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HONG KONG CIVIL DEFENCES
4,000 A.R.P. WARDENS From Our Own Correspondent HONG KONG, `Sunday.
Hong Kong's rough census for de- fence purposes reveals that about 2,000,000 people are living in these 390 square miles, mostly swarming along the waterfront. maximum density is estimated to There the exceed 2,000 to the acre.
The population includes 180,000 || afloat, 4,000 civilian whites, and more than 20,000 destitute people, apart from 10,000 supported refugees. The 1938 population was estimated at 1.028,619, not including refugees from China.
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The volunteer civil defence organi-c sations, apart from the armed forces, t street guards, anti-sabotage and regu- lar units, are 4,000 A.R.P. wardens, 2,500 St. John Ambulance workers, ti 500 decontamination and 500 demoli-. tion and rescue workers, 1,000 fire- ct fighters, 3,000 fire-spotters, 500 nurses, 1,500 on special essential work, and D 2,000 messengers.
A.R.P. shelters already completed can accommodate all those in the business areas.
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