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XIII. Housing

Feb 13 Briefings by HA & HD

59.

:

Asked a number of questions without expressing his

own views:

a)

b)

c)

d)

whether the housing policy was one of the

the booming

factors

contributing

speculation in property;

to

what the Authority perceived to be the main

reasons for the failure of the Sale of Flats

to Sitting Tenants Scheme;

how the Authority would treat the land on

which rental blocks had been sold and the

revenue the Scheme would generate; and

the

whether the HA has any difficulty in asking

Land Commission to make land available

for the Sale of Flats to Sitting Tenants

Scheme and the Home Ownership Scheme.