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LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1994
FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON FREDERICK FUNG KIN-KEE AND A ENVIRONMENT AND WRITTEN REPLY BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, LANDS, MR CANICE MAK, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
ALLOCATE
PUBLIC ALLOCATED
QUESTION: THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS ASKED THE GOVERNMENT TO
AN EXTRA 58 HECTARES OF LAND FOR DEVELOPING 50,000 HOUSING UNITS, AND SO FAR 30 HECTARES HAVE BEEN BY THE GOVERNMENT. WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL WHEN THE REMAINING 28 HECTARES WILL BE ALLOCATED HOUSING AUTHORITY?
TO THE
ANSWER
MR PRESIDENT,
WITH THE
AUTHORITY
1993 ALONE, HECTARES OF
ORDER.
PRICES
HOUSING
IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO PROVIDE THE HOUSING SUFFICIENT LAND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. IN 50 GOVERNMENT
THE ALLOCATION OF OVER APPROVED
OF THAT ADDITIONAL LAND TO
AN IDENTIFIED SHORTFALL MEET EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE TASK FORCE ON LAND SUPPLY AND PROPERTY
AN
TO THE EXTRA 30 HECTARES OF LAND GRANTING RECOMMENDED AUTHORITY FOR BUILDING 20,000 ADDITIONAL FLATS BETWEEN 1998 AND 2000. AUTHORITY, THESE SITES, TOGETHER WITH THOSE ALREADY ALLOCATED TO THE
CONTEXT WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS MEETING THE HOUSING DEMAND IN THE OF THE LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY.
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S REQUEST FOR MORE PUBLIC HOUSING LAND IS BEING EXAMINED IN THE CONTEXT OF A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING BY DEMAND. AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON HOUSING DEMAND LED
ASSESSMENT. THIS
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON
GROUP, IS HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THROUGH ITS MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORKING
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE PROVIDING MAJOR INPUT INTO THIS EXERCISE.
SUBJECT TO OUTCOME OF THE ASSESSMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY 1995. THE FINDINGS OF THE WORKING GROUP AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE, THE GOVERNMENT WILL IDENTIFY AND ALLOCATE SUFFICIENT SITES TO HA TO MEET THE ASSESSED DEMANDS.
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