Housing chief visits Macau to inspect housing and urban development projects

In a bid to improve housing policies for the betterment of the livelihood of citizens, Hong Kong's housing chief visited Macau on Tuesday to strengthen exchange in housing between the two places.

Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho Wing-yin and other delegation members, including the chairman of the Hong Kong Housing Society Walter Chan Kar-lok and representatives of the Housing Department, visited the Economic Housing exhibition area of the New Urban Zone Area in Mong-Ha.

New Urban Zone Area A is a new reclamation area adjacent to the Zhuhai-Macao Artificial Island of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which mainly provides Economic Housing to alleviate the housing needs of low-income families.

The group also toured a temporary housing project, the Elderly Housing exhibition area, Economic Housing and Social Housing projects and shared experiences of building an age-friendly community as well as the opportunities and challenges in urban redevelopment.

Ho learned about Macau's five-tier system for housing provision, which included Social Housing, Economic Housing, Sandwich Class Housing, Elderly Housing and Private Housing. She also shared Hong Kong's efforts in enriching the housing ladder and increasing the housing supply.

The housing chief met with Raimundo Arrais do Rosário, the Secretary for Transport and Public Works of Macau, to exchange views on the public housing system and policies, overall planning of Macau, and progress of public works projects.