CS SPEAKS TO REPORTERS
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1994
CHAN,
THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TODAY:
OF NEARLY HALF
HONG
I'VE JUST SPENT A VERY MRS CHAN: GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
HOUSING INTERESTING AFTERNOON HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF
DEPARTMENT AND ALSO AND HIS STAFF ABOUT ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE SEEING FOR MYSELF SOME OF THE LATEST HOUSING UNITS. I THINK WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIKES IN OUR HOUSING PROGRAMME. IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT SUCCESS TO THE STORIES OF HONG KONG AND A GREAT DEAL OF THE CREDIT MUST GO DIRECTOR AND HIS STAFF WHO WORK EXTREMELY HARD. THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET THE CREDITS THAT THEY DESERVE. BUT WHEN YOU REMEMBER THAT THE
THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY POPULATION, THEY ARE BUILDING FLATS AT A RATE OF ABOUT A DAY, I THINK YOU WILL THEN APPRECIATE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE TASK. SURE THAT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MISS ROSANNA WONG AS CHAIRMAN OF THE IN HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE GREAT IMPROVEMENT BOTH
THE GOVERNMENT HAS QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF OUR HOUSING STOCK, AND
CLOSE COOPERATION ALREADY PLEDGED AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN VERY
THE HOUSING WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO ENSURE THAT WE SATISFIED NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE.
NOW
HOUSES
HOUSING KONG'S HUNDRED A I'M
GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO SUPPLYING MORE LAND
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THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO EASE THE LAND SUPPLY SITUATION, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY), MR EASON SAID SIGNIFICANT
USES AMOUNTS OF LAND FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL WOULD BE COMING ON STREAM IN THE MEDIUM AND LONGER TERM.
"ABOUT 60 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL USES FROM THE NEW RECLAMATION AREAS IN WEST KOWLOON, CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI.
AND
"WE WILL ALSO HAVE APPROACHING 30 MORE HECTARES OF NEW LAND ON TSING YI AND AT TUNG CHUNG FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS A RESULT OF THE AIRPORT RAILWAY.
THE
"IN PARTICULAR, WE
PATIENTLY AWAIT THE GO AHEAD TO START BRINGING THE 62 HECTARES OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAND ALONG AIRPORT RAILWAY ON STREAM."
"IN DUE COURSE, FOLLOWING THE RELOCATION OF THE EXISTING
AND
AIRPORT,
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH EAST KOWLOON WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF LAND
RESIDENTIAL - SOME 172 HECTARES FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.
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