accommodation at rasmall puces.

Ihe proposed reservation at taips, though nominally open to any one approved by the for it in reality be confined to Eurojus. There is no doubt that prices areatab Lade noen my greatly, that the Cherise

ousting The Juce.

Emopeans

are

who can't afford to p

wich Chinese with pay, that

the tendency has been for the Chinese grade ally

to misade areas

Imopeano.

i

tommarly reempied by

The question is whether the Est.

justified in discriminating against any

class of the population in fason of another

class.

The proport

mo made

1972

when the

O.AG. with a depatch recommending the establishment of

a reservation in Kowloon

within which no Chinese houses and he permitted. "Ihe principal object..

EN / 19982/02+

Sov /34467/02

supply the ingently jelt want to darsenen "pra6. reservation & where inexpensive derdhingo

#

he aveted for baropeans of the middle class", and gain it seemed werable to unchule from such uservation the with Chinese who,

would by competition

if they invaded the area, sirents gradually oust the poorer white

population

"

The line

The live taken in the minutes & the reply 373

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M

Ex/34169/02 was that a reservation in all right when it is to separate persons of chamby healthy life from those who are disty -careless but that it and not he and to enable Emopeans tobtain tow unto to the exclusion of Chinese of good standing. Connquently while approving the uservation (an area the S. S. said that mistead of being confined to Europeans it and be open to all person whether Europees A Chenese who were appeared by the for. The next step

mer the passing of an adinance

a recidental and in m2 1904 usuring the til District 1 in t kone proper This was done without consulting the S. IS. hat the note contained a suspending clause. The Effective sections to not allow anyone but now. Cherise

Cherise to his in the

aven except such Chinese as may be exempted by the for in Connel. The sole had passed to commit umanimonaty, the Chemise community acepting it as not unreasonable

The real reason, as

given in the petition from the European community, for the order was that

wealthy

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