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Bouth China Loming Post Wednesday 10.10.197
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BRITISH
Labour MP
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Colony's
Government, saying that it was tuding tub quoly with houging
Mr Robert Party poci, called ea ind
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housing
education problems.
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He said that he is Considering proposals to the ! Butish government regarding the nansder Hongkong
of
eserves back to the Colony, These he said, were desperately needed for social improvements in Hongkong.
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Tie lasized out at Govginment's 10 year housing plan, saying that, Although ambitious, the project Was hopelessly inadequate. "I feel that the projected figures have shortcomings and do not cater for the population increase and the refugee dilemma.”
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He added that to re-house squatters and rehabilitate the bout people, mach money must be spent on land And
accommodation 'construction.
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The Government will spend more than $3.000 million" and hope to house about 1.82 million by 1983 in the housing project.
PARTY.....critic
Alr Parry also accused the Government of neglecting the needs of people in the New Territories, and of ignoring their rights in land
and compensation
'land exchange.
"Because of the Many complaints I received from the village
representatives and members of the Heung Yee Kuk, I believe the government is not treating them fairly on these problems,"
On corruption, Mr Parry praised the government for its success of the Fight Violent Crime Campaign, but he added: "If the police have better pay, I feel corruption could be eliminated."
Mr Parry will leave today.
MP
British Labour yesterday criticised the Government's 10 year housing
plan asy being completely inndecusig to deal with the incre.se in population.
Mr Rob Parry, who completes a month-long visit to Hongkong today, snid last night that far more money must be spent on housing.
"There is a great need to rehouse squatters and to begin a reat blitz on poor housing and housing of the homeless," he said.
Mr Parry, some of whose constituents in Liverpool originally came from the New
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Territories, abo saidd that mi of the complaints, raised by the Heung Yeè Kik are justika especially in the, areas of land Compensation, land eveinn. transportation to the isolated villages and housing,
"The importatée to future of Hongkong lies in New Territories," he said. but he urged the Government to her more sympathetic in dealings with the people.
"A lot of the villagers are simple country people who do not understand the Complexities of the Government machine.” he said.
He enticised the Government for not introducing some form of wealth tax as an attempt to close the gap between the "haves" and "have nots.”
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sce multi-millonites being driven around in their limousines and the beggars d the streets, the contrasis afg sickening."
On the topic of corruption: Me„Parry_said that during his stay in the Colony he hea become More and concerned at the degree corruption.
"Corruption in public He undermines the fabric Government and cuts like a cancer into society.“
South China Morning Post
Thursday 11.10.1973
Visiting MP maininformed on housing 1100T MOD
A Housing Department spokesman said yesterday, that the visiting Labour MP, Mr Bob. Parry, had been badly misinformed on Hongkong's housing.
money must be spent housing und that there was à great need to rehouse squntiers. The spokesman said seme the facts Mr Perry seemed, to-be "ztávoly"
disagreed with his commeņas.
The spokesman' was--and that the department commenting on Mr Parry's remark that the Government's 10-year housing plan was completely inadequate to deal with the increase in population.
Mr Parry said that far more
He regretted that Mr Burn had not accepted the department's invitation for d briefing
Hongkong's housing.
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