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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987

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STRATEGY, A

TRADITIONAL

UNDER THIS NEW MARKETING SUPPLEMENTS THE DEPARTMENT'S

SYSTEM

LETTING-BY-NEGOTIATION

TENDER METHOD TO ACHIEVE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH NEW COMMERCIAL TENANTS.

TEMPORARY HOUSING

LAND

AS A RESULT, NINE NEW WERE COMPLETED AND DB- PERSON SPACES WAS UNDERWAY

THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT CONTINUED DURING THE YEAR TO ACQUIRE MORE TO BOOST THE TEMPORARY HOUSING SUPPLY. TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS FOR 10 003 PEOPLE

WITH 30 409 AREAS VELOPMENT OF 23 NEW DURING THE YEAR.

OLDER

ANNUAL SAVING

DURING THE YEAR, INSTALLATION OF INDIVIDUAL WATER METERS IN THE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS WAS COMPLETED, RESULTING IN AN OF ABOUT $15 MILLION.

SQUATTER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT

DURING THE YEAR, THE AUTHORITY MADE

SURVEY AN ADDITIONAL SQUATTERS

CRITERION

IN NOT REGISTERED TEMPORARY HOUSING.

THE 1984-85 FOR PERMANENT THE SURVEY ARE

SQUATTER

PUBLIC ELIGIBLE

OCCUPANCY HOUSING. ONLY FOR

THE ADDITIONAL

CRITERION

WILL

PREVENT QUEUE-JUMPING

PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING BY PEOPLE TRYING TO MOVE TO AREAS SOON TO CLEARED FOR DEVELOPMENT.

FOR

BE

ΤΟ HELP

IN THE YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT'S

SQUATTER

IMPROVEMENTS AREA

SPENT MORE THAN

$17

MILLION

NEW

PROJECTS

IN LARGER SQUATTER

COMPREHENSIVE ON 11

SETTLEMENTS FOR THE

DIVISION IMPROVEMENT BENEFIT OF SOME

23 000 SQUATTERS.

LIGHTS IN COMPREHENSIVE

A PROGRAMME HAD ALSO BEEN FORMULATED TO INSTALL 600 PUBLIC THE NEXT TWO

YEARS IN 40

IMPROVEMENTS ARE PLANNED.

SQUATTER

AREAS

WHERE NO

CLEARANCE

THE DEPARTMENT CARRIED OUT A NUMBER OF

PROJECTS, FOR A WIDE RANGE OF

HOUSING INCLUDING

MAJOR DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCES ESTATES, SCHOOLS,

PARKS, DRAINAGE SCHEMES AND ROADS.

AS A RESULT HOUSED HOUSING.

OF THESE AND OTHER

-

CLEARANCES, 37 056 PEOPLE

AND 16 442 IN 20 614 IN PERMANENT PUBLIC HOUSING

WERE RE- TEMPORARY

9

A 52. ESTATE,

NOTABLE AMONG THE MAJOR CLEARANCES WAS THE ONE CARRIED OUT ON WAY FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING HECTARE SITE IN TAJ PO TO MAKE HOS AND PSPS PROJECTS, GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY FACILI- TIES AS WELL AS PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

/THE PUBLIC