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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1993
3,000 PUBLIC RENTAL FLATS ALLOCATED AT TIN SHUI WAI * * * * *
ABOUT 3,000 PUBLIC RENTAL FLATS AT TIN SHUI WAI HAD BEEN ALLOCATED TO WAITING LIST APPLICANTS BY THE END OF JANUARY THIS YEAR.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS ELSIE TU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR EASON SAID THE FIRST RENTAL FLATS AT TIN SHUI WAI WERE READY FOR ALLOCATION IN APRIL 1992.
THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC RENTAL UNITS PRODUCED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN 1989/90, 1990/91 AND 1991/92 WERE 33,900, 32,600 AND 21,400 RESPECTIVELY.
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"HOWEVER, THE NUMBERS OF FLATS ALLOCATED WERE HIGHER BECAUSE FLATS RECOVERED FROM SITTING TENANTS ALSO BECAME AVAILABLE, MR BASON SAID.
THE NUMBER OF FLATS ALLOCATED IN THE THREE YEARS WERE 46,700, 43,700 AND 42,300.
MEASURES TO DETECT FRAUD IN HOS APPLICATIONS
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CONSIDERS THE EXISTING MEASURES TO DETECT SUBMISSION OF FALSE INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH APPLICATIONS HOME OWNERSHIP/PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEMES FLATS TO BE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE BUT WILL KEEP THEM UNDER REVIEW.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON GILBERT LEUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR EASON SAID SOME CASES CAME TO LIGHT ON RECEIPT OF COMPLAINTS BUT THE MAJORITY WERE DETECTED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT THROUGH DUPLICATION CHECKS ON PROPERTY OWNERSHIP WITH THE LAND REGISTRY.
HE SAID UNDER-REPORTING OF INCOME WAS NORMALLY VERIFIED THROUGH THE APPLICANT'S EMPLOYER AND OTHER RELEVANT SOURCES.
"THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST INVOLVED $600,000 A YEAR (AT 1992 PRICES)," HE SAID.
IN DETECTION IS
ABOUT
MR EASON POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE HOUSING ORDINANCE, THOSE CONVICTED OF KNOWINGLY GIVING FALSE STATEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH AN APPLICATION FOR ASSISTED HOUSING WERE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $200,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR ONE YEAR.
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