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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 1928.
BUDGET FOR 1929
DEBATE IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
VIEWS OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.
OBJECTION TO MOUNTAIN LODGE MOTOR ROAD.
PROBLEM OF THE WATER SUPPLY.
The Colony's Budget for 1929 was read a second and third time and passed at the meeting of the Legislative Council yester- day afternoon.
The collective views of the Unoficial members were presented by Sir Shou-son Chow in an admirable speech which obviously showed that no pains had been spared in analysing in consider- able detail the Government's estimates of revenue and expendi ture. Upon the whole the Budget-met with wham approved, but strong exception was taken to one or two items, and great emphasis was laid upon the rapid increase in standing charges, particularly under the heading of " personal emoluments." reply the Colonial Secretary referred to the steady increase in th standard of living and asked whether any prominent com- mercial concern had been able to set a limit to its expenditure on: salarice.
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Objection was taken to the vote of $87,000 for grading the road to Mountain Lodge in order, to make it suitable for motor traffic, The Unoficial members urged that this would be a waste of money unless the road was also widened and they intimated that they would not favour the extra expenditure which such widening would involve. The Colonial Secretary replied that the road was to be widened as well as graded, but did not explain whether the $37.000 covered both operations. More will possibly be heard of this matter when further details are given for there is undoubtedly. a considerable feeling in the Colony that this particular expendi ture is quite unnecessary.
THE WATER SUPPLY.
There was, as anticipated, some strong comment upon the Colony's inadequate. water supply. It was announced that the Secretary of State had sanctioned the scheme for bringing water across the harbour from the reservoirs on the mainland-cewe which was received with great satisfaction. The Secretary of State approves the pipe lines but apparently desires that they should be embedded in concrete and not simply laid on the "bed. of the harbour. He also Favours an immediate commencement being made with the construction of the Aberdeen reservoir and the postpone- ment, for the time being, of the second Bection of the Shing Mun Valley Scheme. Reference is made to this subject in our leading article.
ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
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Mr. C. G. Alabaster has been appointed acting Attorney- General in place of Sir Henry Pollock who occupied the position during Sir Joseph Kemp's leave of absence until incapacitated. by his recent unfortunate accident. Mr. Alabaster was sworn in on taking his seat in the Council yesterday. The change also necessitated Mr. C. G. 8. Mackie taking the oath again. Up to the present he has been filling the vacancy in the Unofficial ranks caused by Sir Henry Pollock's official appointment,
Now pre- sumably he is filling the vacancy caused by Sir Henry Pollock's absence through illness.
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Those present at the Council meeting were H.E.. the Officer Administering the Government. H.E. the General Officer Com manding. the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the "Colonial Treasurer, the Captain Superintendent of Police, the Director of Public Works, the Secretary, for Chinese Affairs, the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, the Hon. Mr. A. C. Hynes, the Hon. Dr. R. E. Kotewall, the Hon. Mr. C. C. S. Mackie, the Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes, the Hon. Mr. B. D. F. Beith and the Deputy. Clerk of Councils, Mr. H. R. Butters.
"The Colonial Secretary moved the f to the uncertainty they feel as to second reading of the ordinance the taxation which these Govern- to apply a sum not exceeding ments may impose in future. 810,478,904 to the Public Service of the year 1929.
The tribute which Your Excellency paid in your Budget speech to the untiring labour of Sir Cecil Clementi for the reopening of friendly intercourse between Hong Kong and Canton has our, warm support; and we sincerely hope that by the time Sir Cecil returns to the Colony the tact and patience he expended in this cause will have been rewarded with even greater
success.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded. SIR SHOU-SON-CHOW.. "Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow said: Your Excellency, Sir Henry Pollock having temporarily left us to join the official ranks, where his presence represents a gain to the Government and a 108s to us, the duty of voicing the collective views of the unofficial members of this Council on the Budget has again devolved upon me this year. I shall endeavour to discharge this duty to the best of my ability, leaving my honourable unoficial colleagues to bring for ward individually. any special points to which they may wish to call the attention of this Council.
Speaking for the unofficial 'mem- bers, I wish to congratulate Your Excellency upon your first Budget. 1 also wish to congratulate the Hon. the Colonial Secretary in the same connection, for the present Budget is his first as well. The pleasure it gives me to convey the com- pliments of the unofficial members in this respect is the greater be- cause the Budget is one that must A "Conservative Policy. be considered satisfactory, alike for
From the Budget we see that the the sound financial position it estimate of revenue for 1929 is reveals, and the able and clear nearly $400,000 below the revised manner in which it has been pre-estimmte for 1928, a fact which aented..
Trade Prospects.
