Stock of flats and Authorized Population in Housing Authority Rental Estate by Geographic Area (94/95

Stock of flats and Authorized Population in Housing Authority Rental Estate by Geographic Area [1989/90 - 1993/94] [1994/95 - 1998/99] [1999/00 - 2003/04] [2004/05]
Geographic area	�@	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99
Hong Kong Island	Flats	67336	68278	69882	73397	67100
	Population	252663	251806	249986	245428	228854
Kowloon	Flats	250920	249101	251594	242903	237913
	Population	845520	832599	817723	781384	751360
Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing	Flats	106810	107520	105139	108941	100040
	Population	385711	380051	372853	366317	335101
Sha Tin	Flats	67090	67103	67756	68652	64051
	Population	266875	264047	258457	254002	234440
Tuen Mun	Flats	57991	57997	57993	57993	56093
	Population	210648	211559	208241	203130	191648
Tai Po	Flats	32384	32389	32383	32384	30535
	Population	131099	129498	128338	126214	117105
Fanling / Sheung Shui	Flats	23568	26596	26692	26718	26718
	Population	91153	97851	98726	98424	98720
Rest of the New Territories	Flats	51225	51781	53588	58646	62879
	Population	181748	187220	192875	204068	218431
Sub-total	Flats	657324	660765	665027	669634	645329
	Population	2365417	2354631	2327199	2278967	2175659

Notes:
(1) Figures are as at end of the financial year.

(2) Figures do not include the flats sold under the Tenants Purchase Scheme that has been implemented since April 1998 and the rental flats in Interim Housing.

Source:
Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (1999), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 1999 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.145.
Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2000), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2000 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.152.
Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2001), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2001 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.151.
Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2002), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2002 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.167.
Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2003), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2003 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.167.
Hong Kong Government Census and Statistics Department (2004), Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics, 2004 Edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government Printer, p.168.