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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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