and district, provide not only a convenient means of assuring
such co-operation, but also a stimulus to public spirited
members of the community to take their part in these fundamentally
important activities.
6.
5. Part 4 of the Colonial Office Draft Report on Welfare
(Misc.504) should be used for guidance on certain important aspects
of social welfare work which are not the special interest or concern
of other Departments of Government such as Education, Medical etc.
The Colonial Office Memorandum, C.M. No.2, regarding the
United Nations Food Conference and Colonial Nutrition Policy, and
the Memorandum on modern conceptions of penal administration (prepared for the Controller of Development and Welfare in the
West Indies) should be used for general guidance in so far as
they are applicable to local conditions.
7. The legislation relating to the Protection of Women and
Girls and Mui Tsai should be fully enforced at the earliest possible
stage.
2. Town Planning
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As soon as practicable after the liberation of the
territory Town Planning Schemes should be prepared.
2. A Town Planning Department should be set up and should
be represented on the Social Welfare Advisory Committee.
3. The Colonial Office Memorandum on housing, C.M. No.1,
should be used for guidance in so far as it is applicable to
local conditions.
III.Social Security
Social Security policy should be framed in the light of
the Colonial Office Memorandum on Social Security for Colonial
Territories, C.M. No. 5.. June, 1944.
IV. Census
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As soon as practicable after restoration of the Civil Government a population census should be taken, but in less detail,
as regards length of residence and degree of education, than was
required in the 1931 census.
Cor. 67 + is intended to distribute expies of this memorandum