Flat Selections for Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme Flats 2025 Begins From August 25, Aiming to Boost Homeownership Opportunities in Hong Kong

Flat selections for Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme Flats 2025 to commence from August 25

The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Housing Authority:

Flat selections for the Sale of Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme (GSH) Flats 2025 (GSH 2025) of the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) will commence from August 25.The HA will invite eligible applicants in batches to select flats for sale under GSH 2025, via mail or email, at the designated time at the office of the HA's GSH Sales Unit in Kwun Tong (GSH Sales Office), according to the priority under the respective application category.

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Flat selections for GSH 2025 to commence first enhancing the housing ladder

"The HA has long been striving to enhance the housing ladder through the provision of various types of subsidised sales flat (SSF) schemes and continuous enhancement of relevant arrangements in order to assist Public Rental Housing (PRH) tenants with better financial capabilities and other eligible applicants to achieve upward mobility by purchasing SSFs. The HA jointly launchedthe Sale of Home Ownership Scheme (HOS) Flats 2025 (HOS 2025), GSH 2025 and the White Form Secondary Market Scheme 2025 with applications invited in April. The ballots for three schemes were separately drawn on July 10. Given that flat selections for GSH 2025 are set to commence from August 25, we encourage the eligible applicants to seize the opportunity and fulfil their home ownership aspirations early," a spokesman for the HA said today (August 17).

Convenient location of Shing Chi Court and diversified choices of flats

Flats for sale under GSH 2025 include over 800 flats from the conveniently located new GSH development, Shing Chi Court, in Kowloon Bay with saleable areas ranging from about 26.0 square metres to about 43.6 sq m (about 280 square feet to about 469 sq ft) (see Annex 1). In addition, about 120 resale GSH flats and a new batch of about 400 recovered Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) flats will be offered for sale under GSH 2025.

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Affordable pricing to facilitate home ownership

The HA continues to determine the selling price of GSH flats at an affordable level, helping members of the public to step onto the housing ladder with ease and realise the dream of homeownership. Based on the principle of setting selling prices at an affordable level, the discount rate for HOS 2025 was set at 30 per cent from the assessed market level. Since flats under GSH 2025 will be sold at a discount of 10 per cent more than that of HOS 2025, the discount for GSH 2025 was set at 40 per cent from the assessed market values (i.e. for sale at 60 per cent of the assessed market values).

The selling prices of flats in Shing Chi Court under GSH 2025, range from about $1.68 million to $3.54 million. The mortgage payment is about $11,500 per month, assuming a flat selling price of $2.7 million (saleable area of around 35.3 sq m or 380 sq ft) and that the buyer takes out a mortgage at 95 per cent of the flat price for a mortgage repayment period of 30 years at a prevailing mortgage interest rate of about 3.5 per cent.

Priority flat selection for families with newborns or elderly and extra support for single applicants (see Annex 2)

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The order of priority for flat selection by eligible applicants will be determined by the application category, quota allocation and ballot results. Affected tenants of the HA's announced PRH clearance projects (i.e. Wah On House, Wah Lok House, Wah Cheong House, Wah Tai House and Wah Kin House of Wah Fu Estate; Pik Hoi House, Kam Pik House and Tan Fung House of Choi Hung Estate; Geranium House and Narcissus House of Ma Tau Wai Estate and Sai Wan Estate) who would like to purchase an SSF in lieu of PRH will be accorded priority in flat selection over other applicants under GSH 2025.

The HA sets a quota of 350 new GSH flats under GSH 2025 for family applicants applying under the Priority Scheme for Families with Elderly Members and Families with Newborns Flat Selection Priority Scheme for balloting and priority flat selection (i.e. about 40 per cent of the number of new flats for sale). Separately, to provide one-person applicants with a reasonable opportunity to purchase, the HA has set a quota of 100 new GSH flats under GSH 2025 for one-person applicants (i.e. about 10 per cent of the number of new flats for sale).

Diversified information and exhibitions for easy understanding of the developments

"Sales brochures for GSH developments (and sales pamphlets for recovered TPS flats) and price lists will be made available for public collection at the GSH Sales Office and for viewing on the HA/Housing Department (HD)'s designated website (www.housingauthority.gov.hk/gsh/2025/en) starting from tomorrow (August 18) up to the end of the flat selection period for GSH 2025," the spokesman said.

