The government launches a one-month public consultation today on the drafting of a bill regulating its temporary housing scheme and its “home swap” scheme – for residents affected by the future urban renewal process.
The government’s proposal for this piece of legislation also aims to tackle the long-running Pearl Horizon row. When the government announced in May its proposed solution to the Pearl Horizon incident – the construction of a temporary housing project on the ill-fated residential project site in Areia Preta, it said the implementation of the proposed solution would require legislation on its temporary housing plan and that it would launch a public consultation on the matter in the third quarter.
A press conference about the public consultation was held yesterday on the premises of the government’s Policy Research Office (GEP) in Taipa. The consultation will end on September 20.
Lam Chi Long (second from left), who heads the Ombudsman Bureau of the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC), speaks during yesterday’s press conference about the public consultation on the government’s temporary housing and “swap housing” bill, as Lao Pun Lap (centre), the former director of the government’s Policy Research Office (GEP) and now an advisor to the Chief Executive Office (GCE), Housing Bureau (IH) Director Arnaldo Ernesto dos Santos (first from left), Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) Director Liu Dexue (second from right), and Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Director Li Canfeng look on, on the premises of the Policy Research Office (GEP) in Taipa. Photo: Tony Wong
