119. Resettlement factories are not easy to administer. The accom- modation is of a relatively high standard, it is available in small units and for a long time it was cheap compared with the alternative available in the open market. This is no longer the case, and rents in resettlement and commercial flatted factories are now roughly comparable. In the newest resettlement factories, rents vary from 55 cents a square foot on the ground floor to 25 cents on the fourth floor, while in some com- mercial flatted factories accommodation can be obtained at rents ranging from 55 cents a square foot on the ground floor to 30 and 35 cents above the second floor. There is a temptation for factory tenants to sublet their premises to outsiders under the guise of installing a manager. This is particularly attractive to those tenants who have had, usually un- willingly, to change their trade in order to qualify for resettlement. Where subletting occurs, the rent is always higher than that charged by Government. Permitted transfers of tenancy to any other domestic or business tenant of the department are also quite frequent because of the inducement contained in the transfer fee, which the transferee customarily pays the transferor to cover the cost of decorating the units. The in- stallation of machinery has also to be carefully regulated to take floor loading and electrical safety into account.
CHAPTER 8
WORKS DIVISION
ORGANIZATION
120. The Works Division's main task is the maintenance (both building and electrical) of resettlement estates, factories, cottages and licensed/resite areas. The division is organized into six sections under the overall charge of a Maintenance Surveyor seconded from the Public Works Department, assisted on the electrical side by an Assistant Building Services Engineer, also seconded from the Public Works Department, and on the building side by a Senior Resettlement Officer (Technical). The six sections deal with electrical matters; estates; factories; development and maintenance works in cottage, licensed and resite arcas; billing and computing; and general and clerical matters. The sections concerned with factories and cottage/licensed areas are each under the control of a Resettlement Officer (Technical), and the officer responsible for cottage/licensed areas also has under his charge the drawing office and survey teams. The estates section is divided into
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