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(iv)
Refuse chutes.
the best method;
Disposal of refuse by means of ohutes appears to be
as the carrying of dust bins through the public stairs is not satisfactory as there is liable to be garbage left in the staircases.
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Access to kitchens and lavatories.
Access to kitchens and lavatories is best through open balconies at the rear of the building; smell and smoke will have an outlet to the external air. Electricity, gas or coal for cooking are beyond the means of the poorer classes as normal cooking is done on a chatty under a hood.
(vi)
Tenements with brick partitions.
The normal tenement is a big open room with wooden partitions or screens to form cubicles, a flat is normally shared by two or more families. Fixed brick partitions would give better comfort and privacy a point which the Hong Kong Buildings Ordinance does not insist upon.
(vii)
terraces.
Roofs.
Flat roofs can be utilised as small gardens or sun
(viii) Balconies and scavenging lanes.
Projecting balconies are improvements over the ordinary verandahs with piers, the 10 feet scavenging lane as required by the new Ordinance in force is another decided improvement.
(ix)
Open space for 40 feet lots.
In
The building regulations allow 1/4 open space for lots under 40 ft. deep for old lots, and 1/3 for lots above 40 ft. rebuilding programmes of old tenement houses, perhaps some conces- sion or consideration will be given to property owners by amend- ments to s. s. 1 and 7 of Section 82 of the Building Ordinance.
(1) "Forty Feet" to be substituted by, say "Forty-five feet (s.s.1)
(2) Concession to cover buildings having verandahs or balconies. (x)
Plan B and C.
Plan B and C show a suggested type of tenement designed to remedy, as far as possible, the faults found in present standard types.
(Signed)
I. N. Chan.
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