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Answer:
Mr President.
the ratio between white and green form applicants who have successfully purchased property under the Home Purchase Loan Scheme (HPLS), as well as the number of such applicants who were former Waiting List applicants and their proportion in the total number of successful applicants under the HPLS, in each of the past five years; and
the ratio between white and green form applicants who have successfully purchased property under the Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), as well as the number of such applicants who were former Waiting List applicants and their proportion in the total number of successful applicants under the HOS, in each of the past five years.
The information in respect of successful applicants under the Home Purchase Loan Scheme is set out below:
Ratio of green form applicants to
white form
Number of
applicants who were on General
Proportion of applicants who were on General
Waiting List
Year
applicants
Waiting List
to total
1991-92
56:44
401
38.5%
1992-93
52:48
120
44.6%
1993-94
35:65
116
16.5%
1994-95
40:60
136
15.2%
1995-96
70:30
506
15.0%