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Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
Your Reference..................
TON PLANNING IN HONG KONG
SIR ATRICK ABERCRO DIE'S VISIT
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vastly increased
An acut shortage of land and a g-mingly 75m14- Populatio
log influ: of immigrants are the two main difficul-
ties which face Hong Kong's townlanners to-day.
Sir Patrick Abercrombie, who
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studied these and other town planning problems/
rises (in
his abmaluxioms in HUNG KONG : MELIMINA Y
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LANNING A PORT, published in Hong Kong and now
available at the Crown Agents for the Colonies
Sir Patrick is forced to the conclusion that the
population of Hong Kong ust be artificially restrict-
ed, and that people should be transferred as soon as
possible fro the overcrowded areas to new quarters.
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two other cosentials, accorting to sir .atrick. ".
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