Dealing with the actual Estimates, 1 should like first to say that the unofficial members have been gratifi- ed to learn that when the financial year closes the estimated revenue for 1998 is likely to be exceeded. by the sum of not less than 82,571,000. This I think may be taken as evidence that conditions in the Colony are gradually returning to normal. We do not forget that of this increase a sum of over 81,000,000 is accounted for by land sales which cannot legitimately be re- garded as steady income; none the less the bigger demand for building sites can be taken as proof of a further increase in the population, as well as a healthy sign that con- fidence in the future of the Colony is being restored.
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clearly indicates that the Govern- meat is pursuing a conservative policy in, budgeting. The unofficial We fully agree with the conclu. sions "reached by Your Excellency members of the Council entirely regarding existing conditions of agree with that polley, because, as trade in South China, and the Your Excelleney pointed out at the factors you consider to be respon-inst meeting, land sales may fall sible for these conditions. With off when the immediate demand for Your Excellency we sincerely hope more building sites has been
satisfied. that the work which the Govern- ments of Kwangtung and Kwangai Although normal conditions are are now doing in the suppressing slowly returning, times are still. of piracy and brigandage will not none too good in the Colony. The be relaxed; for the return of good whole community is therefore more order in the neighbouring provinces than relieved to find that the is the most important step in restor Government has decided not to ing the prosperity of Hong Kong resort to fresh taxation, but is no less than that of the two striving, instead, to meet the Kwangs, with whose future our own Colony's requirements out of sur. is so closely-linked. While respect plus balances, and, when necessary, fully joining with Your Excellency by means of public loans. Until in congratulating the Governments times have improved to a much of the two Kwang Provinces in the greater extent the Colony is not great endeavour they are making in a position to stand my sub- to advance the welfare of the areas stantial increase in taxation with- over which they rule, we wish at out the most serious effects on its the same time to support your trade-effects which would have view that the hand-to-mouth policy immediate reactions on the public which the Chinese merchants are finances as well as on the general, adopting is in a large measure dục profperity of the Colony,
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The unofficial members agree with" the Government that large and im- portant public works should quite properly be financed by means of. public loans, that posterity which benefits as much as, and sometimes more than. the present generation, should bear its share ot the burden. At any rate, the present generation has to pay its quota of the interest and sinking fund charges on all loans, as they fall due from year to year. I need not labour this paint as on several occasions, particularly at the Budget meeting of this Council last year, I have spoken at some length in support of that policy,
The Water Supply.
With Your Excellency's permis sion, I shall now turn to individual items of revenue and expenditure in the Estimates. Quite the most. important problem facing tte Colony is that of water supply for the island, affecting, as it does, the greater bulk of our population. The unofficial members are glad to. learn from Your Excellency that which ever scheme is finally adopted will be pushed on with the utmost dispatch. Much valuable. time has already been lost in considering alternative proposals, and the peo- ple have meanwhile beeh suffering great hardship through the neute shortage of water. Such hardship bas been more severe this year than for many years past owing to the unusually dry summer, Aggravat- ing the position also has been the somewhat peculiar phenomenon of a reservoir that was full to over- flowing one week and almost empty n few weeks later! I refer to the Pokfulam Reservoir which supplies the western part of the town, probably the most thickly populated district of the entira Colony. It is to be hoped that the " Water Authority will look enréfully inte the possibility of enlarging the holding capacity of this reservoir."" I am given to understand that it has not been dredged since its completion many years ago; and it is obvious that there must be some thousands of cubic feet of silt which should be cleared. I com- mend this matter to the serious consideration of the Government.
Aberdeen Reservoir,
There are two schools each advocating a different scheme for dealing with the problem of water supply in the island. One school is for constructing a reservoir at Aberdeen in addition to completing the Erst section of the Shing Mun scheme and bringing the water across to the island. The other school is for jushing on with both the first and the second sections of the Shing Mun scheme with all possible speed, not relying upon the Aberdeen Reservoir, and to bring the Shing Mun water across in the quickest possible way, name. ly, by laying à pipeline on the bed of the harbour. The unofficial members unanimously support the second proposal for the reasons which I will now give. The Aber- deen scheme, whilst it appears to lend itself to economical develop- ment, would seem to be a short- sighted policy to adopt, as caleala- tions go to show that based upon the present annual percentage in- crease in the population of Hong Kong there will be a deficiency by 1931 in the island's supply even with this scheme completed. Com parisons of existing capacities and estimated requirements of water for the island show that at the present time the former falls short of the latter by some 2.75 million gallons a day. In actual practice this shortage can be rectified to certain extent, by increased pamp- ing, but the fact remains that for (Continued on Paje 4.)
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