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THE HOUSING QUESTION IN That all canals in Municipal imits
SINGAPORE.
REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION.
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above Harbour limits be handed over to
That the female leper haylum be moved. tae Municipal Commissioners by the Public Works Department.
Tpat tos "Federated Malay States Rail- way be not allowed to remove earth from the new station site to places out.
ido Municipal limits.
introduce a Bill to provide for the Introduce & Bill to provide for the Re
Licensing of Architects,
IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS. The report of the Commission appoint-Legislative ed by His Excellency the Governor to inquire into Housing, in Singapore has just been issued. The Commissioners ware Mr. W. George Maxwell, C.M.G., President, Mr. Roland Braddell, Mr. J..
Elias, Dr. G. A Finlayson, Mr. Lea whom who have signed the report, Mr. Choon Guan And: Mr. J. Lornie, all of Braddell and Mr. Lornia with certain réservations.
The report is full pad exhaustive. The Straits Times gives the following t capitulation and summary :--
RECAPITULATION.
Our recommendations or expressions of opinion, as the case may be, may be summarised under the two headings of Executive and Legislative. Executive:-
That a Census be held in Singapore Municipal Limits in April, 1019 that the following Cenaus be held in 1991 (on the completion of the decen- nial period) and quinquennially there after.
That an expert (with assistants if neces sary) be brought out at once, to study tuberculosis, and that, upon his arrival, tuberculosis be made a "notifable" disease.
That encouragement be given to employ.
ment of Lady Doctors. That Committee on Sanitary Education
for Singapora be constituted. That the constitution of a Health De- partment for Malays be considered.. That a Municipal Brickworka Depart
ment be started at once.
That the forests be systematically ex-
gloited for timber.
That the Public Works Department instal at once a suitable plant for seasoning and preserving timber used in con straction of public buildings. That every facility be given to private enterprise in the manufacture of cement, and that, if private enterprise fail, the Government undertake it, That an engineer, with an adequate staff of assistants, be put on at once to examine the Teluk Blanga Development Scheme, and the Tanjong Rhu-Kalang- Rochore Reclamation Scheme. That the Government proceed at once with the reclamation of the mangrove swamp at Havelock Road.
That the Municipality adopt a more vigorous policy in respect of vacant lands, where the owner is unknown and no assessment is paid. That a Committee of three architects re- vise the Building Regulations forth. .with.
That the Municipality prepare modici plans of buildings, and sell them at.a nominal cost to the public com. petition for best designs. That the Municipality endeavour to
introduce standardisation of
door: frames, window-frames, etc. That the Municipality Commissioners adopt a more generous policy (a) in respect of water and light "supply in the suburbs, and (b) in respect of private roads.
That the Harbour Board at once put up coclie lines to accommodate 4,000 coolies, and also put up quarters te accommodate all the clerks who desire to live near Tanjong Pagar, That the Government and the Municips lity at once provide accommodation for
gistration of Co-operative Societies. Repeal Ordinance VI. of 1890 and re-1 enact it, with it the title of the Land Acquisition. Ordinance.
Introduce a Bingapore City Improvement
Ordinance.
DUMMARY,
In a nut-bell, our findings in regard to the housing difficulties are as fol
lows:--
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A RUNAWAY MATCH, CHARGE OF ABDUCTION AGAINST PENURIOUS LOVER.
HONGKONG MAGISTRACY, THEFT OF CLOTHING.
A Chinese youth was charged with
ticed defendant carrying the box, along the Praya and informed his master. Defendant was later arrested. 18
A foki of the shop stated that be do-
At the Hongkong Magistracy, yester-stealing a box of clothing, valued at $80, day, before Mr. J. R. Wood, a young from No. 51, Bonham Strand, West- Chiness was charged, on remand, with lawfully detaining a girl ander 20 Road, without the consent of her parents, rears of age, at No. 11, Hollywood
Mr. Wood, of the Chinese Secretariat, prosecuted, and Mr. P. W. Goldring appeared for the defence. Mr. J... Gardiner watched the proceedings on
behalf of the parents of the girl.
the box to carry.
