exceed 5,000 square feet of covered enclosed working space; the other limitation is suitability of trade. Whilst the latter does not prevent the allocation of factory space, the owner is required to change his trade to one approved by the department.
78. After taking up accommodation in the factory, individual tenants have to provide their own partition and front walls facing on to the verandahs. The internal layout adopted by the tenant requires the approval of the Labour and Fire Services Departments, and each con- cern has to make its own arrangements for the installation of water and clectricity.
79. As already mentioned, the design of the buildings and the fact that a large number of concerns are housed close together have made it necessary to exclude certain trades. These fall into four main cate- gories: those that require more storage space than can be provided, for example, timber yards and waste or scrap metal dealers; foundries, where adequate ventilation is the problem; waste cotton refiners and bedding manufacturers because of the obnoxious processes involved; and all food processing, because the simple design of the buildings and the proximity of other trades preclude maintenance of the necessary standards of hygiene.
80. Though a higher rent is charged for ground floor units, their ease of access makes them much more popular than those on upper floors. Priority for ground floor units is given to trades that require a heavier floor loading.
81. Resettlement factories are not easy to administer. In the first place, the accommodation is of a relatively high standard and cheap compared with the alternatives available in the open market. There is therefore a temptation for factory tenants to sublet their premises to outsiders under the guise of installing a manager. This is particularly attractive to tenants who have had, usually unwillingly, to change their trade in order to qualify for resettlement. Where subletting occurs, the rent is always higher than that charged by Government. Permitted changes of tenant are also quite frequent because of the inducement contained in the transfer fee, supposed to cover the cost of decorating the units, which the transferce customarily pays the transferor. Dif- ficulties also occur over the control of machinery which has to be carc- fully regulated to take floor loading and electrical safety into account. Changes of trades, or of tenancy, usually mean a change of machinery, in whole or in part, and since some tenants tend to install machinery
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