Force Housing

The implementation of the policy to provide housing for all eligible married
local Police officers of the rank of Superintendent and below continued.
The Force now manages 12 514 departmental quarters, of which 11 608
are for Junior Police Officers and 683 are for Inspectorate officers.

Three new quarters projects in Wong Tai Sin, Ngau Chi Wan and Chai
Wan were completed in mid-1997. They provided 1 237 high-quality
quarters, replacing 534 very old Junior Police Officers quarters at sites on
Hollywood Road and Canton Road. Proposals to build 1 171 quarters in
Tung Chung, Tuen Mun and West Kowloon Reclamation are at the
planning stage.

Older quarters continued to be upgraded under a programme to refurbish
some 4 500 married quarters for Junior Police Officers. Since the
introduction of the scheme in 1987, 1 874 quarters have been refurbished,
significantly improving structural conditions and standards.

In 1997, the Police Force secured 66 per cent of the Civil Service Special
Housing Quota for Disciplined Services to facilitate Junior Police Officers
who were approaching retirement to acquire public housing. Alternative
housing assistance provided for eligible Police officers included the Civil
Service Home Financing Scheme, Home Purchase Scheme, Housing Loan
Scheme and the Accommodation Allowance Scheme.

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