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particularly as care has to be taken to avoid areas needed for
new roads, or the projected mass transportation system. There
is also a chicken and egg problem in deciding how to open up
Without factories nearby people will not go out
new areas.
to live on new estates; but without a nearby source of labour,
industrialists will not set up new factories.
The Squatters
6.
Has the time come for those living in areas (particularly in the New Territories) nct immediately required for re-
development, to be resettled? There are arguments on both sides.
There is undoubtedly heavy pressure on the building industry,
with, in particular, a shortage of skilled labour. Many new
hotels are planned and the process of reclaiming land is going
on all the time.
Urban Renewal
7.
Plans provide for clearance and redevelopment to be staged
over a number of years so as to minimise the effect on existing
residents and to enable them to be rehoused, at least to some
degree, within the existing area. Nearly all post-war completed
buildings and some buildings now under construction will be
allowed to remain.
Urban District Council
8. As ex officio members of the Housing Authority, the members of the Urban Council seem to manage Housing Authority
estates admirably. On the other hand, the Councillors are
continually interfering in the work of the Resettlement Department, seeking special attention for individuals, and they make the task
of that Department much more difficult than it otherwise would
be.
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