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37. THE TERRITORY WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ITS PERFORMANCE AND

ACHIEVEMENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING CONSTRUCTION. THE HOUSING

AUTHORITY EXCEEDED ITS ANNUAL PRODUCTION TARGET OF 35,000 FLATS

FOR THE SIXTH SUCCESSIVE TIME. WITH A FURTHER 12,000 FLATS BUILT

UNDER THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME AND BY THE HOUSING

SOCIETY, PUBLIC HOUSING CONSTRUCTION REACHED A RECORD LEVEL OF OVER 48,000 FLATS. OVER 18,000 OF THESE WERE FOR SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC: YET ANOTHER RECORD, REFLECTING RECOVERY AND

RE-INVESTMENT IN THE PROPERTY MARKET. PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING

PRODUCTION ALSO INCREASED WITH ABOUT 30,000 NEW FLATS COMPLETED.

38. 1985 SAW THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT STEP UP THEIR SQUATTER

AREA CLEARANCE PROGRAMME. THEIR OBJECT IS TO CLEAR AND REHOUSE

ALL SQUATTERS IN THE URBAN AREA OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, WITH

PRIORITY BEING GIVEN TO THOSE CURRENTLY SQUATTING ON SLOPES

VULNERABLE TO LANDSLIP.

39. DURING 1985 THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AGREED TO PROVIDE

SELF-CARE HOSTELS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES FOR THE MORE

`ABLE-BODIED ELDERLY MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION: THESE HOSTELS WERE

IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING QUOTA OF SHARED FLATS AND HOUSING

UNITS FOR SINGLE PERSONS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES. FOR THOSE

REQUIRING A GREATER DEGREE OF PERSONAL CARE, THE PLANNING RATIO

FOR CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOMES WAS RAISED FROM FOUR TO FIVE PLACES

PER THOUSAND OF THE ELDERLY POPULATION.

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