Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said in an interview with the program today (10th) that he hoped that the construction of public and private housing could be accelerated. The committee should pay cash allowances to families waiting for public housing on behalf of the government to better establish the spirit of accountability.
Some members of the Housing Authority publicly stated that they were confused by Lam Cheng's remarks, and some members privately expressed "good luck" and cited a document submitted to the Legislative Council by the Transport and Housing Bureau three years ago to refute Lam's statement.
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Zhao Guowei: "Fines" are all public money
Housing Authority member and director general of the Public Housing Association, Zhao Guowei, said in an inquiry from "Hong Kong 01" that he was confused by Lam Cheng's remarks because even if the Housing Authority was required to "fine" to pay the "Cash Allowance Scheme", the actual The government also uses public funds, and there is no difference. "In fact, all the money of the Housing Authority is public money. I don’t see the difference between the government and the government." He emphasized that the Housing Authority has already promoted more public housing at full speed. project.
He also mentioned that for every project being promoted by the Housing Authority, the members are also very keen on how to compress the preliminary procedures and speed up housing construction, but it is impossible to completely ignore or bypass the existing laws and regulations. He also retorted that if the Housing Authority "sighs "Against" and deliberately slowing down the progress of public housing projects can of course be held accountable. "But the facts are not true. If you understand, you will feel that we are slow in doing things, so should we hold the Housing Authority accountable?"
Zhao Guowei, member of the Housing Authority and Director-General of the Public Housing Association.
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Committee members cited documents stating that slow housing construction has nothing to do with the Housing Authority
Some committee members said in private that they felt "very good" about Lam Cheng's remarks, and sent to reporters a document submitted by the government to the Legislative Council. "Look at the government before talking," and emphasized that the slowness of housing construction has nothing to do with the Housing Authority.
According to a document submitted by the Transport and Housing Bureau to the Legislative Council Panel on Housing in November 2018 on the challenges and difficulties in implementing public housing development projects, it mentioned that the Government is committed to identifying land for public housing development, and the Housing Authority is also viable Work hard to speed up the development process under the circumstances.
The bureau said at the time that the government had identified more than 210 sites with potential for short- and medium-term housing development in the past few years, and a total of more than 310,000 units could be built, of which 70 would be public housing. However, most of the land has yet to be completed. Required procedures, including planning and consultation, statutory planning, land resumption and demolition, provision and replacement of facilities, site formation and provision of infrastructure, and timely approval of funding from the Legislative Council. Among the public housing projects consulted by the District Council in 2018, about 80% of the land is not "sweetened land". Therefore, the government must carry out various procedures to turn some "unsweetened land" into "sweetened land". Certainty".
The document mentioned that the Housing Authority will continue to take five major measures, including close liaison with relevant bureaux/departments, seeking support from the districts, and making the best use of the site, designing in accordance with local conditions, and making the best use of the development potential of each site. Under the condition that planning and infrastructure permits and will not cause unacceptable impact on environmental quality, development restrictions should be appropriately relaxed through consultation with the department or through planning applications.
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