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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990

REFLECTING ON

AND THAT BY RANKED AMONG

WHERE HONG KONG NOW STOOD IN WORLD TERMS

THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THE TERRITORY HAD COME FROM, WHERE THE STANDARD OF INCOME PER HEAD, HONG KONG TODAY THE WORLD'S TOP 20 ECONOMIES.

THE "IN

STRUGGLED AND MADB SHELTER

19509 AND 1960S, THIS COMMUNITY SACRIFICES TO ACHIEVE EVEN MINIMAL STANDARDS OF HEALTH CARE, AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

"NOW THE FACILITIES PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN

REQUIREMENTS WELFARE AND EDUCATION MEET THE BASIC

MEDICINE,

OF OUR

HOUSING, FAMILIES.

OF

WELL-

"INDEED, IN SOME AREAS, THESE SERVICES MATCH THE STANDARDS

A THRIVING, SOCIETIES. WE HAVE CREATED MUCH MORE EQUIPPED, URBAN COMMUNITY," HE SAID.

AFFLUENT

TWO-THIRDS OF FAMILIES WILL OWN HOMES BY TURN OF CENTURY

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OF EVERY THREE BY THE YEAR 2000, IT IS LIKELY THAT TWO OUT

DAVID WILSON, FAMILIES WILL OWN THEIR OWN HOMES, THE GOVERNOR, SIR SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TREND.

IT MEANS GREATER FAMILY "THIS IS AN ENCOURAGING

OF COHESION; DEEPER COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG; AND THE REINFORCEMENT

"THE GOVERNOR SAID. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SELF-RESPECT,

A MORE IMMEDIATE AIM, SAID SIR DAVID, WAS SQUATTER PROBLEM.

ΤΟ ELIMINATE

THE

"OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CLEAR OF THE SQUATTER HUTS FROM THE URBAN AREAS.

MOST.

ALL OF US HERE CAN REMEMBER "THIS WILL BE A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. THE SQUATTER-CROWDED HILLSIDES OF THE 1960S AND 1970s.

"WE

SHOULD ALSO HAVE REHOUSED THE MAJORITY OF FAMILIES IN TEMPORARY HOUSING," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

LIVING

TO ACHIEVE THESE AMBITIOUS GOALS, SIR DAVID SAID, WE WOULD NEED TO BUILD SOME 430,000 NEW PUBLIC HOUSING FLATS BY THE YEAR 2000.

J

HOUSING

WE EXPECT TO

LAST

PUBLIC YEAR'S "WE ARE CURRENTLY ON TARGET, PRODUCTION REACHED THE RECORD NUMBER OF 53,000 FLATS, ACHIEVE A SIMILAR PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR," HE SAID.

THE GOVERNOR REITERATED THAT NUMBERS ALONE WERE NO LONGER YARD-STICK FOR PUBLIC SERVICES.

THE

/"QUALITY COUNTS