The danger of the outbreak of fires in the Western District where many flimsy structures and huts have been pumed in the past, rendering numerous people homeless and threatening foreign property, may be averted in future if the present fire-prevention policy adopted by the Bureau of Public Utilities of the Greater Shanghai Special Municipal Government can be carried out effectively.
It is now revealed in the new regime's press that a strict order has been issued by the Bureau against erection of huts and houses purely built of wood in the areas where the god of fire has visited. The order emphasizes Wang Ka Loong in Great Western Road, where most of the huis were bull A big fire broke out there early in the month, causing the Bureau officials to adopt preventive measures.
Residents are not allowed to build huts to replace those already destroy-èd, otherwise they will be torn down, says the order. All factory buildings in the area and its vicinity must. be replaced with residences within this year and all small houses must be rebuilt gradually with less inflammable material before the end of this month, it is stated. Rules for widening streets in the same areas are also mentioned in the order,
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