Housing
HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1952
New Buildings and Repairs
During 1952, 524 plans involving the construction of 1,356 buildings were submitted to the Director of Public Works for approval. These included 603 European type dwellings, 587 Chinese type dwellings, 48 factories, I hotel, 4 cinemas or theatres, 13 schools, 4 churches, 10 dormitories, 6 club buildings, 12 offices, I temple, I Girl Guide headquarters and 65 godowns and stores. There were also 3,379 plans covering rehabilitation, alteration and additions, mostly to domestic property, 38 site development schemes, and a large number of plans covering minor constructional work, such as garages and temporary buildings.
Housing
The serious shortage of living accommodation in the Colony is still an acute problem, but by carrying out the projects referred to in last year's report Govern- ment is actively assisting in solving the problem.
During the year under review, 100 flats at North Point, Hong Kong, and 270 flats at Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, have been completed, and are now occupied by families with a limited income, who would otherwise be housed in cubicles in Chinese tenement houses or in one of the squatter colonies. The North Point scheme was carried out by the Hong Kong Model Housing Society, financed by the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, and the Shum Shui Po project by the Hong Kong Housing Scheme, financed by the Colony's Development Fund. Further similar schemes are now under consideration.
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