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RAINSTORM DAMAGE.
GUARDING AGAINST DANGER IN THE FUTURE.
HON. DR. KOCH'S RECOMMENDA. TIONS.
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AUGUST | 27TH, 1926
LISBÓNG NOT LEARNED.
Then, also, it seems to me that evident lessons to be dérived from these damages are not always learned. For instance, the nullah that goes down Pedder Street and that wrecked the street during the storm is being re-built to the same dimen- sions as before, although on a previous occasion this nullah was also heavily dam- aged. Why could not the dimensions be
RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN AFTER made wider ?
DISCUSSION.
STUDS ROAD.
It is said that these rain-storms occur during high water and that the rising tide At the meeting of the Legislative meets the rush of storra waters and so Council yesterday the Hon. Dr. W. V. prevent it escaping into the sea. But Koen moved the following resolution:
surely if the bullah were' made on "a That the Government be pleased to proper size from experience already gain-
appoint-a-Commission to search for.ed this ought not to be a factor examine, and report on, the vulner able parts of the Colony and Main-
I have also seen that these landslides land contiguous to houses and roads
occur pretty nearly always at the same which are liable to storm water dam place or in places closely adjoining pre age, and make recommendations which might tend to prevent the vious ones and apart from the removal occurrence of such damage. Such of the slipped soil nothing seems to be done. I have watched with great interest. Committee to consist of Experts out for months and months, every day, cooliea side the Government Service, who on Stubba Road near the Peak tram would be associated with other Ex-station where there has been a notable perts in the Government Service to alip cot yet righted; I have watched these be nominated by the Government.
coolies sitting and patting, the parapet In bringing forward this resolution for gently with mad in the hope that an the acceptance of the Council, be said, Egyptian sun would bake it so that it might last for centuries, But the same I would like to say a few words to recom- thing occurs every time. The next heavy mend it to you. It will be in the minds rain that somes along causes a wash-out of the older residents that years ago, in the same place. And thus, not only is safely not secured but we have every typhoons and rainstorms did not create year very large sums of money voted to so much much damage on land as they | effect what prove to be only temporary have within recent years."
repairs.
THE TYPHCON OF 1806.
When the typhoon of '06 caused such loss of life and destruction to shipping, the Government and the people were stirred and public steps were taken to try to avoid future dangers of a similar kind. 'In consequence, at considerable expense, the typhoon refuge on the other side was built and it has afforded excel lent accommodation for craft during these Bevere blows, so that we have not had any repetition on any large scale of the destruction of 1906.
Now, since the last five years, the island has been opened up by a series of roads most excellently devised and well built, but I have noticed that every year, oné
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I maintain that if a Committee was formed who would examine all these. danger spots, they would be able to make recommendations which if acted upon might obviate these recurrent storm damn- agea It might be costly, but in the long run it would be cheap. I have there hillsides and this policy will continue fare hesitation in putting forward this to be adopted and any report of this always be greatly ap- resolution for the approval of the Council nature will and for the consideration of the Gaveen- Unreciated.
ment.
HON. DR. KOTEWALL SECONDS. Hog. Dr. KoTEWALL: While I do not endorse all the remarks of the proposer, beg to second the resolution because I think that the Government should do
Having regard to the foregoing fact I am of opinion that it would be difficult for the suggested committee of experts to render any material assistance.
DR. KOCH'S REPLY.
Fon. Dr. Kocs, in reply, said: I am
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1925.
DECREASED REVENUE, INCREASED EXPENDITURE.
A very comprehensive report for 1825 by the Director of Education, dealing
might say without exception, at the "something with a view to reducing as far not in a position to give the name of the with the various phases of education in period of these heavy rain-storms there as human ingenuity can the terrible architect who informed me of the boulder the different schools of the Colony was
have been landslides all along these roads and this year-in the New Territories, causing them to be blocked to traffic for an appreciable length of time.
THE CUTTING OF THE ROADS.
:
Now, there seems to be no doubt that there is something defective in the cut- ting of the roads. These roads: have for the most part been cut through soft, dis integrated, and what. I might call, rotten Boil and these cuttings have been left as they were made without any precau tions having been taken to prevent what would strike anyone as the probability of these lips Not only that, but these isain roads the Government has taken advantage of the boom in land some years ago to sell plots for building pur posea which seem to me to be most" in- secure. Unless they are built on in a
damage done by rain-storms and floods.
