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Mr. A. Carter 24

The Chairman ?-

A:-

A:-

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A:-

considerably lightened ?

Most certainly.

To what extent about could you do with one Sanitary Surveyor instead of two, so far as this is concerned ?

The difficulty is covering the ground. There is an enormous amount of ground to cover from Shankiwan to Aberdeen, and Kowloon City to Chung shau Wan.

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How much of your time is taken in carrying out the duties of the Building Authority One third of the day, or

half of the day ?

About a quarter of our time, except when the Praya was busy some eighteen months go with the Hotel vansions,

and other big buildings. Then it would take a man three parts of his time, for some months. It all depends on

your work.

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A:-

It would be a quarter of your time, at least ?

Yes.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

C.O. 537

Ir Shelton Hooper:- Going back to covering the ground outside your duties

in the City of Victoria, I will call this a rural

district

about what time in the course of a week have

you to spend on rural districts ?

A:- Roughly, one day a week.

A:-

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About one sixth ↑

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One fifth or one sixth one sixth is hardly sufficient.

Is there very much building in Aberdeen, Chungshawan, 4480

and those places ?

A:-

No, the worst has been on the other side,

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in Kowloon

City, Yaumati, and Mongkok.

You mean the Kowloon Peninsula altogether ?

A1

Yes.

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4529:- In the Kowloon peninsula, the rural district, it would

be about one fifth of your time ↑

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