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emphasize have only just been received and are still under consideration. In brief, this report recommends that, for the period up to 1976, the following housing should be provided:-

People

Private sector

360,000

Housing Authority

& Housing Society

120,000

Low cost housing

& Resettlement

560,000

1,040,000

I am sure you will agree that any plan to re-house one-quarter of a population within 6 years is an ambitious one: particularly when over 43% are already accommodated in housing provided by Government and Government-aided agencies.

But to set this programme against the need, the following is the estimated current position in rough figures:

Housed in permanent

private housing

1,600,000

Housed in Government

& Government-aided housing

1,700,000

Housed in temporary structures or temp-

orary shelter

700,000

4,000,000