CO129-570-3 Sino-Japanese War- proposed refugee camp in demilitarised area of South China 1-6-1938 - 11-1-1939 — Page 65

Class of Refugee

STATEMENT

Estimated Number

Provision Proposed

Capital Cost

1. Destitute persons sleeping in the streets. (This includes both refugees and inhabitants of Hong Kong).

2. Refugees in transit.

3. Refugees with small means.

30,000

1,800

Unknown but there appear to be 200,000 tc 250,000 existing refugees of all classes in Hong Kong. It is apparently im- possible to estim te as yet the numbers of this class to be provided for.

Temporary accommodation for 3,500 destitute women, children and infirm men in two

camps.

The Tung Wah Hospitals already accommodate sick refugees. To deal with other refugees in transit it is proposed to set up a temporary camp in Kowloon to serve as a clearing house. There will be accommodation for 1,000 persons in the first instance.

Building of accommodation in Kowloon to be let to the refugees at the rate of $2 per month per person housed.

$350,000/$400,000

$120,000

$ 35,000 of which the

Government share is

$ 17,500

Total cost to Government

$522,000

Cost of Administration (per year)

$285,000

$ 81,600

Nil

$367,200

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(This is exclusive of the supplementary provision for the relief of refugees dealt with by the Tung Wah Hospital, which amounts to $118,557 for 9 months