WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1993
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58,400 PUBLIC RENTAL UNITS MORE IN NEXT THREE YEARS
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLIC RENTAL UNITS TO BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS IS 58,400.
IN ADDITION, ABOUT 13,000 VACATED UNITS ARE RECOVERED FROM TENANTS FOR ALLOCATION EACH YEAR.
EXPECTED TO
BE
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING UNITS TO BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
LOCATION
1993/94
1994/95
1995/96
URBAN AREA
6,000
14,800
6,600
EXTENDED
URBAN AREA
7,600
6,200
4,600
N.T.
6,100
2,600
3,900
TOTAL
19,700
23,600
15,100
FOR
1993/94, ABOUT 40,000 UNITS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ALLOCATION, INCLUDING ABOUT 20,000 NEWLY COMPLETED UNITS, 13,000 UNITS RECOVERED AS WELL AS 7,000 UNITS REFURBISHED TO A HIGHER STANDARD, HE ADDED.
"THERE IS NO FIXED RATIO FOR ALLOCATING RENTAL FLATS TO VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PROSPECTIVE TENANTS," MR BASON SAID.
MAKES
"AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH FINANCIAL YEAR, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELY DEMAND FROM VARIOUS CATEGORIES
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SUPPLY FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES HE EXPLAINED.
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"IT THEN DECIDES ON THE ALLOCATION QUOTAS FOR THE YEAR.
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SPECIAL ALLOCATION OF TIN SHUI WAI FLATS
AND
RESPONSE FROM ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS UNDER A SPECIAL PACKAGE APPROVED BY HOUSING AUTHORITY IN JULY 1991 HAS PROVED TO BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT ΤΟ TAKE UP ALL THE TIN SHUI WAI ESTATE FLATS COMING ON STREAM UP TO MARCH 1994.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION RAISED BY THE WONG WAI-YIN, MR EASON SAID: "THUS THE AUTHORITY DECIDED THIS YEAR NOT TO ACCEPT ANY MORE NEW APPLICATIONS FROM AND THREE FAMILIES.
HON ZACHARY IN JANUARY PRIORITY TWO
/HE EXPLAINED