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21st June 1971

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Mr. John Rankin (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he is aware that squatters' huts aré again being occupied by the poorer section of the Hong Kong community because of recent rent rises in the private and public sectors; and what steps he is taking to prevent the deterioration, as a result, of the living standard of the poor.

NO. 48

MR. ANTHONY ROYLE

I have no evidence of any recent increase in the

number of squatters in Hong Kong.