Registration of the Chinese who wish to take up residence in the area oes on dally at ofoes of the "Great Way" Government, In Chung Hwa Road, South Gate, may be seen a long queue of Chinese outside the Ta Tao municipal offices, two policemen reculating the admission of these Would-be, residents into the registra Vion ome. general walla through Nantao reveals the efforts of the returned Inhabitants 10 find shelter. In some neighbourhoods they: are able {0 reoccupy relatively undamaged buildings. in other cases, a8 may be noted Tungkadoo near the river, huts and other frail structures have been put tip to house families of the poorer class.
'A. search for materials—metals, wood, coal and various ulensils—goes nin the ruins, and there is a tale mount of business on a small scale, bby food hawkers and petty merchants, in the principal streets where the destruction Ig not too great. The spirit of the small population appears to, be hopeful.
The Japanese army has sentry posts at the Important crossings, where Tao "policemen with yellow cap-bands also are stationed. 'The motor trafic In the area 1s mainly Japanese, ud many of the-army lorries enter the "City" by way of the French Bund. Within Nantao these lorries ore' used for other than strictly military purposes, such as the transportation. of foodstuffs, and Chinese Colles may be seen riding in, them side by side with Japanese soldiers
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