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GROSS FLOOR AREAS (IN THOUSANDS OF SQ. FT.) OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS COMPLETED OR DEMOLISHED IN THE 2 YEAR PERIOD MARCH 1961 TO AUGUST 1963 (INCLUSIVE) Hong Kong Island Kowloon & New Kowloon Use Completed Demolished Increase Completed Demolished Increase Industrial 874 547 327 3,475 628 2,847 Residential 1,448 1,448 9,181 5,072 4,109 5,000 9,001 Total (Urban Area) 1,502 14,001 5,000 9,001 1,671 1,931 -260 2,670 1,819 851 Commercial (Offices, Shops etc.) (decrease) 756 150 606 1,518 138 1,380 Welfare & Education etc. TOTAL 4,749 2,628 2,121 31,568 11,387 20,181 13,056 6,430 6,626 23,261 7,585 15,676 2,274 288 1,986 36,317 14,015 22,3024.56. Similar figures were obtained for each planning district of the Urban Area and the figures used to estimate the probable shift in population which had taken place as a result: this, combined with known movements related to resettlement and other Government aided housing, enabled an assessment of population to be made in respect of each planning district. These are necessarily rough but help to indicate trends; their accuracy will be revealed when the next census or by-census takes place.
4.57. Studies have also been carried out in connexion with population densities associated with new development. From work so far completed it is apparent that net site densities of the order of 5,000 persons per acre are becoming normal in the built-up areas and it is by no means uncommon to find individual building blocks where the density exceeds a rate of 10,000 per acre. Such development if continued could lead to populations approaching half a million a square mile over a significant part of the Urban Area.
4.58. A series of lectures was prepared and delivered to junior staff recruited for the Colony Outline Planning Team and other field activities. The lectures were designed to enable the officers concerned to familiarize themselves with planning terms and become fully competent in the preparation of land use maps and various field surveys.
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