The government has pledged to reduce the average waiting time for public rental flats from the current six and a half years to under five years by 2001,to four years by 2003 and to three years by 2005.

• 政府承诺在二零零一年年底前，把轮候租住公屋单位的平均时间由现时的六年半缩短至少于五年；在二零零三年年底前，缩短至四年；并在二零零五年年底前，再缩短至三年。