Housing Authority Performance Indicators

- Squatter Areas in Hong Kong


Year
(end-March)

Squatter Areas in Hong Kong

Urban Areas

New Territories

Overall

No. 

Households

No. 

Households

No. 

Households

1986

249
48,132
738
71,285
987

119,417

1987

237
41,683
734
69,022
971

110,705

1988

221
35,201
733
65,578
954

100,779

1989

214
28,889
732
64,559
946

93,448

1990

193
21,478
730
61,556
923

83,034

1991

181
18,117
727
59,941
908

78,058

1992

163
15,594
723
58,866
886

74,460

1993

148
12,217
730*
58,065
878

70,282

1994

140
11,353
728
57,417
868

68,770

1995

112
8,619
729*
56,911
841

65,530

1996

93
7,971
727
56,186
820

64,157

1997

75
5,967
727
55,363
802

61,330

1998

67
5,766
738*
54,957
805

60,723

1999

65
5,678
738
54,409
803

60,087

2000

62
5,620
734
53,910
796

59,530

* The increase in no. of squatter areas arising from re-drawing boundaries.

Source:

Hong Kong Housing Authority: Housing Authority Performance Indicators, March 2000.