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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1947. ***
HOUSING DEBATE IN COUNCIL
(Continued from Pape 2.).
is even now, despite the new premises. That is, the 1941 rent the schenis, and the Colony is should offer land at lower upset Landlord and Tenant Ordinance, plus 30 per cent in the case of now short of 15 houses, which prices. Speedy decisions should the ability of a inrge number dwelling-houses and 45 per cent could have beep occupied long be made when bulkling, schemes are submitted, and the build. of rapacions Indlards to driven the case of business premises, ago.
Ordinance heard gain either by nsk- jus nilowed by the
"Another instance of procras-ing laws abould be Immediately decision relaxed to alow houses to be lination and. lnck of ng for tes aoney or un, exor-that has since been passed.
A reasonable cost bial sum which they, allege "A measure like this would which has probably deprived the built st must be spent on repairs, so have the added advantage- Colony of 300 or more housen meet the emergency. that freedom of contract is in unn' one, perhaps, but not un- may biquated :---
Profiteering In Laud effect to reserve for 'wealthy worthy of consideration-of "On May 13th, 1946, a certain "As regards the high upset some importat Arm, through their prices fixed by Government re- Chinese refugees coming giving prewar residents
newcomers,
•
to
Hong Kong or for wealthy satisfaction in that they will architect enquired from Gav-cently, I doubt whether (invern
not feel that Government le cranient whether it was pre- ment Valuers can justify „much Special Laws leaving them in the lurch-apared to lense about 180 acres prices. When building costs are may ala feeling that is very much pre-ncar Jardines Look-out for high; the tendency is for land "This suggestiou
building development, and if no draw the retort from Govern-valling at the moment."
on whht terms, ment that sunwething along this
line was considered by the
of this kind
MR. R. D, GILLESPIE
values to drop-if both are very high then building schemes are not economically sound.
Delay Caused By Cost "The idea was to build houses, "The high prices being asked Tenancy Committer set up by Lack Of Decision Government sometime last year..
maisonettes and flats, together for land men higher rent, and: Mr. R.D. Gillespie sold!-- I was member of that Cam-
"The Honourable the Acting with a shopping centre, school, it is difficult to understand Gov- mittee, and
was rejected, My Colonial Secretary's statement Community centre and recrea-ernment's policy in this connec answer to sneh retort is this,
fael, a com- tion. Maximum prices for so flon grounds-in in this Council on June 19th- "In any opinion the Landlord that Government was
plete residential Colony.
many things have been fixer, but deeply sud Tenant
"To date, 15 months after the Government is now itself pro- Ordinance is not conscious of its obligations to application we made to Gov-fiteering in faral, thus cancelling the proper case for provision the citizens of this Colony in rnment. B. decision has been out the good it has done in at-
thai Ordin the present prolonged housing i you have velado
prorists would have been inngh-made as to whether the land is tempting to keep down the cost visions limiting the right of able had the subject not been 90
or is not available. The Colony kns therefore been deprival of landlord to recover, his pre distressing. mises, and it won'd be The
300 or more houses which might "Not duly has Government wrong place wherein to find pro-tailed to do anything to relieve day Le fully occupied. vision for the recovery of his
"Other housing schemes have the housing situation, but. Hold premises, by a tenant, behrough
and been considered by private in- obligations procrastination cause to begin with the argu-tack of decisión han in several erste, but proved to be too this Colony in the present pro cases to my knowledge stopped expensive because of the Build-longed housing crisis, it is, in Finet, not conscious of them at private enterprise from building Ordinance,
"During and after the war, all. ing houses. I would mention a
in England building regulations fe intances of this
ment would be advanced that
the tenant has no longer and estate or interest in the proper ty Pomperned, and therefore no right to regain pesmoasian,
"It is a matter very much
more
for special legislation, apart altogether from the Land- lord and Tenant Prostaation. and possibly to the exervice of beswer amulce the Eraergency or Defene Kegra'actions,
in May. 1946 a small non-were gelaxed to allow building
of light profit making yndicate ch-
rei, through its architecta a whether Government would I prepared to lease a certain area of land near Repulse Bay for a building scheme, and if so on what terms. No reply having be received up to June 17th, (and the maiter bring urgent, a jetter was addressed to Goy Prament asking for a decision.
Left In Lurch "There is still o large number of houses in Hong Kong under Lequisition, and from time to time, though a tou slowly.
