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APPENDIX 13.
PROGRAMME FOR BUILDING RECONSTRUCTION,
Accommodation.
1. Having obtained data of the damaged buildings of the Colony, consideration can now be given to the steps necessary for reconstruction. The most urgent require- ment is accommodation, especially the problem of reconditioning the houses and flats for foreigners which have suffered so heavily from looting.
2. The problem may be divided roughly into three divisions:-
(a) Government Quarters.
(b) Services Accommodation.
(c) Civilian Accommodation.
Covernment Quarters.
3. The number of damaged units is approximately as follows:-
No. of Quarters
Approx. No. of Normal Occupants
Condition.
B
0
D
E
25
41
27
17
125
205
135
85
Already 15 of the Condition "B" Quarters are under repair, and negotiations are in progress with an Australian firm for steel windows for several more. It is recommended that all Government Quarters in Condition "B" and "C" should be considered as high priority. When repaired they will provide accommodation for about 330 foreigners. A further 135 persons would be housed by reconstructing the Government Quarters which are in Condition "D", but this is a major job, and one which cannot be contemplated until there is a considerable improvement in the supply of materials.
Services Accommodation,
4. This will doubtless form the, subject of a separate report. Living accommodation for roughly 2,000 foreign civilians is at present under requisition by the Services.
Civilian Accommodation.
5. The damage done to civilian houses and flats and the number of persons displaced by it may be roughly summarised as follows:
Civilian Quarters.
Condition.
B
C
D
E
European Cl. I & II Units
No. of Normal Occupants
220
580
400
300
1,000
2,570
1,880
1,300
Chinese Cl. I & II Units
No. of Normal Occupants
150
290
50
160
920
1,730
300
970
Chinese Tenement Units
No. of Normal Occupants
1,320
2,760
3,760
8,220
13,200
27,600
37,600 82,200