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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT

to the Medical Department or to voluntary organizations for clinics or case centres. Most valuable work of this type is now being done by numerous charitable organizations in both the estates and cottage areas.

Details of the resettlement population and of the different types of premises in the cottage areas and the multi-storey estates at the beginning and end of 1958 are as follows:

A. Population

Cottage areas

(one-storey buildings) .......

1st Jan. 1958

31st Dec. 1958

76,420

80,492

Multi-storey Estates

(a) 2-storey temporary buildings

15,207

6.793

(b) 6- and 7-storey permanent

buildings

137,137

186,150

228,764

273,435

Domestic cottages and huts

Self-contained flats

B. Premises of various types on 31st December 1958 (The numbers on 31.12.57 are shown in brackets).

Multi-storey Estates Nil- (Nil)

-

155 (70)

Cottage Areas

14,709 (14,304)

Nil

(Nil)

Domestic rooms

Nil

(Nil)

32,632 (26,138)

Shops of various kinds

428

(379)

1,108 (643)

Restaurants and cafes

16

(16)

175 (108)

Workshops

52

(49)

331

(253)

Factories

52

(25)

121

(54)

Schools, Clinics and Welfare Centres

- 43

(37)

87 (53)

URBAN BUILDINGS

During the year the volume of private building works again increased and the value of new buildings in the Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon areas reached the record figure of $240,337,365.

Whereas in the past the erection of tall buildings was confined mainly to the business centre in Victoria, several other areas are now competing strongly in this field. This is particularly noticeable along the whole length of Nathan Road in Kowloon, and in the Causeway Bay, North Point and Quarry Bay areas on the Island,

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