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When I came to Hong Kong, in my first Policy Address I committed us to completing 100 flats a day, where we've actually been completing about 117, so there are 18,000 more families with their public rental units than would have been the case had we not exceeded our original target. We're committed to building 140,000 units by 2001, which should enable us to make a further reduction in the waiting list. The waiting list stands at present at about 150,000. We reduced the waiting list in the last two or three years from nine years to seven years. We now want to get it down from seven years to five years in urban areas. It's about, I think, four years in the New Territories. But I agree with you completely that we need to continue with a vigorous public housing building programme. We've got to make sure the infrastructure is available to that and we've committed about $8 billion to the infrastructure. But we mustn't forget other housing needs as well, including all those who do want to own their own home, which is why we've put more resources into sandwich-class housing schemes, into the cheaper loans for people who want to buy their own housing and so on. But you're quite right in the emphasis you place on housing, which is, I think, the most important issue still on our social agenda.
Secondly, unemployment. There may be some people in the audience who aren't from Hong Kong who may be surprised that unemployment is such a lively issue in Hong Kong, because the rate in Hong Kong at 3.5% is a lot lower than people from other prosperous communities are used to. But I think there's so much concern about unemployment in Hong Kong because we do believe very strongly that the basis of any decent social policy is that everybody should have the opportunity of earning their own living, of bringing up their family with the living they've made at work, and we've had a strong commitment over the years to absolutely full employment, and we've still got that commitment. We've announced a number of proposals which I hope will enhance the competitiveness of our industries and which I hope will help those who are unemployed and those who are looking for work.
You mentioned education and the relationship between education and law and order. At present, over 40% of those who get Form 5, stay on in education, and well over 80% of those who get to Form 7, go on to either university or technical training. So the figures are pretty good, though I'd like to see them further improved. You're absolutely right to talk about the importance of vocational training. There are at present in Hong Kong about 155,000 a year involved in some sort of adult education, very often vocational training at colleges like the one at Tsing Yi, or elsewhere, and I hope that we can further increase vocational training over the next few years.