(a) Factories
No, of factories cleared
No. of factories resettled
...
No. of factories to be resettled subject to change of
trade
No. of factories ineligible for resettlement
+
(b) Shops/Workshops
No. of shops/workshops cleared
No. of shops/workshops resettled
524
431
9
84
625
412
213
No. of shops/workshops ineligible for resettlement
CHAPTER 5
THE COTTAGE AREAS
53. Cottage resettlement areas are areas of low density resettlement development whose boundaries have been gazetted under the Resettle- ment Ordinance. Each area consists of a number of cottages, varying from a few hundred to several thousand, mostly constructed of wood or stone and built privately or by voluntary organizations. The cottage areas are controlled by the Resettlement Department which, in addition to providing management staff, has laid out roads, paths and drains and installed latrines, water standpipes and public lighting for the settlers. All cottage areas are liable to eventual clearance, with the resettlement of their occupants into multi-storey estate blocks.
54. The first cottage areas were established in 1948 for squatters in central areas who were offered sites in more outlying districts which, it was then thought, would not be required for other development in the foreseeable future. There are now fourteen cottage areas in Kowloon, Hong Kong Island and the New Territories, containing 8,935 stone or brick cottages and 2,735 wooden huts, in addition to 339 shops and 101 factories and workshops; 74,702 authorized settlers and 14,390 accepted unauthorized persons live in them. (Accepted unauthorized persons are those who came into the area before the end of December, 1961. By a decision of the Urban Council, they have been allowed to stay and will be eligible for resettlement when the area in which they live is redeveloped). A list of the cottage areas with the population of each is at Appendix I.
55. Although the settlers themselves constructed the first buildings, many of the cottages now to be seen were built by charitable and non- profit-making organizations. For instance, the National Catholic Wel-
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