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his helped to stabilize the prices of small flats, and has in no way deterred private enterprise from building more small flats. The 1979 forecast for the production of small flets of under 1,000 sq.ft. is 35,000 units in the public sector, and 27,500 in the private sector; the 1980 forecast is 35,500 and 28,500 respectively.
Sir, Hong Kong's middle-income belongers are the
backbone of cur community.
They are part of the "sandwiched society" so eloquently described by the Honourable Roger Lobo on a previous occasion in this Council. Those living in post-1973 flats are paying increased rents out of all proportion to their income. They should not be blamed for being critical of Government' apparent indifference to their plight.
Is Government aware of the worsening housing problem of our middle-income belongers in the $5,000 to $10,000 monthly income group, and what does Government propose to do about it?
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