Gen. Wu Te-chen, Mayor of Shanghai, nas decided to' bulla 4,000 tenement houses for the poor in Chi Mel Road, Pao Shu Road and Tan Tse Wan, and the Land Bureau is now] negotiating with the owners for the purchase of Jand at these three places, It is estimated that each house Will cost from $200 to $800 and can accommodate four or five persona, The Shanghai City Government has already raised a sum of $1,000,000 for. the construction of the 4000 tenement [houses and will later raise more funds to construct houses for the sccom= modation of hut dwellers In order 10 prevent people who! [cart afford to rent better houses from finding accommodation "in. these tenement houses, the City Govern ment has instructed the Bureau of Social Afairs and the Bureat of Public Safety to register all. hut dwellers in Chapel end in the western istrict. These dwellers will be the first to be allotted tenement houses when they are ready.
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