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Termination of public housing tenancies
Following is a question by the Hon Choy Kan-pui and a written reply by the Secretary for Housing, Mr Dominic S W Wong in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
years:
Will the Government inform this Council, in regard to each of the past three
(a)
(b)
of the number of public housing tenants whose tenancies were terminated by the Housing Authority, with a breakdown of the reasons for termination as well as the number of cases in each category of reasons; and
whether any of the above public housing tenants have lodged successful appeals against the Housing Authority's decision to terminate their tenancies; if so, how many appeals have been allowed and what the main reasons for allowing the appeals are?
Answer:
Mr President,
The numbers of public housing tenants whose tenancies were terminated by the Housing Authority during the three years ending 31 March 1996 were:
1993-94
353
1994-95
511
1995-96
561
1,425
A breakdown of cases by reason and number is at Annex.