§ 57. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the total number of persons and of families, respectively, now rehoused, and the 149W number of housing units provided, by the Hong Kong Government during the past 15 years; what is approximately the number of persons now living in sub-normal conditions; what is the number of Chinese who entered Hong Kong and the New Territories from China in the past 12 months; how many of these were repatriated; and how many left Hong Kong for other destinations.
§ Mr. SandysSome 750,000 persons (about 135,000 families) in 140,000 housing units.
About 600,000 squatters remain to be resettled. In addition there is serious overcrowding in many of the older tenement buildings.
In the past 12 months the number of persons entering from China exceeded the number leaving for China by about 29.000. 2,600 were repatriated.
The number of Chinese who leave Hong Kong permanently for other countries is small, but exact figures are not available.