Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said earlier that if the Housing Authority's rate of housing construction is too slow, it should pay a cash allowance for waiting for public housing. The remarks have caused controversy.
When she saw reporters later, she explained that the remarks were not "suggestions", but only "satisfied thoughts."
The Director of the Bureau of Transportation and Housing, Chen Fan, who is also the chairman of the Housing Authority, attended the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium" this morning (14). He said that the process of land development from raw land to mature land requires a lot of statutory processes. "The responsibility is not if It's wrong to hold accountability, but to do a good job of responsibilities."
Regarding the progress of the Housing Authority's housing construction, Chen Fan said, "It's not a good conversation, but it's not wrong in fact."
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said earlier that if the Housing Authority's rate of housing construction is too slow, it should pay a cash allowance for waiting for public housing. However, she later pointed out that the remarks are not "suggestions" but only "satisfying ideas."
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In the program, Chen Fan was asked about the Housing Authority’s responsibility for the progress of public housing construction. He said that the planning of public housing supply is a teamwork, and he emphasized that the development of land from raw land to mature land requires a process. "There are many statutory processes to deal with." .
Chen Fan pointed out that "when the land is handed over to us, the responsibility is ours," but he believes that "the responsibility is not to be accountable if you make a mistake, but to do a good job of the responsibility."
When asked about the progress of the Housing Authority's housing construction, Chen Fan said that as the chairman of the Housing Authority, "it's not a good conversation, but it's not wrong in fact." (Photo)
The Housing Authority claims that the progress of housing construction is good and the delays have been decreasing.
Chen Fan also said that once the reclaimed land is handed over to the Housing Authority, housing construction will proceed at full speed.
He emphasized that in the future, contractors will be introduced to be responsible for design and construction together, so that the government can focus on supervision and further speed up the housing construction process.
Chen mentioned that the pace of housing construction in the past five years has been good. In 15/16, four projects were delayed. After 17/18, only one project was delayed in 18/19. "Of course, there are many reasons for the delay, but I see Colleagues are so dedicated to doing their best."
Lam Cheng claims that the Housing Authority will have to pay cash allowances for slow housing construction. Housing Authority: It has been striving to build more units. Housing Authority members said that the building site is like a "pig skull". The area is small and can only be "accepted with tears". The payment of allowances is a "satisfying idea." Non-recommended approval reports are meaningless to create contradictions. The Housing Authority must pay the allowances for slow housing construction?
Members denied "sighing for slow" and citing government documents to refute Lam Cheng
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