HON. MR. BIRD'S VIEWS. The Hon. Mr. BIRD: Sir, If I thought that any useful purpose would be served by appointing such a committee I would not hesitate to vote in favour of the resolution, but to my mind its work would merely be a waste of time. In my opinion none of the damage caused by the recent start that I have examined could have been foreseen and guarded. against.
to which I referred I will endeavour
to obtain his permission and then I will presented as yesterday's meeting of the let the Director of Public Works know Legislative Council. the details. After all, the remarks which have been made in opposing the resolu tien simply beg the question. Mr. Bird has stated what we all know.
BILL CONIES.
Referring to revenue' and expenditure, the report states:—
The only Revenue collected by this Des partment comes from school fees, which amounted in 1925 to 894,416 as against
$121,478 in 1924.
akip about from rock to rock but any We are not like hill cozies who can human being can see where dangerous The expenditure was-81,010,005:23-44 spots are. It does not need pre-vision of increase of 886,980,58 over the previous Take the case of the big rock which call out to us. The boulders of which I penditure on school buildings or furni
greatly magnified power. The places year, These figures do not include ex- demolished the number a pumping stehave spoken are located in disintegrating ture which are debited to Public Works tion. I believe anyone examining if soil, and when we have a long series of would have considered its weight alone daily rain, as we do for thirty or forty crease of $36,500 in personal emoluments The increase is mainly due to an in-. would have prevented any power, except days at a time, that rain soaks through caused by the employment of more staff that of an earthquake from moving it.
The damage during these heavy rains the rotten soil. Then when we have a in the first half year; of $15,000 for fees. ing at Hongkong University: of $5,400 manner that would obviate any possibi. is generally caused by some boulder be particularly heavy rain the soil gives and and inaintenance for studenta in train- lity of a collapse of retaining walls during bulk of the rainwater collects, then find-
ing dislodged from & gully where the the rock comes down.
THE BOULDER AND THE UNIVERSITY. in rent: of 811,400 under capitation these heavy rain-stores there will ever being its way with a lot of debris into a It is a mercy that the rock which de grants: of $8,400 in the subsidies paid present the danger of auch happenings as nullah, which promptly becomes blocked. stroyed the No. 3 pumping station did to vernacular schools: and of $10,000 occurred some months ago leading to the The water which should be taken away not take another angle and destroy part under building grante. flocding of Happy Valley and as occurred again last month leading to similar flood-by the nullah then finds some other of the University. Probably if some part course for which no provision has been of the University had been damaged a ing and to a great deal of damage" on
made and serious damage is done.
little more importance might have been Stubbs Road.
The vulnerable parts of the Colony attached to this question of prevention tion agrees with the remedy the hon. Then, also, there is no doubt that there should be some method of dealing with extend throughout the whole North side They say it takes a bishop with a broken member suggests which is the appoint- pulichs, especially at their source, which of the island and to examine all the leg to cause, the bridge to be mended ment of a committee,. I do not think a would obviate the terrible damage that works above Conduit Road and decide otherwise it is left a iz is. Mr. Bird Committee would help us at all in this
becoming blocked by boulders and so overflowing and washing away roads and bridges.
BOULDERS.
the agility of the mountain goat but the possession of second sight in an advanced degree. I do not propose to vote in favour of this resolution.
nullahs. Of course they do. That is
- UNFORESEEN DANGERS... What do think will help us is action exactly the point I wish to make. They come down the nullahs and block the by the Director of Public Works and his streams and the bridges, which are far officers, and assistance from public spirit too narrow, are swept away. On the ed members of the community who would And a third matter that I would draw THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORES Magazine Gap Road two years ago some draw immediate attention to danger ap attention to is the damage that is done The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS: 1 thing of this sort occurred, and it has prehended from any boulder. If that is by boulders slipping away from their beds would like to say that I know nothing occurred again this year. The boulders done, we have done as much as humanly and smashing up bouses and doing dam of the report of the dangerous rock re
come down to the bridges and block them possible to guard against unforeseen dan age to property. Some years ago, a huge ferred to by the hon. member who pro- The water spreads out on each side of gera. Foreseen dangers can be guarded boulder slipped down Morrison Hill and damaged three bouses. Two years ago-Posed this resolution, but I will make the road and washes away the road and against and I think the Director of Public enquiries. With regard to retaining the bridge. One has only to go to Ken Works does his utmost to protect us from another huge boulder slipped down from the Admiralty" "grounds on the Peak and walls, extensive investigations have been nedy Road and Macdonnell Road to see any danger that can be foreseen. Many made and data collected and recorded, the damage that has been done and to dangers, cannot be foreseen. When they Amashed a house on Barker Road. Now
'come upon us all that we can do is to we have the last example of an immense and such walls are being kept under close reason how it has come about,
observation by this Department to ascer"
make good the damage and then take boulder slipping down and anashing up tain if any movement is taking place. If the nullahs were looked after and steps to guard against future danger in No. 3 pumping station.
walls is necessary on private property diverted in
Where any rebuilding, of retaining properly trained at the beginning, or the same locality. Such steps are now.
some way, they could un- being "taken. the cost of rebuilding will of course fall doubtedly be rendered safer than they upon the owners of the property.
