT OF THE FLATS NEEDED, WITH THE CENT BEING MET BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
BE RESPONSIBLE OTHER 40 PER
SOME 2.8 MILLION PEOPLE ABOUT HALF OF THE POPULATION LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
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NOTING ALSO "THE POSSIBLE SETBACKS THAT COULD RESULT FROM SHORTAGE OF LABOUR AND PROBLEMS IN RECRUITING SUFFICIENT PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL MANPOWER, SIR DAVID SAID MORE EMPHASIS WAS BEING OF COMPONENT PARTS TO ON MECHANISATION AND STANDARDISATION THESE PROBLEMS.
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THE REPORT ALSO SHOWS HOW THE AUTHORITY, WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT PROVIDING THE CONSTRUCTION, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES,
STRIVING TO MEET THE ASPIRATIONS
PEOPLE OF THE CONSTANTLY BUILDING HOMES TO HIGHER STANDARDS, ONE SUCH EXAMPLE THE FORTHCOMING NEW HARMONY RANGE OF BLOCKS.
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"IN HUMAN TERMS, SIR DAVID SAID, "THE AUTHORITY HAS BEEN TAKING STEPS FOR SOME YEARS NOW TO MAKE LIVING MORE COMFORTABLE FOR ITS TENANTS.'
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THE BILINGUAL REPORT, WHICH IS ON SALE FROM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT $20 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE,
CENTRAL, CONTAINS A GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE,
GROUND FLOOR, NUMBER OF NEW FEATURES, INCLUDING AN ENLARGED PICTORIAL SECTION ON "CONSTRUCTION
PROGRESS", AND A HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN THROUGH THE YEARS, BEGINNING FROM 1953.
DEVELOPMENT
THE ATTRACTIVELY DESIGNED 214-PAGE REPORT COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF IT'S PUBLIC HOUSING WORK AND INCLUDES DETAILED STATISTICS WHICH ADD TO POPULARITY WITH BOTH THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONALS.
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