CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949 — Page 53

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Suggested location and acreage required in Kowloon to accommodate an additional population of 500,000 and an overspill of 100,000.

Population to be

accommodated.

District

Acres.

57,000

A.

Hill District East of Ho Man Tin.

200

92,700

B. Kowloon City.

325

Kau Lung Tsai East

78,500

C.

Kowloon Tong west.

275

35,600

D.

Castle Peak Road area.

125

50,000

E.

Kun Tong Reclamation.

176

75,000

F.

Hung Hom Reolamation.

150

57,000

G.

Gin Drinkers Bay.

200

55,000

H.

Tsun Wan.

193

500,300

100,000

north of

1,643

I. Overspill at Kai Tak. 350

600, 200

Total Population & Acreage.1,993

Say:

600,000 or 2,000 acres.

With the exception of Hung Hom, the net density

of 500 persons per acre is reduced to 285 per gross aore: this is explained in the following section.

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3. Housing : density and redistribution.

The Housing conditions of Hong Kong present the most serious problem in the Colony. Density to the extent of 2,000 persons EL to the acre, and not confined to small patches, in buildings which are of entirely obsolete design but which under present powers cannot be condemned, is something unknown in European Countries.

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After considering many alternative suggestions both as to numbers of the average family, floor area per person and mumber of building units per net acre, the type recommended by Mr. Owen, which gives 504 persons per net aore has been adopted for the purposes of making the

an extreme but not unusual case given by Dr. Fekily shows 2,268 persons per acre.

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