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Subject

Rural Public Housing

Purpose

To provide rental public housing in rural areas.

Progress Made & Present Position

District Officers and Director of New Territories Development began an assessment of real demand for public sector rental housing in the rural New Territories outside major development areas.

Next Quarter's Target

(a) On receipt of

assessment of demand, to seek the HK Housing Society's agreement in principle to undertake the construction of small estates in rural areas;

(b) Dependent on the

Housing Society's

response, to consult ExCo on the

implementation of the

programme,

5.

Construction

To build estates

of Rental Housing

to be let to

No. of flats

No. of

flats

Estates

families eligible for public

(a) Completions :

2,916

(a) Completions :

7,772

housing.

(b) Under construction :

·94,401

(b) Contracts to be

let-

Piling :

6,962

Site formation : Building :

4,286

10,917

(c) Contracts let

-

Site formation : Building :

2,336 21,096

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