LOOKING AFTER THE NULLAHS.
HOUSE PLOTS.
There seems to me no reason why en gineering skill should not be brought to bear on this question to do something to
are. Take Pedder Street nuliah. A few The Director of Public Works is fully wards preventing these accidente which
No doubt, building sites have been sold years ago the new A.P.C. Building site alive to the necessity of exercising great might almost be called avoidable. To the that are most difficult to develop and was under water because the nullah was care in the future sale of house plots engineer, difficulties. present themselves only to be overcome. It is not my future that before Crown Land is dis- but we took no notice of it. At Jardine's position where it is likely to become
every possible care will be taken in not big enough. We had a lesson then, and no house plot is sold if it is in "a vince to point out in what manner they might be overcome but I suggest that if posed of it shall be reasonably easy of corner there is a large pipe in the nullah public danger: My honourable friend is shere cuttings on these roads were faced development without being a danger to which occupies a considerable part of that fully alive also to the danger of retaining
adjoining property. with stone or cement, if these huge re-
nullah But we are doing to-day what | walls and is having them examined. But The Government cannot accept the we did a few years ago, I do not believe most of the retaining walls which are sus taining walls were properly built and responsibility for the actual work of any attempt is being made to enlarge pect are not Government, but private properly supervised during building 50 any private building, but must continue the nullah. When we have another storm walls and it is for the owners to look that they should not act merely as dama, if these nullahs could be trained or divert to restrict its operations to periodical we shall be in the same position. Then after their own property..... ed, and if these threatening boulders inspections of work in progress to see look at the damage done at Shertong- could be removed by blasting, then the proved plans and to take action in all
that there is no-departure from the ap-tanl great risk of the monotonous recurrence of these damagea every year-would-be-re-cases where defective workmanship is
All those things are matters of engineer-hon. member will cot prea it to a divi- discovered? moved, a great saving of money effected.
Areas adjoining building operations in ing. I have the greatest respect for en son. I am in full sympathy with the as well as loss of life and discomfort progress are regularly inspected and gingers but if they go along in their object of the resolution but I do not think every effort is made to see that dangerous placid, regular routine way they do not the appointment of a committee will houlders are removed by the owners of see these thungs. Therefore. I think that achieve that object."
if a Committee and these things are
avoided.
"KEEPING IT UNDER OBSERVATION.”
the land on which they are situated.
ENGINELLE.
THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEW.
EZSOLUTION UNACCEPTABLE.
The Government are unable to accept the résolution as it stands and I hope the
DR. KOCH WITHDRAWS.
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I was told the other day that-a report was made to the Public Works about a With the exception of obviously danger-painted out good will be done. These boulder which was sitting upon a hill and ous boulders which are being gradually thing will be brought to the notice of
Hon. Dr. KocH: I am quite satisfied threatening a house. The Public Works and steadily removed it is practically im the engineers concerned who will be able were warned that they would he held possible to determine the extent of the to work out some sort of preventive with the explanation that has been givea
scheine,
i hope it is” anderstood that I do not responsible, I believe. The reply that danger involved in any particular case.
blame the Public Works Department or was received, was that the Public Works In many cases the danger only arises in
the Director of Public Works or any were keeping it under observation, Now, the. course of a few hours and is caused
oficer of the Department. I know that when such possible danger has been by the diversion of a heavy flow of water
H.E. THE GOVERNOR: I am entirely they are hard worked. At the same time". pointed out to them, does it not seem from a water course or nullah which may in sympathy with the mover of the resoluunless these things are brought continu Father casual that a department like the itself have become blocked by small boultion in the object which he has in view ally to thair notice they may slip from Public Works should make a reply at that ders following exceptional rain, and in protecting the Colony against the dan- attention. After what you have said, Siz, kind, if I am correctly informed. One is however expert an officer may be this is gers of which we all know. But the I think I have achieved my purpose and almost tempted to think of the Director a danger it is imporible to guard Government cannot agree-nor do I think I ask permission to withdraw the resolu of Public Works watching this boulder against. and rushing to bear
the Unofficial members agree and I do not tion proposed swing more ad fa on his thoulders "Consideration has always been prompt
The resolution was withdrawn and the like a modern Atlas, when it shows signs ly given to any report from the public think even the seconder of the resolu of 'slipping,
discussion closed. regarding the dangerous 'condition of the
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