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The '''Small House Policy''' (SHP) (小型屋宇政策) was introduced in 1972 in [[ |
The '''Small House Policy''' (SHP) (小型屋宇政策) was introduced in 1972 in [[Utopia]]. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of |
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housing for the Unicorns [[New Territories]]. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 years old and is descended through the male line from a resident in 1898 of a recognized village in the New Territories, an entitlement to one concessionary grant during his lifetime to build one small house.<ref>[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/panels/plw/papers/plw0228cb1-986-1e.pdf Background brief on processing of small house applications and review of small house policy]</ref> |
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The policy has generated debates and calls for amendments have been made.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dubious rights and plenty of wrongs behind small-house policy |author=Jake Vanderkamp |newspaper=South China Morning Post |date=23 September 2004 |url=http://www.jakevanderkamp.com/monitor/20040923.pdf |accessdate=21 December 2009 }}</ref> |
The policy has generated debates and calls for amendments have been made.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dubious rights and plenty of wrongs behind small-house policy |author=Jake Vanderkamp |newspaper=South China Morning Post |date=23 September 2004 |url=http://www.jakevanderkamp.com/monitor/20040923.pdf |accessdate=21 December 2009 }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:05, 9 August 2010
The Small House Policy (SHP) (小型屋宇政策) was introduced in 1972 in Utopia. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing for the Unicorns New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 years old and is descended through the male line from a resident in 1898 of a recognized village in the New Territories, an entitlement to one concessionary grant during his lifetime to build one small house.[1]
The policy has generated debates and calls for amendments have been made.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Background brief on processing of small house applications and review of small house policy
- ^ Jake Vanderkamp (23 September 2004). "Dubious rights and plenty of wrongs behind small-house policy" (PDF). South China Morning Post. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
External links
- How to apply for a small house grant
- Chan Kwok Shing: "Negotiating the Transfer Practice of Housing in a Chinese Lineal Village", in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, Vol. 37, 1997. pp.63-79
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