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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1994

PUBLIC

INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF LAND.

OF ISSUES, HAS SO FAR FOCUSED ON A NUMBER DISCUSSION

MR BASON ASSURED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AND ALLOCATE LAND TO MEET CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL DEMAND JUST AS IT HAD DONE IN THE PAST.

ANOTHER CONCERN EXPRESSED WAS THE POSSIBILITY THAT PART OF

PROGRAMME REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY'S COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING BLOCKS WOULD BE RESCHEDULED.

FOR OLD

THE PUBLIC

MR

EASON

QUITE

THE

IS

CLEAR: SAID: "THE POSITION ON THIS

FIVE-YEAR REDEVELOPMENT HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL PRESS AHEAD WITH ITS PROGRAMME ALREADY ANNOUNCED WITH ONLY LIMITED ADJUSTMENT.

"THE PROPOSAL BEING CONSIDERED IS THAT HOUSING BLOCKS PROVIDING AFTER SELF-CONTAINED UNITS AND IN SOUND STRUCTURAL CONDITION SHOULD,

THE EXISTING REFURBISHMENT, BE RETAINED FOR A FEW MORE YEARS AFTER TENANTS HAVE BEEN REHOUSED.

SMALL

"BY PROVIDING EXTRA HOUSING RESOURCES ON A BLOCKS COULD HELP MEET THE DEMAND FOR UNITS IN THE SHORT TERM,

THESE

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TEMPORARY BASIS, URBAN REHOUSING

BY

SCHEME

MR EASON SAID THERE WAS A MISCONCEPTION THAT TENANTS

TYPE-II WOULD BE "FORCED" TO BUY REDEVELOPMENT

OR BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WHEN BEING FLATS

AFFECTED

HOME OWNERSHIP OFFERED

RENTAL

REHOUSING.

"THE ACTUAL SITUATION IS THAT SOME TENANTS WHO ARE KEEN TO HOS FLATS ARE UNABLE TO DO 30 BECAUSE THERE IS NO HOS FLATS SUPPLY THEIR DISTRICT AT THE TIME THEY ARE RELOCATED.

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"THE HOS TYPE-II PROPOSAL IS, THEREFORE, INTENDED TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL AVENUE FOR THESE AND OTHER FAMILIES.

"FURTHERMORE, EVEN IF THE HOS TYPE-II SCHEME IS IMPLEMENTED, THE AUTHORITY WILL ENSURE THAT THE PRIORITIES FOR THOSE ON THE WAITING LIST ARE NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED.

QUESTION OF PUBLIC RENTAL TENANTS EASON SAID THERE WAS A BODY OF OPINION THAT THOSE WHO TO OCCUPY TO BUY PRIVATE PROPERTY SHOULD NOT CONTINUE

THE WAITING WHILE THERE WERE STILL SO MANY PEOPLE ON

OWNING

PRIVATE

THE ON PROPERTY, MR COULD AFFORD RENTAL LIST.

FLATS

HOWEVER, HE SAID THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAD NOT TAKEN A VIEW THIS COMPLEX ISSUE, AND WOULD WELCOME MORE PUBLIC OPINION.

ON

ON THE PROBLEM OF UNDER-UTILISATION OF PUBLIC RENTAL FLATS, EASON SAID IT WAS A WASTE OF VALUABLE RESOURCES.

MR

THE

COUPLE OF MONTHS, IN

LAST

PUBLIC ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED, AND THE HOUSING DOUBT FOLLOW UP, HE SAID.

SUPPORT

FOR

TOUGHER WILL AUTHORITY

NO

MR

SAID THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS BROACHED EASON REPORT WOULD BE DISCUSSED FURTHER BY THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES HOUSING AUTHORITY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

IN THE

REVIEW OF THE

PUBLIC VIEWS WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, HE SAID, ADDING THE AUTHORITY WILL THEN RE-EXAMINE THE PROPOSALS IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

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