Defendant said that a friend gave him
Mr. Wood sentenced defendant, who had a previous conviction against him, to three months' hard labour, and four hours stocks,
PICKPOCKET IMPRISONED,
According to the evidence the defend- aat met the girl and her elder sister at A Chinese youth was charged with a house in Hongkong, and fell in love picking the pocket of another Chinese. with her; the girl,' as the same time, reci-stating that he only arrived in the Colony Defendant denied the allegation,
Beveral
Houses for the European community. -There is a very serious shortage, due to many reasons. The Government bouses mosty but not all, of its c loges the Municipality houses only procating that affection. According to out of 33; the Harbour Board houses the defence, the lovers had several meet- practically the whole of its Europeanings, through the connivance of the elder taff. Much of the present difficulty is sister, with the mutual understanding due
the failure of the European Arm that a marriage would follow. The gir to house their Assistants. The remedy visited her layer's house on is to build new houses; not to buy some occasions, the sister acting as chaperon. of the existing houses.
The sister also made, à proposal of bungalow
property is not a re-
co-operative marriage between her younger sister and housing is the
of the delnadant. On August 3rd, while defend- solution problem of ending houses for the classes at was in Canton, the girl naked him to who are not employés of the public accompany ber to Hongkong, which be bodics or the big European firma. The did. She practically supphed all their Bocieties should come under the dafini wants, rented a cubicle and they lived as tion of Public Utility" (paragraphs man and wife, till the parents traced 140-141) and operate on Tenant Co them. The prosecution allege that de- partnership lines (paragraphs 132-134) fendant took the girl without the consent The tenant of a house would have to of her parents; that no proposal of bold shares in the Society to the extent marriage was made, and, even if it had of at least one-third of the value of the been, they would have rejected it, as they The Government should lend did not think defendant a ft mate for house money to the extent of one-third of the their daughter. They also denied kdow- Society's capital. Flats would do much
to improve the position, and the Govern. 1g defendant. ment should render financial assistance.
Goldring, at yesterday's heating, Houses for Clerks Practically submitted that the parents of the giri nothing has been done by the Govera were disreputable people, and that they ment,
the Municipality or the Harbour used their two daughters as decoys. Board to provide accommodation for 1ney were under the belief that defend their clerical staffs. This should be ant was a rich man and sent the giria out with the intention of extorting money by some means or other. happened that the girl fell in love with naturally failed. There was a case on defendant and the plot to extort money record in which the elder sister went to
remedied.
Co-operative building on the lines in dicated above will provide the only other remedy that we can devise.
Houses for the Working Classes--The Government, the Municipality and the Harbour Board have between them an
It so
enormous number of labourers whom he Sincere Company along with the they do not attempt to house
"This elder brother, and, while she diverted the should be remedied. Temporary houses attention of the salesinan, the brother to accommodate 10,000 persons exclusive stole & roll of silk. The man was now of the employes of the public bodies 1 gaol. The parents deliberately sent should be put up at once to prevede a the younger brother to live with the policy of reconstruction of the insani defendant, who taught him. Those things tary houses in the two congested areas. put a different complexion on the case A block of model permanent buildings altogether. Defendant was a respectable for the working classes should be put youre and had a large number of respect. up at Cross Street.
able friends.
Reconstruction of Insanitary Houses. The law is deficient, and must be
Amended
Mr. Gardiner I certainly must re- fute some of the statements made by Mr. Goldring.
who is living bare.
on Saturday to search for his brother,
plainant's pocket in Des Vaux Road. It was stated that defendant picked the pures, containing $50, from com-
which was in bank notes, in the folds of Defendant carefully concealed the mones,
#fan.
Mr. Wood sentenced defendant to six months hard labour and four bours stocks.
SUSPECTED BURGLAR IN QUEEN'S ROAD.
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A Chinese was charged with being in unlawful possession of a pair of pincers with the intention of committing burglary in Queen's Road West early yesterday morning.
Inspector Kent stated that defendant nearly an hour before he was arrested on was shadowed by a Chinese detective for
pincers were found on him, suspicion. When searched.
# pair of Defendant stated that he har, only returned to the Colony a week ago from Canton. While walking along Queen's Road he picked up the pair of pincers, and was then arrested.
Mr. Wood sentenced defendant to a month's hard labour,
THEFT ON BOARD A STEAMER. A Chinese was charged with stealing a quantity of clothing from a Chinese Canton river boat. woman on board the Heng Shan, a
Complainant stated that she arrived in night at 11.30 o'clock, and, as it was late, Hongkong from ·Canton on Sunday she slept on board. Her basket, contain ing clothes, was lying by her side. Early yesterday morning the saw defendant in the act of taking her basket and going away with it. She called out, and a Jukong on the wharf arrested defendant.
Defendant stated that an Indian con- stable and a Chinese detective invited
Bicipal Enterprise in the way of "The elder sister stated that she had him to take the basket. He did so and
and a Motor-bus, service known defendant from the third moon
was arrested.
