The Archive · 1940

Foreign Properties

The situation as regards foreign properties is, not as bad, but here again tenanís continue to be trans-to id Rehabilitation Proceeds Property Registration A general campaign is being launched in Nantao in order to clea-away all ruins and debris of houses destroyed during the Shanghai hostilities. The new movement, which is said to be a prerequisite for rehabilitating the native city, is being led by the Nantao Citizens Association. The "Sin Shun Pao" reports that it heralds the gigantic reconstruction prográmme to be carried out there, but no details are revealed.

Coincident with the clearing up, there is another movement requiring Property owners to register with the Bureau of Land of the Shanghai Special Municipality as a step towards securing "recognition of property rights" Landlords in the native city were to petition for official recognition of their ownership, commencing yesterday, and the procedure must be completed within. 15 days, after which time the property rights will be effigially. considered "absent," although the word 1|erfeited" is not used in the official Armed with land certificates given by the land bureau of the new city regime, Nantao landlords may then file their petitions for "recognition of ipnoperty rights" with the Nantao Office of the "Special Service Section."

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