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KOWLOON.
4. The distance between Kowloon Point and the town of
Victoria is 1618 yards, and the distance is traversed in eight to ten minutes by ferry steamers which ply every few minutes between the mainland and the island.
5. In assessing the value of Kowloon to the island of Hong Kong, it is necessary to stress the extraordinary development of the former during the past few years. It is almost impossible for anyone who has not been in Hong Kong recently to realise the pace and extent of such development. Kowloon has not only become an actual residential suburb of Hong Kong, but it has also developed very rapidly in respect of docks, wharves, godowns, oil stores, etc.
6.
The question should be approached from the following
points of view: -
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(a) Civil.
(b) Military.
(c) Naval.
(a) Civil should be divided into:-
(i)
Residential.
(ii) Public Services.
(iii) Trade.
(i) Residential.
The majority of Europeans living on the island reside on the Peak, but possible sites here are limited, while the configuration of the lower levels is such
that it is very difficult to find additional sites for houses
near the town. Kowloon has, therefore, become an outlet for residences, and a large number of Europeans and a still
larger number of Portuguese and Asiatics, who work on the island, have found it necessary, seek housing accommodation in
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Kowloon. It is indeed, as stated above, a true suburb of the town of Victoria and, as such, is absolutely essential for
residential reasons. It is calculated that the number of
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