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It has been presented to the Government, in the
A. Yes, a Petition has been got up. Branch place, at Kowloon, and there is no answer.
The Chairman.-When did you send in the Petition ?
A.-Probably some months since. I went in and saw the Assistant Registrar General and the Assistant Registrar General went in and saw the Registrar General, and the Registrar General wrote in and told me it had been already sent in to the Governor, but there has been no answer. It is very hard for these poor people now. The best thing would be for the Government, well the rich people with a few thousand dollars, they can do it, but the poor people, their property is only worth a few hundreds, or a few tens of dollars,--they can't do it.
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Q.-Are they not allowed to make any change in their property, without getting a plan ?
A. You must certainly have a plan made.
Q.-Who is it that tells you all this? Is it the policeman or the Sanitary Department?
In my
A.-The Sanitary Board say so. They say you must certainly have plans. casc, I first drew a plan myself,--it is only a few hundred dollars.
Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You had personal experience. yourself?
A.--I had a plan drawn myself, and they said that would not do.
The Chairman. Have you anything else to say about the working of the Building Ordinance, Mr. Fong?
A. That is all I have to say.
Q.-Have you been told to pull down cubicles ?
A. There are none there.
Q.-Dont you have cubicles in Kowloon ?
A. Yes, I have a cubicle in my place. I am outside Kowloon City,
Q-The people in Kowloon, how do they live together-in one room, or have they small rooms. low are their houses arranged?
A. Some live in one room. Very few have cubicles. The houses are low places, and low in height.
Q-I suppose like the ordinary native village up country? There are no cubicles be- cause the rooms are too small, and they live anyhow?
Mr. Fung Wa Chun.--Only partitions of bricks.
Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Have you any complaints about limewashing?
A.-I dont know that. I have nothing more to say. May I go now?
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