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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987

LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY TIMELY '

CONVENER OF THE LEGCO AD НОС GROUP ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY, THE HON

ΤΟ PREPARE FOR THE CHOW TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP AGREED

MRS SELINA STRATEGY WAS TIMELY AND NECESSARY FOR ADJUSTING THE FOCUS ON

THAT THE AHEAD.

THE WAY

SHE ADDED THAT MEMBERS ACCEPTED THERE WAS A GROWING DEMAND HOME PURCHASE, AND THEY ALSO AGREED THAT SUCH DEMAND SHOULD BE MET FAR AS POSSIBLE.

MRS CHOW WAS SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY.

FOR

AS

COUNCIL DURING

THE

ALL IN

"HOWEVER THE QUESTION IS RAISED AS TO HOW TYPES OF HOUSING IS

THE NEED FOR TO BE SATISFIED, WHETHER ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED PRIORITIES, OR WHETHER THIS

THIS IS INDEED FACT REPRESENT A SHIFT IN ESTABLISHED PRIORITIES

DOES NOT IN SHE SAID. +

BETWEEN

H

THE QUERY RAISED ASPIRATION FOR

SHE SAID MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC GROUP SHARED BY SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HOW THIS RECOGNITION OF HOME PURCHASE WOULD AFFECT THE RATIO AND HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEMES, AND WHETHER THE FLEXIBILITY

PUBLIC RENTED HOUSING THE RATIO ACCORDING TO DEMAND

TO DETERMINE WOULD NOT ADVERSELY RENTAL APPLICANTS AND TENANTS WHO WERE UNDOUBTEDLY THOSE MOST IN

AFFECT ELIGIBLE OF HELP.

NEED

SHE SAID MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WERE THE GOVERNMENT'S LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY POLICY STATEMENT

GENERALLY CONCERNED THAT DEMONSTRATED IN ANY WAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT ATTENTION TO THE EXTREMELY LONG PUBLIC HOUSING WAITING LIST.

WAS GIVING

HAD NOT PRIORITY

OF THOSE

"WHILE ENDORSING THE AIN TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITION ALREADY RESIDING IN THE PUBLIC HOUSING RANKING OF THIS PRIORITY OVER THE RELIEF OF

SECTOR, WE QUESTION THE

THE SAID.

WAITING LIST, SHE

SHE SAID A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS AGREED WITH THE NEW SUPPLEMENTING PUBLIC HOUSING

CONCEPT OF PRODUCTION BY TAPPING RESOURCES THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE HOME PURCHASE

PRIVATE SECTOR WHILE A MINORITY

LOAN SCHEME, OF MEMBERS ECHO THE OBJECTION INTEREST GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY BASED

RAISED BY SOME MAINLY ON TWO GROUNDS.

FIRST, THEY REGARDED THIS PROPOSAL AS A SUBSIDY TO BOOST PROFITS OF PROPERTY DEVELOPERS. IT MIGHT PRODUCE

FORM OF GOVERNMENT UNDERSIRABLE EFFECT OF INFLATING THE PROPERTY MARKET AS

THE ECONOMY.

WELL AS THE

"THEY ARE PARTICULARLY WORRIED THAT EVEN THOSE AFFORD IT WOULD BE TEMPTED ΤΟ PURCHASE AND HARDSHIP AND OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS,

THIS

WHO COULD NOT WOULD LEAD ΤΟ

SHE SAID.

THE MAJORITY