Project models of the new development and doll houses of GSH typical flats, virtual videos of samples of GSH flats, virtual reality tours of the interiors of samples of GSH and recovered TPS flats, exhibition panels/electronic panels and other information on GSH developments and TPS estates will be available for public viewing at the GSH Sales Office and on the designated website.

During the flat selection period, video clips of the interiors of all recovered TPS flats for sale will be provided at the GSH Sales Office and on the designated website. Arrangements will be made with relevant stakeholders to facilitate the viewing of these recovered TPS flats as far as practicable.

Flat selections for HOS 2025 to commence in the fourth quarter of 2026 helping to achieve the homeownership aspirations

HOS 2025 will offer about 7 000 flats in five new HOS developments, with flat selections to commence shortly in the fourth quarter of 2026, which will continue to help the public in achieving their homeownership aspirations.

Applicants may call the 24-hour HA Sales Hotline at 2712 8000 for enquiries.

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Primary Healthcare Commission to integrate Hong Kong's primary healthcare services for elderly people in phases

The Primary Healthcare Commission (PHC Commission) under the Health Bureau announced today (August 18) that primary healthcare services for the elderly in Hong Kong will be further enhanced. Starting from October 5 (Monday), the services of Elderly Health Centres (EHCs) under the Department of Health (DH) will be gradually integrated into the district health network, providing more comprehensive primary healthcare services for the elderly under a new service model.

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Substantial increase in service points and service capacity

The integration of elderly health services aims to implement the primary healthcare direction put forward by the Chief Executive in the Policy Address, and to take forward the measures set out in the Primary Healthcare Blueprint. The PHC Commission will integrate nine EHCs, namely those in North District, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun Wu Hong, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Shing, San Po Kong, Yau Ma Tei, Shau Kei Wan and Aberdeen (see Annex 1) in the first phase. Integration of the remaining nine EHCs will be completed within 2027-28.

Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Upon completion of the integration, the number of service points will increase substantially from the current 18 to more than 100, covering District Health Centres/District Health Centre Expresses (collectively referred to as DHCs) across all 18 districts in Hong Kong and designated Hospital Authority (HA) Family Medicine Clinics (FMCs), among others. The overall capacity for elderly health services will also double, increasing from the current approximately 54 000 elderly persons per year to more than 120 000. The service flow of chronic disease management and health assessment services after integration is as follows (see Annex 2).

Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Arrangements for integrating chronic disease management services

Elderly persons who have follow-up consultations or examinations at the nine EHCs in the first phase may continue to attend their appointments at the EHCs on the scheduled dates. Starting from October 5 this year, after the elderly persons have completed their follow-up consultations, the DHCs will co-ordinate their subsequent follow-ups. Upon registration as DHC members for free, the elderly persons can directly enter the treatment phase of the Chronic Disease Co-Care Scheme after assessment, and receive follow-up care from a community family doctor of their choice. In addition, arrangements will be made for elderly persons receiving follow-up consultations at both an EHC under the DH and an FMC under the HA, to continue their follow-up care at the FMC.

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Arrangements for integrating health assessment service

For members who have appointments for health assessment services at the EHCs, the DH will continue to provide services. Members awaiting an appointment date and elderly persons interested in using EHC services will receive services at the DHCs starting from December this year. The PHC Commission will roll out more comprehensive elderly health assessment services. The scope of assessments provided by the DHCs will be expanded from the current domains of cognition, mobility and vision to cover nutrition, hearing, psychological capacity and urinary problems. Healthcare professionals will formulate tailored management plans for the elderly persons based on the assessment results. Details will be announced later.

Service arrangements for underprivileged elderly

Elderly persons who are recipients of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, recipients of the Old Age Living Allowance aged 75 or above, or holder of valid medical fee waiver certificates will, upon registering as DHC members, be arranged to receive preventive elderly health services and assessments at designated HA FMCs. Subject to their eligibility, the relevant fees may be fully or partially waived.

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Follow-up work

The PHC Commission, together with the DH, will gradually issue letters to EHC members in the coming weeks to inform them of the service integration and subsequent follow-up arrangements. Meanwhile, the EHCs will update their signage, and the PHC Commission will also progressively refurbish the existing facilities and environment of the EHCs. Relevant information has already also been uploaded to the EHC website and the DHC website. Members of the public may also visit or call the EHCs and DHCs (see Annex 3) for enquiries. They may also call the Primary Healthcare Co-care Network enquiry line at 2157 0500, which operates from 9am to 9pm on Mondays to Saturdays (except public holidays).

Source; HKSAR Government Press Releases