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PRIVACY MARKING
1970
..In Confidence
Kreat Egnattor 2200
(dwell)=80,000
50,000
In hunasi
H4
амно
32 000
In Hk peranca x not agrotters.
HOUSING
Department
X According to the March 1971 census, 37.5%
(1.48 million) of a total population of 3.95
million is accommodated in housing built directly
by the government or with funds contributed by
the government; 2.17 million live in privately Jon 71
owned buildings and only 295,000 are in temporary
housing.Xof the latter, 120,000 will be
rehoused within the next six years and a
continuing programme of resettlement is intended
to give assistance to the remainder.
2.
Government resettlement began in the early
1950s and by 1971 almost 1 million people had
been re-housed either in 23 multi-storey estates
or 15 "cottage" areas.
3. A Government low-cost housing programme
caters for families with low incomes and, since
1962, some 187,000 people have been re-housed.
Six other estates in the course of construction
243 will provide accommodation for a further 430,000.
4. Both the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the
Hong Kong Housing Society benefit from Government
loans and since 1954 the former has housed
194,000 people (and is currently building flats
for a further 41,500) whilst the latter already has
15 estates for 110,000 people and expects to
(885363) Dd. 896639 1,000M 8/71 St.S.
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