No. 2.
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS
COMMITTEE
at a Meeting held on the 8th August, 1907.
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Director of Public Works (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.). Chairman.
Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.
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Mr. HENRY KESWICK.
ABSENT:
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the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).
Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.
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New Slaughter House and Animal Depôts for Kowloom.—(C.S.O. 3048/06.)
The Chairman submitted block plans and explained that the removal of the existing Slaughter House and Cattle Depôt adjoining Des Vœux Road, Hunghom Bay, was necessi- tated by the construction of the railway and it was proposed to construct new buildings to replace them on a site near Ma Tau Kok, where the drainage, which was of a somewhat offensive nature, could be discharged into water of considerable depth. At the same time, it was proposed to make the new slaughter house more than twice the size of the present one and to add separate sheds for the accommodation of 400 swine and 200 sheep or goats, for which no special provision existed in the present depôt. The shed for cattle would accoin- modate 120 head, being of the same dimensions as the existing cattle shed, which was however utilized to a considerable extent for the housing of swine, &c. It would be quite possible to defer the construction of either the swine shed or the sheep shed until some future time as it was intended to appropriate a large area of land which would enable future extensions to be carried out.
The estimated cost of providing the accommodation stated above, including compensa- tion to some squatters who would be dislodged, the preparation of the site and its enclosure by walls and fences, an isolation shed, the necessary offices, and repairs to an existing house to render it suitable for an inspector's quarters, was $75,000.
The Committee unanimously agreed to recommed that the whole of the works included in the above estimate be proceeded with at once and that access to the new clepôt be provided by a road from the Kowloon City Road.
Extension of Sai Ying Pun Anglo-Chinese School.—(C.S.O. 1723/07.)
The Chairman submitted a proposal for adding another storey to the existing school building at the junction of Pokfulam Road and High Street to provide additional accom- modation for pupils which the Inspector of Schools had represented was urgently required. The estimated cost of the work was $7,100.
The Committee unanimously approved of the plan.
The Committee then adjourned.
W. CHATHAM,
Chairman.
Laid before the Legislative Council this 17th day of September, 1907.
R. H. CROFTON,
Clerk of Councils.