SS 2021 Overcrowding Issue

What is overcrowding?

What make it a problem?

Which policies could solve the problem?

How they solved the problem?

Not enough land

Not enough facilities

Reclamation (填海)

Building new towns (新市鎮)

Purpose: to increase the urban area to create space for more buildings (so it is not that crowded)

building public housings (公共房屋)

building public facilities (公共設施)

Purpose: increase the living standard of the common people by providing the needed facilities (so it is more tolerable 可被容忍)