VIII. CONSTRUCTION

The National Housing and Town and Country Development Board which was formed in October 1951, was reorganized and reconstituted into Housing Board at the end of 1965. In March 1972, along with the general reorganization of all government departments, the Housing Board became the Housing Corporation and was later renamed as Housing Department. With effect from 1st July 1990, Housing Department was again renamed as Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development. It was charged with planning and execution of all residential housing schemes undertaken by the State. But the responsibility for actual construction work was entrusted to the Construction Corporation which was renamed in April 1989 as Public Works. In 1988-89 the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development has introduced the Urban Development Housing Scheme under which private contractors are permitted to construct buildings of different designs in the vacant plots of the downtown areas of the Yangon City, with their own monies. After completion of the construction, family units in the buildings are divided according to the ratio agreed upon, by the Department and the contractors.

Table 8.01 shows the annual construction and the cumulative totals of number of buildings, comprising the number of family units completed by the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development since its inception.

Table 8.02 shows the completed number of residential buildings initiated by the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development under Residential Housing Scheme.

Table 8.03 relates to school construction by State and Division. From 1989-90 onwards, schools are constructed not only by the Public Works but also by the Co operatives and Private contractors. The data are furnished by the Public Works and the Department of Basic Education.

Table 8.04 refers to private building activities in Yangon City Development Area. The table shows the number of applications submitted to and approved by the Yangon City Development Committee and construction completed. Data are also shown by type of building and classified into two categories viz., (a) new buildings and (b) extension and repairs.