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Appendix 'G'
APPENDIX 13.
PROCRAMME FOR BUILDING RECONSTRUCTION,
DATES BY WHICH NEW HOSTELS OR HOUSES WILL BE REQUIRED
TO KEEP PACE WITH EXPECTED ARRIVALS.
1. On the assumption that personnel arrive at the date postulated in para. 9 all the hotels mentioned in Appds. A will be full to capacity by 1st week in June.
It is further assumed that accommodation for a further 1.900 will have to be pro- vided between say 8th June and 30th September. 320 of these can be housed in Hill Crest and in the Govt. Premises stated in Appdx. 'C', leaving 1,580 for whom accom- modation must be provided.
2. To meet this demand it will be necessary to open hostels or provide houses to house the following:-
(a) By 21 May-accommodation for 400.
(b) By 21 June-accommodation for a further 400.
(c) By 21 July-accommodation for a further 400.
(d) By 21 Aug.—accommodation for a further 400.
3. Suggested method. To provide, staff & equip as hostels the following premises
by dates stated :——
(a) By 21 May-Diocesan Boys' School (200), 5 Chatham Road (30), 46 Mac- Donnell Road (30), University Staff Quarters (50), 273, 275, 291, 277, 277A. Prince Edward Road (60)—Total 370.
(b) By 21 June-Bay View Mansions (160), French Mission (30), Repulse Bay Hotel & Annexe (300) if released by Army & RN-Total 490.
(c) By 21 July-Soldiers & Sailors' Home, Hennessy Road (100), Bethanie Pokfulum (80) (Note: release of these depends on disbandment of CAS or staff by this date.), 52, Robinson Road, if released by RN (30), Royal Court Hotel (150), if released by RAF, Matilda Hospital, if repaired by PWD (60)—Total 420.
(d) By 21 Aug.-Only available if released by the Services:—
Accommodation.
1. Having obtained data of the damaged buildings of the Colony, consideration can now be given to the steps necessary for reconstruction. The most urgent require- ment is accommodation, especially the problem of reconditioning the houses and flats for foreigners which have suffered so heavily from looting.
2. The problem may be divided roughly into three divisions:-
(a) Government Quarters.
(b) Services Accommodation.
(c) Civilian Accommodation,
Government Quarters.
3. The number of damaged units is approximately as follows:-
No. of Quarters
Approx. No. of Normal Occupants
Condition.
B
C
D
E
25
41
27
17
125
205
135
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Already 15 of the Condition "B" Quarters are under repair, and negotiations are in progress with an Australian firm for steel windows for several more. It is recommended that all Government Quarters in Condition "B" and "C" should be considered as high priority. When repaired they will provide accommodation for about 30 foreigners. A further 135 persons would be housed by reconstructing the Government Quarters which are in Condition "D", but this is a major job, and one which cannot be contemplated until there is a considerable improvement in the supply of materials.
Services Accommodation.
4. This will doubtless form the subject of a separate report. Living accommodation for roughly 2,000 foreign civilians is at present under requisition by the Servires.
Givilian Accommodation,
5. The damage done to civilian houses and flats and the number of persons displaced by it may be roughly summarised as follows:
Civilian Quarters,
Condition.
B
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E
Courtlands
50
The Hermitage
50
Knutsford Hotel
50
Ricci Hall
54
Harbour View Hotel
100
European Cl. I & II Units
No. of Normal Occupants
220
580
400
300
1,000
2.570
1.880
1.800
Chinese Cl. I & II Units
150
290
50
160
Total
304
No. of Normal Occupants
920
1,780
300
970
50
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Chinese Tenement Units
No. of Normal Occupants
— 51
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1,320
2,760
3,760
8,220
13,200 27,600 37.600 82,200
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