CO129-560-17 Kowloon- expropriation of Chinese property 6-1-1937 - 4-9-1937 — Page 64

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authorised to proceed with the eviction of the occupants

of the four hovels which are all that remain of the slum

site in the City.

then I was in Rongkong I went into all this

question most carefully and I wish to assure you most

positively, on the evidence of my own eyes and enquiries

on the spot, that so far from the occupants of the old

site being victimised they are being most generously

treated by the Hongkong Government. I am also fully

satisfied that the continued existence of these hovels

is insanitary and contrary to the principles of public

health and proper housing. I enclose a copy of a report

showing the compensation which has been given to the

occupants of the city slum who have already moved, and

photographs (A. B. & C.) showing the remaining slum

buildings which are the subject of all these urgent

I would ask you to compare these

photographs with the photographs D. E. & F. which show

some of the buildings which the slum dwellers who have

already evacuated have been able to have built out of

representations.

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