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