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"THIS YEAR, 32,000 RESIDENTS OF

WAN URBAN SQUATTERS AREAS, AT SHAU KEI REHOUSED."

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988

THE TWO LARGEST REMAINING AND DIAMOND HILL, WILL BE

IN ADDITION, A GOOD START HAD BEEN MADE THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY, HE SAID.

ON

THE

CLEARANCE

OF

RESIDENTS "SO FAR 4,200 OF THE ORIGINAL 33,000

BE WILL OFFERS OF REHOUSING. CLEARANCE AND DEMOLITION 1992 AND THE SITE WILL BE DEVELOPED AS A PUBLIC PARK.

HAVE ACCEPTED

COMPLETED IN

"A

THEN MAJOR EYESORE AND HEALTH HAZARD WILL MUCH NEEDED PUBLIC AMENITY."

HAVE

BECOME

A

HAD TAKEN

ON PUBLIC HOUSING, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE GOVERNMENT A NUMBER OF STEPS IN THE PAST YEAR TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVE PROVIDING ADEQUATE ACCOMMODATION FOR ALL BY THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.

OF

THIS WITH THE REORGANISATION OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN APRIL

IMPLEMENT THE LONG YEAR, IT WAS GIVEN GREATER FINANCIAL AUTONOMY TO TERM HOUSING STRATEGY.

THE STRATEGY,

AUTHORITY OLDER PUBLIC HOUSING

SIR DAVID NOTED THAT AS PART OF THE HAD DRAWN UP A PROGRAMME TO REDEVELOP OVER 500 BLOCKS BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE CENTURY.

M

ABOUT 500,000 TENANTS OF THESE BLOCKS WILL BE ALLOCATED IN MODERN ESTATES WITH LOWER POPULATION DENSITIES AND A BETTER ENVIRONMENT.

T

DEMAND, HE

SAID

FLATS

LIVING

WAS PUBLIC

IN ORDER TO MEET PUBLIC

AUTHORITY THE PROVIDING GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOME PURCHASE, BOTH IN THE AND PRIVATE SECTORS.

AND PRIVATE SECTOR 2,500 LOANS HAD BEEN FLATS THROUGH THE

OWNERSHIP SCHEME THIS YEAR, 12,500 HOME PARTICIPATION SCHEME FLATS HAD BEEN SOLD, AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE PURCHASE OF PRIVATE SECTOR RECENTLY INTRODUCED HOME PURCHASE LOAN SCHEME.

ΤΟ REFERRING

THE

PRODUCTION IN

CONSTRUCTION DELAYED PROJECTS

THE SHORTFALL OF HOUSING

SHORTAGE IN THE 1987-88 FINANCIAL YEAR DUE TO LABOUR INDUSTRY, SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE COMPLETION OF THE WOULD, HOWEVER, BOOST PRODUCTION IN 1988-89 TO 54,200 FLATS.

IN A

"THIS WILL BE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FLATS EVER COMPLETED SINGLE YEAR AND MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO OFFSET LAST YEAR'S SHORTFALL.

"BUT I EMPHASISE THAT THIS HIGH FIGURE IS MAINLY THE RESULT DELAYS IN THE PROGRAMME.

OF

WORRYING SHADOW

A "FOR THE FUTURE, THE LABOUR SHORTAGE CASTS OVER PROSPECTS FOR KEEPING THE BUILDING PROGRAMME ON TRACK.

/SIR DAVID