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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1987

HE SAID HOUSING AUTHORITY TENANCIES WERE IN FACT IN ALMOST AS SECURE A POSITION AS FLAT OWNERS AND THEY ENJOYED RELATIVELY CHEAP RENTS.

+PURCHASING THE FLATS IN WHICH THEY RESIDE WILL ONLY MEAN THAT THEY INCREASE THEIR FINANCIAL BURDEN WITHOUT MUCH ADDED ADVANTAGE OVER THEIR NEIGHBOURS WHO WILL CONTINUE TO PAY LOW RENTS AND ENJOY THE SAME LEVEL OF AMENITIES AND IDENTICAL STANDARD OF ACCOMMODATION, HE ADDED.

MR LIAO SAID THE PROPOSAL TO SELL PUBLIC RENTAL FLATS TO SITTING TENANTS WOULD THEREFORE BE BETTER CONSIDERED IN THE MID-1990'S WHEN THE BULK OF THOSE AWAITING PUBLIC RENTAL ACCOMMODATION WOULD HAVE BEEN SUITABLY HOUSED,

IN THE MEANTIME, HE SAID THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE PROPORTION OF NEW HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS TO RE ALLOCATED TO GREEN FORM APPLICANTS WHEN NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MEET THE RECENT INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR SUCH FLATS.

APPLICANTS.

MR LIAO ALSO SAID THE LONG-TERM HOUSING STRATEGY REVIEW CURRENTLY UNDER WAY WOULD CONSIDER HOW BEST THE DEMAND FOR HOME PURCHASE COULD BE MET.

44.2 PER CENT OF ELECTORS REGISTERED

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THE 1986 FINAL REGISTER OF ELECTORS TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY SHOWS AN OVERALL REGISTRATION RATE OF 44.2 PER CENT, BUT A BREAKDOWN OF THE RATE BY AGE GROUP HAD NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID FORD, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ROSANNA TAM ON THE REGISTRATION RATE OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 21 AND 25 IN THE ELECTORAL ROLL, MR FORD SAID IN 1985 THE RATE WAS 26.1 PER CENT.

HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT AIMED TO PROMOTE THE AWARENESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHT TO REGISTER THROUGH CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN SCHOOLS AND SOUGHT ADVICE FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION.

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