had
His Majesty's forces, squatters/occupied the area,
and erected huts thereon.
the
From the point of
view of his community at large the area,
consisting as it did of a disordered cluster Gracewoled
of, wooden huts without proper sanitary
arrangements, presented grave danger to
health and a serious risk of fire.
As a
normal administrative measure of precaution
therefore against the threat of fire and
disease
[applying equally to the whole of
Aowloon, the Hong Kong Government decided that
the huts must be removed. Eviction notices
were accordingly served on the 27th November
on the occupants of the huts, some 54 in number.
The date of expiry of the notices was the 11th
December 1947. The squatters failed to
comply with the notices and summonses were
then issued by the Court. Alternative sites
were offered them and it was open to them to
remove the materials of their existing buts to
those sites. The case came before the Court
on the 16th December end eviction orders were
made. A translation of the Magistrate's order
and the notice offering alternative sites was
published in the Press on the 17th December
and copies were served on the squatters on the
22nd and 29th December. Eviction and
dismantling of the huts was carried out without
disturbance on the 5th January.
On the 7th January the Magistrate of shes Po Onyx District of Awangtung Province
adjoining Hong Kong, paid a visit to the
"Walled City", accompanied by several of his
officials/
it was found that the Jaise had pulled down the swnounding walls to provide materials for the Kaitak airfield, Cleaving the area
even more derelict than before, and that
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