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長者友好房屋政策

中央政策組研究項目：《長者友好房屋政策》 Central Policy Unit Research Project:
Age-friendly Housing Policies

2015年2月 Feb 2015

人口老齡化是香港面臨的一大問題，要應付急劇增加的 Population ageing is an imminent social problem
that Hong Kong is facing. To accommodate a
長者人口將會是個大挑戰。世界衛生組織在2007年提出
surging elderly population is already challenging,
了「老年友好城市」的框架，並確認「老年友好城市」
yet the World Health Organization suggested that
的八個主要元素，指出單純提供住房單位及交通配套是 by solely providing housing unit is not sufficient, but
為不足，需要在相關政策上作出配合，例如加強長者對 the concept of active ageing should be taken into
社區的歸屬感、參與及就業等，才能使長者能「積極樂 account in housing provision. The WHO suggested
頤年」。 an - Age-friendly Cities Framework to enable a
city in facilitating active ageing, and identified 8
essential elements needed for such cities. It was
雖然世衛所提出的框架，就建構一個完善及綜合的「老
suggested that in an age-friendly housing policy,
年友好城市」提出了詳細的指引，對於香港政府在新界
providing infrastructures such as transportation and
新城鎮發展計劃及舊區重建計劃有參考的價值；然而， health care service is not sufficient, social features
該框架並不能充份反映香港本地的需要及實際情況，其 like social inclusion, participation and employment
制定亦非著重於房屋政策。故此，此研究項目的目的， should also be emphasized.
為透過回顧本地與國際的「老年友好」房屋發展方向及
參考公眾及專家的意見，發展出一個可行而綜合的本地 The government may find interest in such framework,
as new development plans in the New Territories and
「老年友好」房屋政府行動計劃。
renewing projects of older districts are commencing.
The Framework can help to put in Age-friendliness
features into the housing plans with a higher
comprehensiveness and integrity. Despite the WHO
had published detailed guidelines on establishing an
age-friendly city, it may not fully meet the localized
needs and situation in Hong Kong, and is solely not
focusing on housing provision. The aim of this study
is to recognize the local needs and establish an
integrated and localized age-friendly housing policy
action plan through examining local and international
housing development trends and opinion inputs from
experts and the public.

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