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Security in public housing estates

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Reply by the Hon, D.P.H. Liao, CBE, -Secretary For District Administration,

to a question raised by the Hon. Chow, OBE, JP at the sitting of the Legislative Council on Wednesday 27 January 1988

7. Mrs. CHOW asked:

-QUESTION:

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In view of recent public concern about security problems in public housing estates, will Government inform this Council whether it has conducted any study into the adequacy in the design and management of rental and Home Ownership housing estates and whether Improvements to security will be made?

SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION:

Sir,

Question to. 7

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According to the crime statistics provided by the

l.c. Police, the security situation in public housing estates

In 1985,

has always been better than that in private sector housing. l.c. For instance, The crime rate for the year of 1976 was 79 cases per 10,000

persons in Housing Authority estates and 139 cases per 10,000 persons for that of Hong Kong as a whole. the crime rate in Housing Authority estates dropped slightly to 68 cases per 10,000 persons while the overall Hong Kong crime rate rose to 160 cases per 10,000 persons. of Hong Kong's population are accommodated in public housing

ber cent

Over 45%

45%

per cent but only 15.7% of the total number of reported crime cases

сар.

in the territory in 1986 took place in Housing Authority

rental estates.

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