"On June 21st, and again on these are being dercquisitional, June 26th, nutes were received Cannol Government adopt some
to the effect that the Director scheme such as the one 1 bave of Public Works hoped to sub- suggested? la seferme which it Government terms and con- would benefit very largely theditions in the near future. "genuine resident of Hong Kong without in any way dolig in-
Tis--t
be
*#, £1
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Not Aware
construction to
of Bying.
"Your Excellency. I submit that the examples I have quoted show that not only I Govern ment not deeply conscious of its to the citizens of
"I shall, therefore, vole favour of the motion.
i
no 1
be
cannot see how any member of This Honourable Council can fail to do likewise."
GOVT. ACCOUNTS
London.
The Hong Kong Government Arevents Office in closed in Flowery 1947, but this fuct does not appear to be geurrally known e- quiries from perague in fiou Kong are still being undrens-
ed to that office.
The public in anked to note that all local enquiries by the subject at Hong Kong Gov- timment accounts should br addrresed to the Accountant - General, Prince's
Building, loma Kong,
Justice to the landhand, because "On July 25th the Syndicate's in fact what you would be darchitects received a letter from ing would be to present.
the the Deputy Director of Public' alord with a tenant'
Works stating that he was ex-erected and special materials to terans such as are allowed by the privading setae difficulty in co-be used. Some relaxation of the Lailard and Tenant Proctima ordinating the terms required building rules here to permit Government timber-framed bungalows faced the varIma monthly by
fire resisting sheeting, tenancy which ཐཱr』r} not offices, and he suggested a meet-with
terminated by
the ing. The architects called upon which could be erected for a dandlord Userpat i11 thus the Deputy Director of Public reasonable cost would partly conditione set out in the Ordin. Works, who stated during the solve the housing problem:
"I am informed by architects ance and which would ensure meeting that he was prepared
35 centu per and engineers that it is not the landlord in return what the
to recommend square foot as a fair price for shortage of materiala which is Government consider to be a
was delaying the building of houses fair return for the use of his the land. Although this
exces- more than expected, the syndi-in Hong Kong, but the
ate was prepared to accept it, sive cost, and that bungalows of relight construction as suggesteil as homes were urgently
could be erected in considerable quired.
"Nothing further was heard numbers at a moderate price about the application, and on were the Building Ordinance to October 24th I asked in this be relaxed. Honourable Council if Govern- ment was aware that the delay in recommencing the disposition of Crown Lands was seriously etarding ballding development in the Colony. Government re- plied to the effect that it was not aware that it was holding up building operations, but that a decision on the disposition of Crown Landa was to be expect. nl shortly..
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More To Be Done Dr. S.N. Chau said;-
"It gives me great pleasure to support the motion justi maved by my friend the Hon. Mr. D.P. ́Landale and second- ed by my learned colleague the Hon. Mr. M.K. LoAs both my colleagues have so well and fully, submitted their arguments, there remains little which i ean usefully add. I would. however, like to stress the importance problem and urgency of the forming the subject of the pre- sent molion.
"While Fally appreciating the handicap under which Govern-1 meat is working in enstenvour- ing to relieve the existing seule shortage of houses, both domes- tic and business premises, it seems to me that Homething more may still be done to help case the situation; Mr. Lo has already dwelt upon the 75-year Crown Lenses, and has strongly urged Government to derequisi- tion more houses at present taken up by its various depart- ments or by the Forces.
"There is, however, one in- portant factor that does not ap pear to receive sufficient atten- tion. I refer to the prices de manded by Government at its hublic land sales. Since the re- Speedy Decisions "The life of such hungalows occupation, the prices demanded would be 10 to 20 years at least for land by Government at its and anyone who has travelled land sales have been, in most in Canada or the U.S.A. will cases, over three or four times
attractive know how
those of prewar figures. framed houses can be.
De-Requisitioning would appear to be no good "Apart from this, the obsta- reason why similar houses could.cies placed by Guvernment in not be erected in the Colony. (Continued on Page 8.)
theke There
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the but was told that under Building Ordinance it would be necessary for them to be placed
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"If Government is unwilling per square fool,
"This meant that for a virgm to take any part in rehousing site for one house which before the population of the Colony, it the war would have cost about should at least encourage pri- $4,000, Government now anked vate enterprise to do
Bo in $10,000, or four times the pre- every possible way; and instead war coat, The syndicate decided of raising the cost of land to this was xorbitant and dropped many times the pre-war level it
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