TNAG-0270-FCO40-306-Policy-on-housing-and-resettlement-in-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 20

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PRIGRITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NO 769

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HOUSING OF SQUATTERS.

TO HONG KONG

20 NOVEMBER 1970

(HKK 18/15)

DURING MR. ROYLE'S RECENT VISIT IT WAS AGREED THAT THE HOUSING

BOARD SHOULD MAKE A FURTHER STUDY OF THE PROBLEM OF SQUATTERS ON CROWN LAND NOT NEEDED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THAT IT SHOULD REPORT WITHIN TWO MONTHS.

2. THERE WILL BE SHORT DEBATE ON DEPENDENT TERRITORIES IN THE

LORDS ON 8 DECEMBER. ORIGINATOR IS LORD SHEPHERD WHO HAS CALLED

ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF BRITISH COLONIAL TERRITORIES AND

THE NEED FOR A FULL REVIEW OF POLICY TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC

AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THEIR PEOPLES.

3. GRATEFUL FOR PROGRESS REPORT, INCLUDING IF POSSIBLE INTERIM REPORT OF HOUSING BOARD, IN BAG LEAVING HONG KONG ON 28 NOVEMBER.

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