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FUTURE PLANNING

31. The Authority realizes that the development of such sites as may be allocated will not in itself be sufficient to achieve its aims and that it should prepare plans for future development based on a detailed survey of existing housing conditions. It is fairly clear, for instance, that the overall problem is unlikely to be solved by the construction of relatively expensive housing units in the urban areas alone and the possibility of establishing several satellite or dormitory towns outside these areas must be examined. Government proposals to establish industrial towns at Tsun Wan and, on a lesser scale, at Kun Tong, are being watched with interest. The Authority is also giving consideration to a slum clearance scheme designed to alleviate the gross overcrowding in the more populous districts. Before such long-term planning can be pursued, however, the Authority must await a clearer picture of the financial resources that it can expect in the coming years.

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