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HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY GWARA

PRESS RELEASE

新聞稿

Tuesday, 26th October 1976

ONE MAJOR CONTRACT BEING SIGNED EVERY MONTH,

REVEALS DIRECTOR OF HOUSING

The Housing Authority is now awarding one major contract

each month to provide homes for 15,000 people.

This was revealed today (Tuesday) by the Director of

Housing, Mr D.P.H. Liao, who was speaking at the monthly meeting of

the Rotary Club of Hong Kong at the Mandarin Hotel.

Mr Liao said the work of the Housing Authority was beginning

to gather momentum after a temporary slowdown during the recession.

"The building programme is swinging into top gear with

work going on in 11 estates to provide housing for over 200,000 people,"

Mr Liao said. "On average, we are now letting each month a new major

contract to build for 15,000 persons; a further 16 projects are at an

advanced planning stage, from which housing for 380,000 people will result."

The latest date for completion of these projects was December, 1981,

although many would be completed well in advance of this date.

"From 1973 80," said Mr Liao, new housing for more than 820,000

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people will have been provided."

He went on to state that this rate of activity would be

substantially increased over the next two to three years until we reach

our target."

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