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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 13, 1938.

IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS

BY HOUSING COMMISSION

however, that some action is pos- sible which, even of it will not al- together put a stop to overcrowd- ing may eventually reduce its proportions and at least would improve the hygienic conditions of premises, even though they be overcrowded.

Important recommendations are made in the Re- port of the Housing Commission, issued to-day. Main points in the Report are the recommending of a permanent Town Planning and Housing Committee, the advice of an expert from Eng- land and "settlements" in the slum areas. The Report says, in part:-- We have met with some difficulty in reaching an agreement among ourselves in the matter of making. definite recommendations, and have been obliged, after much discus- sion, to abandon our original "inten- tion of dealing with our subject in detail, and to substitute proposals which amount; in the main, to recommendation that the problem essential (a) to provide more and be approached ab initio by experts better designed houses until suffi- who have made a special study of cient accommodation is available, such matters as Town Planning, (b) to decentralise the population, Housing and Slum Clearance. The (c) to reduce building density.

Decentralisation cannot be most that we feel ourselves qualified achieved unless means of liveli- to do is to suggest the directions hood are provided within easy MOST BEAUTIFUL SPECTACULAR TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY in which this approach should be reach of new housing areas.

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To reduce overcrowding and per-

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The provision of adequate hous- ing for the poorer classes cannot We have not thought it worth be left to private enterprise unas- while to burden this report which aisted. If the housing is...to.. con- a discussion of the relationship form to acceptable standards the between overcrowding and tuber-return on capital will not be suf- culosis, and, indeed,

other ficient to attract private enterprise; contagious and infectious disease. to put it another way, the return The facts do not admit of

con-on capital normally expected by troversy and may, we feel, be private enterprise can only be taken for granted.

achieved by overcrowding in houses Hong Kong is a powerful magnet which are below acceptable stan- drawing to itself not only the seek-dards. If new and improved hous- ers after work but hangers-on and ing be provided for these classes," parasites of all kinds. The struggle it will be necessary to ensure su- for existence is very severe. It is pervision and provide social ser- only too : common, especially vices on lines similar to those amongst unskilled labourers, to adopted in many European coun- find three men doing the work of tries. one and sharing remuneration which might be adequate for one but is certainly insufficient for three; while the regular employee is, fortunate if he is not maintain- ing a number of relatives out of his earnings.

The system of contracting and sub-contracting is often carried to extreme lengths, and results, in many instances, in the inability of the final sub-contractor to pay even the low wages

on which he has based his contract.

SLUM CLEARANCE Slum clearance envisages re- duced building density and re- duced population density, and in consequence a large number of the present population will eventually have to be housed elsewhere. This accommodation mtist be available before slum clearance can be commenced.

Before the actual clearance' of slums can be undertaken, it will be necessary to prepare a survey of lócal industry and housing, each in BLACKMAIL

relation to the other; to prepare a Still more reprehensible is the survey of existing buildings, parti- system by which individuals or cularly houses, in order to find the organisations levy commission in number and. situation of those. return for introduction to employ which do not conform to acceptable ment, or exact blackmail in the standards; to prepare a key plan as guise of "fees for protection a guide to redevelopment as oppor- against competition."

tunity occurs; to survey sites and Conceivably the various systems prepare plans for possible new de- by which the proceeds of every piece velopments; and to prepare legisla- of work tend to filter through to tion and devise machinery neces- the largest possible number of in-sary to give effect to town planning dividuals might be regarded as an and housing schemes. This prepara- elementary form of practical so-tory work and eventual construc- |cialism, without which the even tional work, will take many years more serious problem of complete and some form of permanent au- unemployment of a large part of thority will be necessary to organ- the population would have to be ize, carry out and control such an faced. We believe that there is no undertaking. escape from one problem or the

PARKS other so long as an enormous re- It is desirable that, in order servoir of population exists at our combat the evil ects of over. door, unless it is a remedy which crowding, parks should be provid- presents very serious difficulties, ed. It is not suggested that these namely, restriction of immigration, parks should be laid out and equip-

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