Mr. Wood sentenced defendant to three
months hard labour and four hours' He stocks
is recommended.
General In order to curry out the of this year, having made his acquaint improvement schemes and towa-plan-ance at her parents house in Canton. ping schemes that are necessary for the it was the younger sister who had intro- proper development of the city, it is doced defendant to her home. necessary to constitute a body of parents were away in Koagmoon at the provement commissioners distinct from time. Defendant stayed in the house the Municipal Commissioners.
for about ten days. She next saw de- We fear that the time of the Attorney fendant near the Central Market, Hong General is so fully taken up with work kong, when she and her sister paid arising out of the circumstances caused visit to her, anat. He invited them to by the war that it will be impossible for his house and they went there, staying him to undertake the task of drafting the or a few minutes. The last time she saw Bills recommended by us in the preceding defendant was in Canten in July. that, if this is the case, the Government paragraph. We therefore recommend ank some local legal firm to prepare the stated that defendant had never suggest In reply to the Magistrate, witness
That the Government take under its
ed to her that be should marry her sister. consideration the policy of the Harbour
She had never stayed at defendant's The terms of the reference to this com
house. She did not know whether de-. Board in deliberately retarding the mission have been so wide, the subject fendant ever proposed to her parents that progress of the development of Teluk so important, and its Ayer Reclamation..
ramifications so he should marry her sister. Her sister That the Government erect a ferro-con-
many, that our report, has necessarily did not inform her that she was going crete block of model houses for the number our recommendations are in pro-
been a lengthy one. In magnitude and to live in Hongkong. working classes at Cross Street
In reply to Mr. Wood, witness stated portion to the task that was set us. If that when her parents returned home That temporary houses to accommodate they are adopted, they will for ever affect defendant had gone away.
10,000 persons of the working classes bebut of this Colony. It is pre-eminently witness parents bad met defendant. the development not only of this city, erected at once,
Mr. Gardiner wished to know whether a case where there should be no craven Witness replied that once she pointed out haps, the cost may appear to be large fear of being great" At first sight, per defendant to her mother.
the whole of their staffs,
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That the Government make a public ex- pression of opinion upon the failure of the European firms to house their as sistanta
later,
Bills
CONCLUSION.
It is, however, a matter of perspective and
Mr. Goldring cross-examined witness must be compared with that of the evil her brother was in prison for theft and proportion. The magnitude of the cost at some length Witness admitted that to be remedied or the good to be attained that she diverted the attention of the It may be said that ten million dollars salesman at Sincere's while her brother
was because her sister threatened to kill
Mr. Goldring: What about the eldent sister? She encouraged the whole thing from the beginning. It is a most unsatis
actory family. The most important fact is that there is no evidence to prove that defendant furnished one cash for the whole proceeding.
The Magistrate stated that defendant admitted paving supplied 34 for the undertaking.
Mr. Goldring: I think he borrowed the money because they were hungry. He had only helped. think the girl was the apple back at Eve, but, in this case, it prime mover. I do not wish to throw the must be so. (Laughter.) I think the best. thing would be" to arrange a marriage between the parties.
Mr. Gardiner: I must object. The parets are not anxious to marry the girl. They do not think defendant a bit person.
Mr. Goldring: The idea being that defendant is unable to keep her in the rank of tile she has been accustomed to. Considering the amount of money supplied
think it is a case where any heavy penalty by the girl I think it is a case of the woman harbouring the man. I-do not should be meted out.
Mr. Wood said that the committes of
Mr. Wood replied that he believed the 380 limit to be 25 years. It was so in the Japanese code, and a good deal of the I Japanese code had been incorporated in sapping by coercion, according to the
old Chinese code, was death; and a will-
severe punishment and fine. it must neces The mother of the girl, who was re-ing abduction rendered a man liable to
That the Government dispose of the upper part (63 acres) of the Economic Gardens" to a suitable Tenant Co. partnership Society and that the 48 is a large sum to expend upon providing stole the roll of silk. She sent her the Po Yung Kok had expressed strong sere block of lowland be dealt with the whole of Singapore with back-lanes younger brother to defendant for the feeling on the matter. Chinese feeling Undoubtedly it is a large sum, but before purposes of study, but this was done was very strong even against willing That the Harbour Board dispose of por anyone decides that the money would not without the knowledge of her parents. abduction. It was against their code of
tion of its property, at Keppel to a be well spent, we ask him to study the Her husband was away in Singapore. inw, a certain age limit being defined. suitable Tenant Co-partnership Society maps of the congested areas, so look again She was his concubine. She did not stay That loans be made by Government to at the photographs, and to re-read our with her mother-in-law, who was in the same in Chinese law as the age limit fixed The Magistrate: Is the age limit the Public Utility Societies and, in special digest of Dr. Simpson's report and the country, as she would be unable to get in our law 1 cases, to individuals, for building pur, pagraphs of this report dealing with work there. The reason why she did not posel.
