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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988

NEW IMPETUS TO PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME

BEEN GIVEN

NEW

HONG KONG'S PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME HAS IMPETUS BY THE ADOPTION OF THE LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY,

REVIEW IS NOW THE CHAIRMANSHIP

MR THIS WAS STATED BY

JOHN TODD IN THE

CHAIRMAN'S CHAPTER OF THE 1987/88 HOUSING AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH ON SALE. MR TODD, WHO RETIRED IN MARCH, HANDED OVER OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES.

THE

OUT

AND AUTHORITY MR TODD POINTED MAJOR ROLE TO PLAY IN

REVIEWING THE WORK AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR,

WOULD AUTHORITY

HAVE A THAT THE HOUSING IMPLEMENTING THE LONG TERM HOUSING STRATEGY.

WAS

UPON EMBARKED BOTH THE PUBLIC

ON

AND

BUT

THE MAIN THRUST OF THE STRATEGY, WHICH

OPTIMISE

IN RESOURCES APRIL 1, 1988, WAS TO PRIVATE SECTORS IN MEETING NOT ONLY THE DEMAND FOR RENTAL HOUSING ALSO THE GROWING ASPIRATIONS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.

AUTHORITY WERE BETTER

THE CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE AND FINANCING OF

EARLY 1988 TO ENSURE IT IS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN EQUIPPED TO CARRY OUT THE EXPANDED HOUSING PROGRAMMES.

MR TODD ALSO MENTIONED THAT A FURTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENT

FINANCE COMMITTEE THE 1987/88 FINANCIAL YEAR WAS THE APPROVAL BY THE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, OF $2.76 BILLION FOR THE CLEARANCE OF KOWLOON WALLED CITY.

DURING

THE

1988 AND

IN

AS A RESULT, PHASE 1 OF THE CLEARANCE BEGAN IN EARLY THE FIRST FAMILIES MOVED OUT OF THE WALLED CITY TO THEIR NEW HOMES PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES ON FEBRUARY 12, 1988.

WERE CARRIED OUT BY THE AT THE SAME TIME, OTHER CLEARANCES

TO THE GOVERNMENT, OF

MAKE WAY FOR PUBLIC AUTHORITY, ON BEHALF

THE CLEARANCES HOUSING ESTATES AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS. NOTABLE AMONG WERE THOSE AT SHAU KEI WAN EAST AND DIAMOND HILL IN WONG TAI SIN.

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CLEARANCES NEVERTHELESS PUT A WHILE IMPERATIVE, THE

SEVERE THE EXISTING SUPPLY OF TEMPORARY HOUSING AND STRAIN ON

NEW THE AUTHORITY BY TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY MARCH 31.

COMMITTED TO HAVING ALL SQUATTER ALTHOUGH THE AUTHORITY IS

IT CONTINUED DWELLINGS CLEARED FROM THE URBAN AREA BY THE MID-19908,

THROUGH THE SQUATTER TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF SQUATTERS

YEAR UNDER REVIEW, THE AREA IMPROVEMENTS SCHEME. BY THE END OF THE

PROJECTS, FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAD CARRIED OUT 15 IMPROVEMENT BENEFIT OF 25 000 SQUATTERS.

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