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LOW RENTALS WOULD HELD BUILDERS
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lack of privacy obtaining in a hotel, but if the difference amounts to hundreds of dollars they are willing to sacrifice such temporary comforts. The ideal, of course, would be to provide compact and well-furnished fats capable of be- Yet how ing run economically,
The warning note which was predominating desire is to keep There is nothing so mulish as a sounded in our last article, in their expenses down to as low a boy sent unwillingly to school," which we pointed out the danger figure as possible. The majority. whether the classroom he built of of building too fast for the denund, it is true, usually prefer the ameni timber or bricks and mortar. The seems, to M certain extent to ties of a flat or house to the character of youth, venting its dis-be "justified by the complaint by pleasure in sullen resistance, is not tho Hong Kong and Kowloon Pro- unlike that of the inule, as any who perty Owners Association that they have had to deal with these high- were unable to let many of the spirited creatures must know, But flats and other residential proper it is doubtful whether the simile ties. This will not deter the more should be taken further. A boy, optimistic building speculators however beastly' he may, he, hus from constructing houses on every good points which the most angelic, have trouble in finding suitable available site, though if they should Bottom-like mulo cout
tenants the fault will be on their possess in any stage of equine own heads. The present hoom as resulted in scores of buildings, de- evolution. We may be sure that he is more easily contented with his put up in the vicinity of Nathan signed as fiate and shops, being Astoundings than his human conn- Road, and there appears to be some uncertainty regarding the length tertype, that he possesses an in-
of time they will remain vacant. stinctive appreciation of warmth. One advantageous factor that emer- comfort and security, buitis inca)ges from the building boom, from nble of gratitude.
the public's point of view, at least, is that rents will have to be re- we can stay in hotels and board duced very considerably. Resident, ing houses for $200 each a month inclusive will not be persuaded to pay much more $100 for the rent of a flat, an the charges for some of the new p pertics in Kow loon exceed this figure. The only way in which the supply can be satisfied is by creating a demand,
The agitation which fused from the meeting of that live wire, the Kowloon Residents Association, seems to have confused the privi- leges of boys with those of mules when it lamented that whereas the former were herded into miserable wooden huts, the latter had been provided with substantial stabieu of brick and corrugated iron. A cor- respondent, whose perception of the facts was not obscured by givit in- dignation, very sensibly pointed out that it was perfectly reasonable.for the Military to erect stables which
were less likely to catch fire or to be destroyed twice a year by typhoons than were the matsheds which previously accommodated the mules. One cannot very well quib
and what better means is there of doing that than by offering low rentalai.
is advertised in the local news any of these are available in Kow loon As soon as a furnished flat paper it is taken by some eager resident and it is safe to say that the demand fully exceeds the sup- opportunity presented by this evi- ply: Landlords rarely seize th:
their modern and attractive pro- dent demand and then wonder why pertica remain unlet.
In our prophecies of building development we have gone na far into the future as is consistent with thus far, we probability; and, having reached have retraced Our
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steps until we came face to face with existing needs and problems. It is with these that the investor and the building speculator must grapple if they are to avoid stalemate. The problems arise from the needs-and they are clear. More one cannot say about the fu ture of Kowloon as a residential and commercial centre and those who seek guidance should study Property owners seem reluctant to ing blindly into an investment that present conditions, instead of leap- realise that the average bachelor, may prove worthless. The other does not want to go to the expense likely to develop are municipal and or even the average married couple, directions in which Kowloon is of buying furniture. They are industrial. With these we shali residents for periods of three or deal in later articles. four years only, after which" they will go Home on leave, and their
These things we know, and knowing them, is it wise or grateful to rail
(To be continued.)
ble with a statement like that. against the much-maligned D. Kowloon 25 Pears Ago
After all, the Military authorities it does its best to maintain its men, its beasts had everything that it have certain paramount interests in needs in a manner conforming to the Colony, chief of which is the
"the best traditions of the ser vice!" No useful purpose can be protection of the lives and property served by comparing the powers and Kowloon C.C. "A" team on the The following will represent the of residents in the event of risings privileges of the W.D., with those Kowloon ground, King's Park to- or invasion. The War Department of the P.W.). Both, it might be day at 9.15 p.m. against an eleven argued, ro the servants of the from Watson & Co., Ltd. :-8. have an irritating habit of appro-public, but the extent of servitude Moore, C. W. Jeffries, W. Edwards, printing valuable land and pushing is rather complicated. The W.D.D. Purvis, T. Chee, S. Lightfoot, their priority under our very sus-
cannot be dismissed by a petition J. P. Robinson, H. C. Clements, O of the London County Council, or, E. Libenud and two others-Hong coptible civilian noses. but noas pas could dismiss a butler, by Kong Daily Press, March 14, 1008. colonial power can exist without wave of the hand and a letter. them. If the League of Nations
- It-is-un-all-powerful-body-elected by tho State-that omnipotent were suddenly to decide that all being of which we are the clay foreign Powers controlling annexeil feet. Wherever the W.D. parades its mighty forces, there it works its territory must order their troops will independent of local Cover home, it da highly probable that the ment administration or communal civilian population would panic.cavents. Taxes are levied from the peonie such as 'our own Military (Continued on next column.) (Continued on next column.).
Contribution-but they do not bear na interest the right to question the netions of the War Department. Let us by all means shout for
better schools until we hearse, but keep the males as a similio only when we are referring to our boys,
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