whether the housing proposed for the 30,000 squatters
on Crown Land not required for development is
included in the first table on page 4 of your letter
Moreover, we cannot fit into your latest
or not.
figures the estimate of "528,000 people of all
categories", given in paragraph 3 of Hugh Norman-
Walker's telegram No.818 of 5 December 1970, as the
"resettlement commitment over the next six years,
including the relief of overcrowding in old estates."
3.
As regards the private sector, it would be
helpful if you could give us a break down of the
figure of 360,000. We assume that most of this
will accommodation would be occupied by those in the
higher income brackets.
4.
Finally, are we right in assuming that the
boat people (totalling ? 100,000) are included in
the figure of 500,000 for squatters in the urban
areas ? During the debate on the dependent
territories in the House of Lords on 12 January
Baroness Summerskill referred to these people,
saying:
"On thequestion of housing, I should like to know
what is being done to house the floating population.
By "floating population" I mean those who live in
boats.
The living conditions of those people who
live in boats in Hong Kong make the homes of those
who reside in the Gorbals area of Glasgow luxurious
by comparison. They are the worst degrading kinds of
slum you can possibly imagine, in which a woman has
to have a baby, bring up a family andconduct her
life. What is being done about this in our prosperous
Crown Colony Are we facing up to the problem ?
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