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PA 364/1

DRAFT SPEECH BY HON MRS SELINA CHOW, OBE, JP

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 29 OCTOBER 1986

HKK.364/1

REGLI

- 6 NOV 1986

Sir

Paper

Adjournment Debate on the "Report of the Committee on Housing Subsidy to Tenants of Public Housing" and the "Report of the

Domestic Rent Policy Review Committee"

CISTRY

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A LegCo ad hoc group

in LegCo.

was

formed

to study

the

when the However

Committee

Green

a view to

on Housing

Subsidy in November last year with on Housing Subsidy debating it Subsidy decided to defer its final recommendation to the Housing

Authority,

of public consultation, wait until the Committee had

decided

pending

results

group

reached its conclusion

We did however ask for

our

before we should proceed with our debate. assurance from the Administration for adequate time to be allowed for public consultation and representation to be aired as well as for our group to study the Committee's report and public views on

that it in order

debate on in would be

a position to

subject intelligently and responsively.

we

the

True to their word, both the Housing Authority and the

been have

extremely

flexible

with their

Housing Department time-table, and this is indeed appreciated by our ad hoc group.

that on

one on

were

But the fact that the two reports, namely the

Housing Subsidy and

Domestic Rent Policy Review,

released together in early

our in early September led our group to conclude Since June this that we should tackle them in the same debate.

of thinking

both

have been

well

informed

of

the

year, we Committees, through meetings with the Administration, as well as

with

Mr colleagues our respective chairmen of repeated opportunities

HU F K

the

before

two

CHAN and

Committees. We

and after

Mr

Ying-lun,

the

the

have

release of

also

had

the

reports to meet with concerned groups which represented public

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