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Lam Cheng: Public housing can be bought for one year, and the lock-up period for subsidized housing of green homes will be extended to five years

2021-12-30T04:58:02.973Z


Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s five-year term is coming to an end. He will step down in June next year. This morning (30th) 11:30, I rarely meet with reporters at the Government Headquarters on the theme of "Work in Review". Clearance


Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s five-year term is coming to an end. He will step down in June next year. This morning (30th) 11:30, I rarely meet with reporters at the Government Headquarters on the theme of "Work in Review". Customs clearance progress.

Checking the information of the Information Services Department, Lam Cheng took office in 2017 and never held a call-up call at the end of the year with the theme of "Annual Review".


It is the last year of Lam Cheng's term, and this year, after "improving the electoral system," the election of the Election Committee and the Legislative Council will be held. This arrangement is quite rare.

"Hong Kong 01" live broadcast press conference.


For the first time in the term of office, we will summarize the annual work in the form of recruiting

It is understood that Lam Cheng usually summarized the work of the year in the form of Facebook posts or filming in previous years. This is the first time he directly explained his work in the form of a press conference.

Next year 13,600 units of subsidized housing HOS flats will be sold at a discount of 51%

[11:59] Carrie Lam said that a total of 8,900 HOS flats and 4,700 green homes will be sold in 2022. That is to say, people can buy a total of 13,600 flats next year, bringing the number of subsidized housing launched by the current government to about 38,300. This is about four times more than the previous government. She said that thanks to the hard work of many colleagues, she knows that the people are eager to live in peace.

"HOS 2022" involves 7 housing estates with a total of 8,900 units, distributed on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. About half of them are in the urban area. There are many choices of unit size.

The selling price benefited from the new pricing mechanism in 2018 (decoupled from the market price and changed to the family affordability determination based on the median monthly household income of non-owner households). The HOS flats will be sold at a 50% discount next year. The largest discount rate since the re-sale in 2014.

In this phase of Green Homes, the final units will be open to people who have applied for public housing for more than a year to purchase.

21/22 The fourth quarter land sale plan will introduce minimum area requirements

[11:57] Lam Cheng also pointed out that since the announcement of the "2021 Policy Address" in October, the 10-year housing construction plan submitted by the Development Bureau and the Transport and Housing Bureau has been reviewed, and the first quarterly report for the next five years (a total of Involving 120 projects), the authorities have tried their best to reduce the housing construction process, hoping to speed up, the first report has been submitted.

The reduction of housing construction procedures requires legal simplification. The Development Bureau will submit to the Legislative Council in the first quarter of 2022 to review the laws related to land development, as well as specific proposals for streamlining procedures, covering the Town Planning Ordinance, the Land Resumption Ordinance, The Foreshore and Seabed (Reclamation Works) Ordinance, the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance and the Roads (Works, Use and Compensation) Ordinance.

The Development Bureau will also introduce the minimum unit size requirement in the government land sale plan for the fourth quarter of 2021-22. The number of units sold on residential land should not be less than the stipulation. The Development Bureau will announce the details at 4 pm today.

[11:54] Lin Zheng said that Hong Kong athletes have achieved historic results in the Tokyo Olympics: 1 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze.

In the subsequent Tokyo Paralympic Games, the 14th National Games and the National Games for the Disabled, a total of 29 medals were won.

The government has made an unprecedented investment in the purchase of the broadcasting rights of the Tokyo Olympics and the Tokyo Paralympics, which will be used by five TV stations to broadcast more than 3,000 hours of events. The citizens of Hong Kong will watch them for free, which has boosted sports enthusiasm.

Lam Zheng pointed out that the central government is very supportive of sports development and also agreed that Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao will jointly host the 15th National Games, which is the first time that Hong Kong has participated in hosting the National Games.

In addition, Hong Kong swimmer He Shibei set a world record for the 200-meter freestyle in the short pool; activities such as the visit of mainland athletes in the Tokyo Olympics, the visit of aerospace scientists to Hong Kong and the exhibition of lunar soil in Hong Kong, and the "World Dialogue" between Hong Kong students and astronauts are all inspiring.

The plan to reorganize the Policy Bureau is expected to be released in March. The Legislative Council will explain the details next month.

[11:53] Carrie Lam described that the sixth legislative council performed its duties during the one-year extension of the term. The "rab" and the "nodding bell" disappeared, and the efficiency of the parliament was significantly improved. It was passed by the government within one year. The 46 bills submitted have doubled the previous average of 20 bills per year. These include the introduction of non-local training doctors, household waste levies, and a total ban on e-cigarettes, all of which have been controversial for a long time.

During the year, the Finance Committee approved more than 20 billion yuan in appropriations.

The Chief Executive also agreed to the two private bills introduced by Members. The private bills have been pushed through, demonstrating the government's respect for the Legislative Council.

Lin Zheng also pointed out that it should be possible to formulate a plan for restructuring the Policy Bureau by the end of March next year, and the details will be announced at the first Legislative Council meeting on January 12 next year.

The economy is recovering, the unemployment rate has dropped to 4.1%

[11:50] Lam Cheng pointed out that the local economic recovery this year is related to the control of the epidemic. The GDQ in the first three quarters increased by 7% and is expected to increase by 6.4% for the whole year. The latest unemployment rate has dropped from 7.2% to 4.1%. Some companies even There is a shortage of manpower, and it is expected that the labor market will face challenges in 2022. In terms of residential property, property prices have risen but have eased in recent months, and have fallen from their peaks in August.

She also mentioned that the "Comprehensive Deepening of the Reform and Opening-up Plan for the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone" has brought a lot of opportunities for Hong Kong's modern service industry. "Jingli Caitong" and "Bond Connect", "Southbound Link", and the Shenzhen Municipal Government issued bonds in Hong Kong for the first time.

The government will make every effort to promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong Greater Bay Area, strengthen cooperation between Guangdong-Hong Kong, Shenzhen-Hong Kong, and Hong Kong-Zhuhai, and jointly advance with Shenzhen.

Looking back at 2021︱ Inventory of the top 20 news golden sentences, five words to stimulate the establishment of Lin Zheng's side sentence most irritating?

Sha Banshan's Notes | Three possibilities of Lam Cheng expressing his non-reelection to Beijing more than three months ago have emerged 01 Dismantling the bureau | Xi Jinping banqueted Lin Zheng and his wife for the first customs clearance in the past 4 years | Carrie Lam: Leaders agree that Hong Kong's epidemic control has been effective yet There is a customs clearance that did reply to Lam Cheng’s job description︱Liu Zhaojia: Xi Jinping affirms that the new election system does not want to imply that the next chief executive will be the next chief executive. Fully affirm the work of the SAR government, the new selection system shows that Hong Kong people are the masters of Lam Cheng's report on work | Li Keqiang: Fully affirmed that Lam Cheng and the SAR government praised prudent governance and effective epidemic prevention

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