need for anti-erosion and rainstorm protection work. During the tor- rential rains of 1959 a number of paths and drainage channels were carried away by landslides and 58 cottages and huts were seriously damaged.
76. All development and maintenance work in the cottage areas is carried out by the department's Works Section staff, leaving only such items as road surfacing and provision of water standpipes to be dealt with by the Public Works Department. The maintenance of terraces, paths, roads, steps, retaining walls and contour catchwaters cannot be separated from the administration of the cottage area and it is the responsibility of the administrative staff of the area, who work and live on the spot, to report all defects and to assist in supervising maintenance work. A small labour force is kept in each area to carry out minor maintenance work, in addition to the labour force engaged on scaveng- ing and sanitation. These labourers are recruited from settlers who live within the areas.
77. Apart from this type of maintenance work all Government buildings in the cottage resettlement areas are maintained by the Works Section. These include 29 offices and stores, 45 quarters for area officers, and 2,639 Government-owned cottages.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER V
BUILDINGS IN COTTAGE AREAS
Type of Premises
1. Self-owned stone cottages 2. Hire-purchase stone cottages
Government-owned stone cottages
3.
4. Donated stone cottages
5. Welfare organization cottages 6. Requisitioned stone cottages
Wooden huts
7.
8. Shops
...
9. Workshops
10. Factories
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Total
860
3,835
4,695
60
682
742
515
2,115
2,630
171
449
620
80
503
583
9
9
ייז
1,576
3,323
4,899
28
369
397
45
45
28
28
Grand Total
3,299
11,349
14,648
CHAPTER VI
WELFARE IN THE ESTATES AND AREAS
78. When a squatter is resettled in a multi-storey estate his housing problem has been solved, and he knows that he will not be evicted as long as he is able to pay his rent and as long as he observes the very
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