de overcrowding, the sickness and That the Government consider offers for poverty, and the death-rate. It may, too, inform her parents of defendant's visit
Baid that three-quarters of a million certain favourably situated blocks of dollars is a large sum, to spend upon tem- herself if she did. All the while defend-the Chinese code. The penalty for kid- land for the erection thereon of Bats, porary houses for ten thousand poor ant was there they stayed at home. They and also consider an application for a peoplo. Joan.
But the answer is that it will did not go to any theatres. ... | pay 10 per cent, and thas That the extension of the present tram-sarily precede any improvement schemes called, stated that there was no negotia
way system to new roads is not desir for the unhealthy houses. *able.
If we are tion for the marriage of the girl with told that the proposal to lend money to defendant. She sent out proposals for the
Mr. Goldring interposed, stating that That a Municipal Motor-Bus service be Co-operative Building Societies will make her daughter's marriage, ber terms being administering British law or Chinese point was whether they were started.
a call of, say, two or three million dollars $140 and two piculs of cakes.
law. That the widening of some, if not all, of upon the Government lends as much witness stated that they were compara-] 6nd out what the Chinese feeling was on.
the Government, we would reply the arterial ronds will be necessary,...
Cross-examined by Mr. Goldring, that, if
The Magistrate, said they were trying to That there is an urgent need for Open as one-third of the total capital, it will tively poor. They had not negotiated for the matter.
Spaces
mean that six to nine million dollars is the marriage of their daughter when she That the Improvement Commissioners invested in new building property in was 16 years old, because they bad not ing was
Mr. Goldring replied that Chinese feel- acquire, and lay out, lands required for built for that sum, wit most excellent girls at home when she went to Kong-
Singapore, and that many houses can be found a fit man for her. She left the another.
one thing and British law Den spared and hand them over to the results to the community of Singapore: moon, without any fear, because they were when the case first came for trind be Mr. Wood, continuing, stated that Municipal Commissioners. That certain areas of Crown Land be expense, to Municipal enterprise in Brick was married. No-one had informed her would be brought up. The evidence taken any objection, on the score of initial grown-up: besides which the cider girl did not know that so much evidenca sioners for maintenance handed over to the Municipal Commisworks or a Motor-bus Servics, we would that defendant stayed at her house for ten tended to a certain degree in mitigation Open reply that the enterprises will not only days. There was no-one else in the house of the offence committed by defendant. Spaces..
be of direct benefit to the house builder except the two girls, rest That the Harbour Board's land near and house proprietor, but should benest
He, submitted, however, that if the offence the Southern Congested Area be made the whole of the rate-paying community dence was most unsatisfactory. It was on Chinese morality.
ir Goldring submitted that the evi- was condoned it would have a bad effect
That an
Open Space
by making profit which will lighten the very doubtful whether or not the parents Open Space Sub-Committee rates. It is because we think that the were fully conversant with what was to the old Ordinance there would have been The Magistrate stated that according of the Municipal Commissioners deal improvement and development of Singa- going on. The parents had gone into the no offence, but under the new Ordinance, with the Open Spaces that are now pore must take place upon broader, and available.
more generous lines than has hitherto been country and had clearly left the girl in passed last year, there was an offence That the surplus landed property of the the case that we lay such stress upon the what was taking place. The girl and meet to a large measure Chinese customs the bands of the grass widow, who knew the new Ordinance had been drawn up to Singapore Harbour Board be handed necessity for the pppointment of an Im defendant had her consent and she was and feeling; to prevent girls from leaving over to the Improvement Commis Municipal Commission. Of the future of The Magistrate remarked that the point, Wood then remanded the case till
provement Commission apart from the the person in proper charge
their parents until they attained a certain That the Crown Land at Havelock Road Singapore as one of the cities of the was that the girl did not have the consent Maturday, with the intention of studying
sioners.
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undeveloped area of Singapore are laid world, we have no doubt; and, when the of her parents out, it must be with an eye to that future.
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