Hongkong, June. 19.
the report of the " Hongkong. Anti-Air Raids Commission it was revealed to-day that very few of the Jocal dwelling houses meet with the necessary requirements as specified by the Anti-Air Raids Commission for the protection against poison gas attacks and air raids.
According to the specification of the Commission the most suitable place for the erection of a safety chamber in which it can prevent bolton gas attacks and alr-raids is in the "first "floor of a four-storey According to official statistics issued by the Public Works Department, however, the tenement houses in the Colony are mostly two storeys, snd very few of them have four there are only 7.105 buildings that have over four storeys while in Kowloon the number is 3,064.
'Anti-poison gas masks' are being tested in many rubber manufactur: ing works here. Such articles are' deemed necessary in view of th air-raid consciousness of the people here together with the uncertain situation in the Far East. Anti poison gas masks seldom-are im-Ported here on account of their cost.
The Fung Keung Rubber Works at Shaukiwan has already turned out several mask models but as the results were not quite up to the standard, they are making an effort to produce a better one, and it is learned that they will be able to) place the masks on the market within two months, 'A company official intimated that they received no government orders, and that the manufacture is purely a private undertaking in view of the Fopeated warnings issued in connec tion with poison gas protection. After experiments the management. plans. fo {urn out several brands of masks. and the cheapest one at a price that it would be within reach of everybody.
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