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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987

WORK BEGAN DURING THE YEAR ON FIVE SUPPLEMENTARY SITES TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 4 990 FLATS TO REHOUSE OTHER FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE PROGRAMME.

WAS EFFORT THAT THE

MADE TO SECURE FURTHER TO COMMITMENT AUTHORITY'S

AT THE SAME TIME, CONSIDERABLE SUPPLEMENTARY SITES TO ENSURE REPLACE ALL THE OLD FLATS LOST UNDER THE ERP WAS ACHIEVED.

HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME

SCHEME (HOS) AND TWO OFFERED FOR

A TOTAL OF 13 658 FLATS IN SIX HOME OWNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME (PSPS) PROJECTS WERE SALE IN THREE SALES EXERCISES DURING THE YEAR. RESPONSE TO THE SALES WAS OVERWHELMING AND THE SALES EXERCISE LAUNCHED ATTRACTED NEARLY IN MAY 1986 IN RESPECT OF 5 898 HOS AND PSPS FLATS

IN A RECORD NUMBER SINCE THE HOS WAS INTRODUCED 90 000 APPLICATIONS

WITH BOTH 1976, INDICATING THAT THESE FLATS ARE INCREASINGLY POPULAR PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS AND ELIGIBLE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

-

THE

IN RESPONSE TO A DEMAND FOR LARGER FLATS BY POTENTIAL HOME-BUYERS,

IN WHICH AUTHORITY DURING THE YEAR INTRODUCED A NEW CRUCIFORM DESIGN 60 PER CENT OF THE FLATS HAVE THREE BEDROOMS.

ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING

WITH THE SUSTAINED HIGH LEVEL AUTHORITY WAS ABLE TO MEET ITS PUBLIC DURING THE YEAR BY ALLOCATING 37 558 FLATS.

FLATS, THE RENTAL OF PRODUCTION OF

HOUSING ALLOCATION COMMITMENT

TO

THE ABLE-BODIED BE PROVIDED FOR ABOUT

AS PART OF ITS PROGRAMME TO MEET SOCIAL NEEDS, THE AUTHORITY PLANS

FOR SERVICE WARDEN PROVIDE SHELTERED HOUSING WITH ELDERLY AGED 60 OR ABOVE. ACCOMMODATION WILL 140 ELDERLY IN NEW ESTATES WITH MORE THAN 3 000 FLATS.

OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, 16 SHELTERED HOUSING PROJECTS WILL BE COMING ON STREAM, AND THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN HENG ON ESTATE, MA ON SHAN, THIS YEAR.

COMMERCIAL PREMISES

MEETING IS

SHOPPING ON THE

WITH A

MORE INNOVATIVE COMMERCIAL PREMISES

THE AUTHORITY IS AWARE OF THE CHANGE IN THE MODE OF

IT PART OF ITS TENANTS, AND APPROACH, BOTH IN DESIGN AND IN THE MARKETING OF IN ESTATES.

ADOPTED

DURING

THE YEAR IN

LETTING

A FLEXIBLE MARKETING APPROACH COMMERCIAL PREMISES HAS PROVED SUCCESSFUL.

UNDER THIS