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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1988

MAJORITY OF RENT INCREASES RELATIVELY MILD

THE MAJORITY OF RENT INCREASES FOR ALL AUTHORITY ESTATES IN MONEY TERMS ARE RELATIVELY

HON THE ADMINISTRATION, FOR DISTRICT

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HOUSING

CATEGORIES OF

MILD, THE SECRETARY DONALD LIAO, SAID IN

MR LIAO WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HUT YIN-FAT.

THE

MR LIAO SAID REFERRING TO ANOTHER PART OF MR HUI'S QUESTION,

YEARS ABOUT

12 PER IN EACH OF THE PAST

60,000 OR FIVE

CENT OF RENTS EXCEEDING 15 PER CENT OF HOUSEHOLDS IN RENTAL ESTATES PAID THEIR INCOME. THESE OCCURRED MAINLY IN THE NEWER ESTATES.

"VERY FEW TENANTS HAD EXPRESSED DIFFICULTY IN

ABOUT WHICH REPRESENTED RENTS, THE LEVEL OF RENTS," HE SAID.

PAYING THE NEW ONE THIRD OF MARKET

MR LIAO ALSO NOTED THAT HOUSING

NUMBER OF

THAT OF THE

CLEARANCES,

TOTAL TENANTS

DEPARTMENT

STATISTICS SHOWED

PEOPLE TO

AND CASES HAD CHEAPER

AFFECTED WAITING

BY LIST

MADE OFFERS BY REDEVELOPMENT CENT OF THE ONE PER

AFFECTED

APPLICANTS, IN LESS THAN ACCOMMODATION BEEN REQUESTED.

WHERE DIFFICULTY WAS EXPRESSED, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT THESE PEOPLE FLATS AT LOWER RENTS IN OTHER ESTATES, HE SAID.

IN THE CASE OF GENUINE REFERRED THE PEOPLE CONCERNED TO THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,

OFFERED

THE DIFFICULTIES,

SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT

HOUSING DEPARTMENT

FOR

FLATS 14,500

WERE ALLOCATED TO

IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, SUCCESSFUL WAITING LIST APPLICANTS, MR LIAO SAID.

OF

WHILE ABOUT 1.5 PER CENT OR 220 FAMILIES DECLINED THE OFFER NEW FLATS CHARGED AT RENTS WHICH EXCEEDED 15 PER CENT OF THEIR INCOME,

THEM

AND OFFERED, WERE ALL OF

CHEAPER SELF-CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION IN OTHER ESTATES.

ACCEPTED,

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