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Reply:
Mr President,
A breakdown of the 42 Temporary Housing Areas (THAs), which have been cleared or will be cleared by the end of 1997, by name, date of completion of clearance and number of affected residents is given in Annex A.
A breakdown of the 13 THAs, the existing residents of which will be offered rehousing by the end of 1997 but which will be retained after that to meet future demand for temporary housing arising from new immigrants from China and scheduled clearance programmes, by name, present population, date of construction and provisional commencement date for offering rehousing to existing residents is given in Annex B.
Refurbishment work on those voluntarily vacated units in the 13 THAS has already begun. The estimated cost in each case varies, depending on the size and condition of the unit and the renovation work required. The average cost for each unit is in the order of $8,000.
We estimate that the capacity of temporary accommodation after 1997, i.e. the 13 THAS and redeployed rental blocks in the urban fringe areas, will be about 27,000 persons.
End/Wednesday, October 25, 1995
Monitoring and review of labour importation scheme
The following is a question by the Hon Tsang Kin-shing and a written reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Joseph Wong, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
With regard to the incident in which the wages of imported Thai workers working on the Kwai Chung Route 3 and Tsing Ma Bridge projects have been deducted, will the Government inform this Council whether it will :