maintained, if only at the expense of a slightly reduced revenue for the Housing Authority. Indeed, the Housing Authority should explore income generating avenues such as cutting cost through improved management, producing more Home Ownership units, evicting absentee tenants, and selling flats to existing occupants. The fact that there were 130,000 applicants, of whom only 32,000 were granted Home Ownership units, is a sound proof of people's willingness to leave public housing estates as soon as their financial situations permit.
The suggested measures would prove more practicable than to exercise rigid formulae in domestic rent and housing subsidy reviews, and to support flimsy arguments with highly questionable figures.
Futhermore, the two reports in question also serve as a warning signal that a comprehensive review on Government's overall housing policy is long overdue.
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