TNAG-0270-FCO40-306-Policy-on-housing-and-resettlement-in-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 131

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted. Unclassified.

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...In Confidence

DRAFT NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES Type 1 +

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Telephone No. & Ext.

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General

POLITICAL SITUATION

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purchy

Minor sporadic incidents have occurred from time to

time, but these have been of a spontaneous nature.

Emergency Regulations

A but two of the Emergency (Prine) Regulations

which were introduced in 1967 have now been discontinued

and those two are retained purely for procedural purposes

the disturbed Confrontation Prisoners ham bem discontinuen

There are 91 prisoners still serving sentences in

respect of offences committed during the disturbances

in 1967.

A number of prisoners convicted of offences during

the 1967 disturbances have had their prison sentences

reduced as part of a routine procedure for the review

of sentences of prisoners serving long terms.

HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT

(118281) Dd. 391599 1,500м 2/69 Hw,

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Squatters

On the face of it, little impact has been made on the

problem of the squatters, despite the large numbers of

them rehoused every year. This has been due to the

continued steady rate of immigration and to the move-

ment out of over-crowded pre-war tenements in the hope

of qualifying for resettlement.

Rents

Rents for resettlement and low cost housing provided

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