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Xr Fung Wa Chun:-

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that a large quantity, - the real orust - dobs not

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come before the Board. Recently I applied for an

exemption for opening a back yard in Ship Street. It is

a brothel. It faces Hypoon (?) lane, and it has 23

windows, and the book has more windows. I was called

upon by the Sanitary Board to open up the half of the

kitchen. We were called upon to do it, and it has been

done, and it has cost my client $3,000 to do it. And

the house is not a haporth more sanitary than it was

before, - that is my opinion.

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Is it not in the Ordinance, that the open space at

the side is not counted as open air ?

A.

Yes.

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69

Q.

Do you think it is absurd to expect people to have 18168

open spaces at the back, insist on open spaces at

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the back, when you have plenty of open space at the

side T

I should think so, unless it shstructs somebody el■*,-

certainly.

Have you know of any case, in which the owner has 18169

been- asked to provide an open space at the back, when

Yes, this was a case I was referring to.

he has plenty at the side ?

A.

70 Q.

But any other case ▼

A.

I think so.

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The Chairman ? »

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Kr Shelton Hooper:-

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

GO_537

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RECORD OFFICE, LONDON OUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITH COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH - NOT TO

At present, you are only allowed to build on three ›$171

quarters of your property ↑

Three quarters of the old property, and two thirds of

the new property.

And it comes to this, that if the Hongkong and

Shanghai Bank was burned dom tomorrow, they must

leave one third of the space at the back open,

although they have god's air all the way right to

Kowloon

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