nearly 700 a year.
Without these figures
one never realise that in Hong Kong
we are more fortunate as far as fire
hazards are concerned, in spite of
that fact that Hong Kong is one third
smaller in area, (actually much much
smaller as we have so much hilly
areas not suitable for most types of
buildings) and our population density
is so high. (Area: London 610
square miles; population 7.17 million.
Hong Kong 404 square miles* popu-
lation 4.30 million.)
Touching the financial
side it may be interesting to compare
the revenue expenditure of the fire
services in the Greater London
Council with the revenue expenditure
in Hong Kong. The comparison is
produced in the Appendices A, B, C & D.
The Chairman of the Urban Council and the Chairman of the Finance Select Committee
of the Urban Council always keep a close watch on expenditure and revenue.
It is
(urban area about 46 square miles)
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