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Friday, February 2, 1973

NEW AUTHORITY TO HAVE OVERALL CHARGE FOR HOUSING

Housing Bill 1973 Published

Legislation is being introduced to create a reconstituted

Housing Authority with overall responsibility for overseeing the

Massive 10-year public housing drive in Hong Kong.

Under the Housing Bill 1973, published in today's Gazette,

the new Authority will assume the roles of the existing Housing

Authority, the Urban Council, the Urban Services Department's Housing

Division, the Resettlement Department and the Housing Board from

April 1 this year.

For the first time, there will be one single body charged

with implementing the Government's plan to build homes for 1.8 million

people in a decade.

This will achieve the Government's stated aim of streamlining

the work of the various agencies which have in the past been responsible

for different aspects of public housing in Hong Kong.

The Housing Authority will operate through a new Housing

Department which will act as the Authority's administrative arm in

building and managing all types of public housing estates,

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