Hong Kong officials stress that applicants for public housing can go upstairs in 3 years

The Secretary for Transport and housing, Ms Eva Cheng, said recently that the SAR government could provide 75,000 public housing units in the next 5 years so that applicants for public housing would be able to "go upstairs" on average for 3 years. According to media reports in Hong Kong, at the meeting of the Legislative Council housing panel of the HKSAR, Ms Cheng said that the SAR government would continue to build public housing estates in the next 5 years,　　It is expected that 75,000 sets of public housing flats will be available within 5 years, of which more than 90% of them are located in the urban area, together with the existing public housing estates which have exceeded the standard, so that the average waiting period of 3 years for public housing will be achieved. To prevent false assets and abuse of public housing, Ms Cheng said that the SAR government would allocate more resources to increase the number of spot checks in 2011 by 1 time to 10,000, and that in the next two years, 3000 cases of residential density exceeding 34 sq m per person would be provided, and the departments concerned would provide 4 public housing allocation opportunities to affected households, And the issuance of household relocation allowances.