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authorised to proceed with the eviction of the occupants
of the four hovels which are all that remain of the slum
site in the City.
then I was in Rongkong I went into all this
question most carefully and I wish to assure you most
positively, on the evidence of my own eyes and enquiries
on the spot, that so far from the occupants of the old
site being victimised they are being most generously
treated by the Hongkong Government. I am also fully
satisfied that the continued existence of these hovels
is insanitary and contrary to the principles of public
health and proper housing. I enclose a copy of a report
showing the compensation which has been given to the
occupants of the city slum who have already moved, and
photographs (A. B. & C.) showing the remaining slum
buildings which are the subject of all these urgent
I would ask you to compare these
photographs with the photographs D. E. & F. which show
some of the buildings which the slum dwellers who have
already evacuated have been able to have built out of
representations.
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