persons cleared, 32,471 (87.76 per cent of the total) were cleared in order to free 105.38 acres of land for permanent development, and 4,530 (12.24 per cent of the total) were squatter fire victims cleared from temporary huts on the streets and pavements. The total number of separate clearance operations was seventy five.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III
SUMMARY OF CLEARANCE AND RESETTLEMENT OPERATIONS
1.4.58 to 31.3.59
A. Land Clearances
Purpose for which land is required
1.
Resettlement Schemes
2. Other Housing Schemes
3.
4.
5.
Schools and Welfare Centres Parks and Playgrounds
Factories and Godowns .......
6. Public Buildings
7. Roads, Drains, Port Works and
Waterworks
8. Miscellaneous
Acres cleared
Number of
Persons
62.71
12,299
11.26
5,414
7.77
1,842
2.63
130
...
1.39
550
.09
72
18.70
12,017
,་ ་
.83
147
Totals
105.38 acres
32,471 persons
4,530
105.38 acres
37,001 persons
B. Squatter Fire Victims
Grand Totals
CHAPTER IV
THE MULTI-STOREY ESTATES
50. Most of the families now moved from squatter areas are resettled in a multi-storey estate. On arrival there the head of household presents his letter of authority to the Estate Office. He is then given a tenancy card for the room which he has been allocated, and on acceptance of this card he becomes a tenant of the estate. A group photograph of the whole family is pasted on to the tenancy card which shows, in addition to the room number, the amount of rent payable and the date on which payment must be made each month. On the back is printed in English and Chinese the general conditions to which the tenancy is subject. The head of household then pays his first month's rent at the Revenue Collecting Office where the shroff issues a fixed fee receipt which is pasted on to the tenancy card. The card must always be displayed in the room occupied so that the estate staff may see at a glance both
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