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It is
poorer
confined chiefly to the
classes of Chinese, whose dirty and insanitary habits_ foster its progress. "The ordinary chinaman of the poover class -in this Colony seldom thinks
of cleaning his house, and the heaps of dirt and rubbish, which the
remove
-house cleansing parties
one small floor of a
floor of a house,
from
causes the spectator to wonder
can
find
where the occupant " room for himself. Many of
the houses are, moreover, so
situated
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situated and constructed as to
-afford an utterly inadequate
supply of light and ventilation, and the position is aggravated by the high rents which pre- vail in this. Colony and which
overcrowding.
encourage
The
housing of the working classes in HongKong is an
important question the consideration of which should be no longer de- layed. I accordingly propose ~ shortly to appoint a Commission "to enquire into and report
on
this