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Mr Fung Wa Chun:-
years ago or sc, what it is worth now.
That is not the question.
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Mr Shelton Hooper:-
I dont want ten years ago.
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Er Fung Wa Chunt-
Give us an instance where you have lost rent, say one
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Kr Lau chu Pak:-
The Chairman:-
of your houses, how much rent you used to get in 1902
or 1903, and now how much rent you get to compare.
You said you had lost rent.
-I will explain it to him in Chinese.
You had better say it in Chinese, Mr Lau.
It is hard to reckon that up, that coat.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference:-
minimum GO. 537
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-63--20
Give us a rough idea?
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70 to 80 per cent what it used to be.
The Interpreter:-
He first says 70, then 80 per cent.
Mr Shelton Hooper:-
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The loss is therefore about 20 per cent ?
We will say 20.
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Mr Fung Wa Chunt-
67
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Yes.
A.
The Chairmant -
by
or what?
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Yes.
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Principally because you have had to abolish oubicles Mostly that. Well, the Sanitary Board does this for the sanitation, but then whe people are not able to
Mr Shelton Hooper:-
That means in 1902, you used to get $10 a floor say and now you are only getting $7 or $8 ?
Now, do you think that that reduction is on account? 68
of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance having
been passed ?
I suspect it is that.
Why,
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because you have had to give up your cubicles,
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have these cubicles, then it is difficult for them to
be sanitary.
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RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
With poor people, there are several people living on a floor. Well, if they wish to wash their bodies, it is easfer for them to do so if they have cubicles. It is
Mr Fung Wa Chun:-
Why
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