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HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY XB£Ã¢

PRESS RELEASE

新聞稿

Wednesday, 13th October 1976

HOUSING AUTHORITY'S BUILDING PROGRAMME

GATHERING MOMENTUM,

ANNUAL REPORT REVEALS

The Housing Authority's building programme is beginning to

gather momentum with twice as many flats completed in 1975/76 as in the

previous year.

This is stated in the Annual Report of the Housing Authority

for the last financial year, just released.

Since it was formed in 1973, the report reveals, the Authority

has built 26,000 flats to house up to 173,000 people.

"Production this year was considerably higher than in 1974/75

with over twice as many flats completed (11,027 compared with 5,500)."

It goes on: "The building programme

inning to gather

momentum; seven new estates were started during the year bringing the

total of estates under construction to 14, and annual production of flats

will be progressively increased over the next few years."

The report also says that the Building Committee has approved

new designs for domestic blocks in future estates.

The basic design would create a sense of community among

residents by grouping families in small clusters on each floor and would

at the same time provide more privacy for individual flats.

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