Simple public housing in Kai Tak | Huang Weilun reiterated that he will not change the site selection: "Singing bad words" in one's own area is detrimental to others and not beneficial to oneself

The site selection of simple public housing in Kai Tak has caused controversy. The Deputy Secretary for Finance, Wong Wai-lun, posted on social media today (3rd) that the government has no intention of changing the addresses of the existing 8 sites, emphasizing that the simple public housing is only for short-term use and will not affect Kai Tak’s performance in the long run. The planning of the second core business district (CBD2) urges members of the Legislative Council and the public to "give more hope and choice to subdivided housing households" and pass the motion.

He reiterated that simple public housing is a large-scale social project with very important social functions and prices. He also pointed out that it is not only unwise but also detrimental to continue to stir up social conflicts and even publicly "bad-mouth" the value of one's own district It is not the actions of practical people to push the grassroots and middle-class owners to the opposite side.

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It takes the whole society to work together to make things happen, the government cannot do it alone

Huang Weilun said that the simple public housing is built by the modular construction method, and the construction speed is not fast. The construction period is about two years, so he is confident that about 30,000 units can be built within five years, so as to shorten the waiting time for public housing from six years By 4.5 years, he emphasized that this goal requires the joint efforts of the whole society to achieve it, and the government cannot go it alone.

Kai Tak, as the second core business district, remains unchanged for long-term development

As for the planning of Kai Tak as the second core business district (CBD2), he said that the government has taken pains to reiterate that the long-term development use of the land involved will not change, so during the vacancy period of the land for the comprehensive development of Shiyun Road, it will be used as a simple public space. The short-term use of the house will not change the planned legal use of Kai Tak. He pointed out: "It is completely unfounded and unreasonable to fabricate this as a CBD2 that will affect the entire Kowloon East!"

Ho Wing-yin, Director of the Housing Bureau, has been asked many times whether he can promise that the Kai Tak site will be returned to development after the 5-year operation period, that is, in 2031. Huang Weilun said in the article that the simple public housing is based on a 2-year construction period and a 5-year use period. For the sake of budget, when the "2+5" period expires, the land will be released, and then the development will be implemented according to the original plan, and the simple public housing will also complete the historical task of filling the short-term shortage of public housing supply.

However, he left a foreshadowing in his article: "Unless the demand for (public housing) increases greatly by then", it means that the simple public housing may still extend the operation period.

▼On February 2, Kai Tak private building owners called a residents meeting to urge the government to put aside the construction of simple public housing in the area▼

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Representatives of Kai Tak owners held a meeting last night (2nd) and expressed their opposition to the authorities' plan to build simple public housing in the area, but revealed that they would consider marching or applying for judicial review.

Huang Weilun quoted the critical remarks of media people Qu Yingyan and Lu Yongxiong on this, and even pointed out that the opponents' relevant actions are unwise, and it is even more harmful to others.

Constantly provoking social conflicts, or even publicly "bad-mouthing" the value of one's own area, is not only unwise, but also harms others and does not benefit oneself.

Pushing the grassroots and middle-class owners to the opposite is not the work of those who do practical things.

Deputy Financial Secretary Wong Wai Lun

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