23. Mr. Aspinvallasked the Lord Privy Seal how many people were accommodated in the net increase in housing produced in 1979 in Hong Kong.
§ Mr. Blaker177,500 people, including 21,107 transferred from demolished old public housing, were accommodated in the 32,998 new flats completed in the public sector in 1979–80. It is estimated that a further 140,000 people were accommodated in the 27,000 new units completed in the private sector in 1979–80.