month for a unit on the top floor; and, in the new factories, $120 for a ground floor unit of 256 square feet to $65 a month for a unit on the top floor. The number of units allocated to a single concern depends, in the main, on the working space it previously used in a squatter arca; the maximum allocation to any one factory has been set at ten units of 198 square feet or eight units of 256 square feet, and since it is intended to provide for small concerns only, any factory that occupied more than 2,000 square feet in the clearance area is expected to acquire its own accommodation elsewhere.
77. After taking up accommodation in the factory the individual tenants have to provide their own partition walls and front walls facing onto the verandahs. The internal layout adopted by the tenant is sub- ject to the approval of the Labour Department and the Fire Services Department, and each concern has to make its own arrangements for the installation of water and electricity.
78. The design of the building, and the fact that a large number of concerns are accommodated close together, have made it necessary to exclude certain trades. These trades fall into four main categories: those that require more storage space than could be provided, for example timber yards and waste, or scrap metal, dealers; foundries, for which adequate ventilation cannot be provided; waste cotton refiners and bedding manufacturers, because of the obnoxious processes in- volved; and all food factories, since it is considered that the facilities available are not sufficient to provide hygienic accommodation for the processing of food.
79. Though a higher rent is charged for ground floor units their ease of access makes them very much more popular than those on the upper floors. Priority for these ground floor units is given to trades that require a heavier floor loading. Processes involving a risk of fire, for example plastic work, are accommodated on the top floor.
80. On 31st March, 1963, there were eleven resettlement factories, eight in Kowloon, two at Tsuen Wan in the New Territories and one on Hong Kong Island. Between them they provide a total of 2,552 units of 198 square feet and 1,423 units (240 units of which are specially designed to house squatter silk weaving factories) of 256 square feet. In addition there was one single storey annexe designed to help to meet the demand for additional ground floor space; this annexe has 50 units of 168 square feet each. A total of 697 factories and workshops had been resettled in these factories by the end of the financial year.
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