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[No. 14-14.8.34.---4.]
(C.S.O. 2/1097/31.)
A BILL
Short title.
Authorised works.
Control and prosecution of works.
INTITULED
An Ordinance to make provision for financing and carrying out a scheme for a new, Government House and for the development of a portion of the City of Victoria.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong,. with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Government House and City Development Scheme Ordinance, 1934
2.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor to under- take the following works:--
(a) the preparation, development and carrying out of a scheme, to be known as the "Government House and City Development Scheme", in general accordance with a plan dated the seventh day of August, 1934, signed by the Director of Public Works and deposited in the Land Office; and (b) all accessory works which may be necessary desirable for or on account of the preparation, development and carrying out of the said Scheme and the adaptation of the adjoining areas and approaches.
or
(2) Any work undertaken before the commencement of this Ordinance, which either was, in the opinion of the Governor, undertaken in contemplation of the said Scheme, or is hereafter adopted by the Governor and made use of for the said Scheme, is hereby legalized and validated for all purposes as if it had been undertaken under this Ordinance.
(3) The powers conferred by this Ordinance shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other powers possessed by the Governor, or the Governor in Council, or any public officer.
3.-(1) The Governor shall decide from what sources the materials required in carrying out the said Scheme are to be obtained, and shall have full control over the execution of the works and over all persons employed in connexion therewith; and he may appoint such persons as he may think fit to execute such works, and may determine the remunera- tion and conditions of employment of such persons.
(2) In carrying out the said scheme it shall be lawful for the Governor to authorise such alteration, amendment or revision of the plan referred to in section 2 (1) (a) as he may consider desirable, and to make the consequential deviations from the said plan.
(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor to suspend, abandon or terminate the scheme at any point at which he considers it advisable so to do.
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