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NEW SCALE OF H.K. WATER CHARGES NOW RECOMMENDED
A memorandum from the Financial Secretary, the Hon. Mr. S. Caine, has been insued by the Colonial Secretary's Office re- Intive to the separation of the water Department's finances from those of the Public Works in the Colony's accounts.
Remarking there was something to be said for charging fairly heavily for water since supplies were limited, the memo- randum adds that many consumers were poor and no more than general compensation for past capital expenditure might be expected from revenue.
The memorandum says in part: Two things are involved in this, the setting up of a Water Department and the showing of Water Revenue separately in the Colony's Accounts, The latter can be done without
establishing an entirely separate Water
Department. The Economic Commission of 1934-35 recommended in paragraph 35 of their Report that: "the Water supply of this Colony should be reorganized as a separate Municipal undertaking under Gov-
ernment control and should be kept entirely separate from the Pubile Works Department or any other Government
Department,' The question of municipalization of cer- tain services is wide and difficult but It would appear
the
practical
advible to achieve
of separation
of the water frances without
DELAYED PLANE.
DUE TO-DAY
The Imperial Airways plane from Bangkok which has been delayed for two days owing to a delay on the moln line and subsequently owing to bad weather, is due here at 11.30 a.m. to-day. It will leave only an hour later for the return light. Another plane is due here about 6 p.m. to- morrow on schedule.
SPORADIC FIGHTING ON WUHU FRONT
Fanchang, Anhwel, Apr. 2. Sporadic fighting has been proceed. ing on the Wulu front in the last few days.
Several Japanese gun emplacements at Sanshanchen were destroyed in a penditure made from revenue (Chinese counter-attack on March 31: but no more.
Some 50 Japanese gunners ond coldlers were lied.
(iv) Any small surplus which may arise after meeting all the
Water
A Chinese mobile unit has reached only 10 kilometres from
on the
highway
between
charges referred to above Huancheng, having damaged many should be transferred to a
erve bridges Reserve Department Fund which would be available Hsuancheng and Wanchin,
Another Chinese mobile unit to meet (a) any deficit on the
of 1,000 Japanese working of the Department in attacked a unit subsequent years; (b) capital troops on the highway at Wanchth on
***March 30, About 200
Japanese renewals; (c) new
the reasons ex-
penditure. For the PILI CA|soldiers were killed, plained in paragraph 5 (b),
A further artillery duel took place however, the building up of at Paimashan on March 30. Some 30 large Reserve Fund
casualties of any Japanese
resulted, The It wounded were taken to Wuhu for kind is not desirable and surpluses are found to occur medical treatment-Central News. regularly charges should be re- duced.
establishing the Water Department It may be argued that as Repay- as a "municipal" undertaking. At ment of past expenditure from re- present no municipality exists and venue is over and done with there unless it is desired to place the Water is no justideation for making con- undertaking under the supervision of sumers pay for
the it now. On the Urban Council, a separate Water other hand if the water undertaking Department must either be wholly had been financed from loan, as is independent or remalu under the the most usual practice, much higher general control of the Public Works charges would have hud to be borne Department. Having regard to the than are now proposed as interest great importance of water to the Co-would have been charged as well us.
with the Director of Public Works as
lony it appears desirable that the ព redemption contribution. final responsibility for It should rest If general revenue is not made up by this means extra taxation will have to be raised in some other form and the community will be no bet-
the senior engineering officer is Government Service, The Water
Department should therefore be ter off on balance, while the prime organized us a separate branch of object of making the consumer of the Public Works Department, the hend of which would be responsible water pay the full cost will not be directly to the Director of Pubile attained.
Works
2.
recommend:-
of
the
(1) The establishment
Water Department as a Brunch of the Public Works Depart- ment, the head of which would be remunerated on the scale of an Assistant Director of Public Works.
(1) The showing In future of Water Revenue and Expen- diture in separate heads of the Colonial Estimates and the printing in those Estimates of the a separate statement of the water accounts. General re-{ venues would remain ultimate- ly responsible for any deficit but ordinarily water revenue would www exceed expenditure, representing a credit to general revenues to meet charges pro- perly attributable to the Water Department as explained below (paragraphs 4-6). Ex- penditure on water would con- tinue to be voled by the Legislative Council and subject} to ordinary financial control as at present.
Virtually what is proposed is to treat the past expenditure as a loan without Interest repayable on gener- ous terms.
Charges For Water
On the general principle, that the tarers of water should pay the full cost of what they use the following bases of charge are proposed:
(0)
(10)
(11)
A general charge to be made to cover the cost of water supplied for "communal
Le. hydrants. purposes, street cleaning, sewers, public buildings, free sup- plies to hospitals etc.
No free allowances.
Extra costs of supply to cer-
tain areas to be covered by additional charges.
(iv) Special rates to be charged
for supplies to building co.. tractors and shipping as at present.
(v)
All other water to be supplied
at the standard rates.
As regards (1) the 2 per cent, at present regarded as the proportion of (i) it should be the alm to charge the rates applicable to water might for water sufficient to pay all reasonably be regarded as a proper expenses including capital charge for general supply. It is true charges and charges met in that this 2 per cent. yields more than the first place from general re-the actual cost of the "communn!" venue but applicable to the supplies as defined above and that it Water Department; but whe- has been connected with the free ther revenue in excess of such allowances so that when those allow
હું cost should be collected taxation is a matter of policy sumers (principally office blocks and There is something to be said well-to-do private residents) who for charging fairly heavily for have in the part got all
their
water water as the Colony's supplies within their free allowances and paid are limited and water here is nothing for excess consumption may con not like having to pay in future at pour the standard rate for what they con-
of sume as well as continuing
pay the 13 2 per cent.
now very sumers are however
The
ances are abolished those
and the expressed policy Government in the past. stated by the Economie Com-
But there are many diverse con- mission, has been that water should not be made a source siderations on the other side. (These
are outlined in the memorandum), would appear that general re-by the revenue of the Water Depart- (The charges which should be met venues might expect some com-
of revenue. On balance
pensation for past capital ex-ment are then outlined).
XARTA
THE IDEAL
UNIVERSAL CAMERA
FOR EVERY PURPOSE
STANDARD EXAKTA 1%′′ X 21⁄2"
Recommendations
The following scale of charges is therefore recommended. It will
necessarily be subject to review after the new regime has been in operation for sufletent time to estimate possible
(a) 2 per cent, on the assessment
valuation to cover
general charges.
results:
(35)
Unit charge of 30 cents per thousand gallons.
(c) Upper levels and Peak-HII districts to pay 40 cents and 50 cents respectively per thou- sand gallons.
(d) Supplies to building contrac
tors and shipping to be charged for at $1 per thousand gallons as at present.
(c) Meter rentals as at present.
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