Hong Kong Housing Society
The Hong Kong Housing Society (Chinese: 香港房屋協會) or Housing Society (房屋協會, 房協) for short, is the second largest public housing provider in Hong Kong (the first being the Hong Kong Housing Authority). The society is a non-governmental organization and non profit organization. The Chairman of the society is Yeung Ka-Sing (楊家聲) and the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director is Wong Kit-loong (黃傑龍).[1] Their mission is to "serve the housing needs of the Hong Kong community and strive to be a world class organization". Customers, quality, talent and prudence are the core values that support its guiding principles.
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[edit] History
The Hong Kong Housing Society is the first major public housing agency in Hong Kong.[2] The society, as an independent voluntary agency, was found in 1948[3] and was incorporated by Ordinance in Hong Kong in 1951[3][4].
During the World War II, about a fifth of urban domestic accommodation was damaged or destroyed, a tenth being totally destroyed.[2] With the influx of refugees soon after the war, the population of Hong Kong was growing at an alarming rate, one out of four were considered homeless. Others were under poor housing conditions.
In 1947, £14,000 was donated from the Lord Mayor of London's Air Raid Distress Fund to the Hong Kong Social Welfare Council to alleviate the problem. In 1948, the society was established with the aim of providing self-contained homes for families in need. Its first official meeting was attended by members of the council, Bishop Ronald Hall and other citizens.[4]
With a low-interest loan of HK$2.5 million repayable over 40 years[4] from the Hong Kong government and land granted at a concessionary price, its first estate, Sheung Li Uk in Kowloon, was built the following year after its incorporation.[2] (The estate was redeveloped in 1995 as Cronin Garden.[4])
By now, about 67,000 units have been built. However, the mission has changed nowadays; the society now acts as a bridge between the government housing and the private market.
[edit] Services
Some of the services that the HKHS provides are:
- Developing senior citizen housing
- Subsidized housing
- Rural public housing
- Sandwich Class Housing Scheme
[edit] Business
- Property Development
- Housing Society Elderly Resources Centre
- Property Management and Commercial Leasing
- Loan Services
- Building Management and Maintenance Scheme
- Hong Kong Housing Society Academy
[edit] See also
- Joyous Living senior housing project
- Hong Kong Housing Authority
- List of public housing estates in Hong Kong
[edit] External links
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- Hong Kong Housing Society (English) (Chinese)
- Housing, Planning & Lands Bureau
- Urban Renewal Authority
- Housing Authority and Housing Department
[edit] Reference
- ^ Housing Society Appoints New Chief Executive Officer (Press Release) Mar 31, 2009
- ^ a b c Asian urbanization: a Hong Kong casebook by Denis John Dwyer, Peter Bishop; University of Hong Kong. Centre of Asian Studies
- ^ a b Hong Kong Housing Society 2003 brochure
- ^ a b c d http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr00-01/english/panels/hg/papers/1976ce01.pdf Legco 00-01 Appendix I: History and Development
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