property
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at Kowloon (the value of which
is rapidly increasing) in order to
meet some of the expenditure at
Causeway Bay - would receive
none
from it.
The gist of the proposal of Colonial authorities seems to be to place the Naval and Military Establishments at Causeway Bay,
where land is of comparatively little value, and to obtain possession
of very
valuable land in
Victoria and Kowloon.
It is, therefore, obvious that any proposed modification which retains land in Victoria or Kowloon tends to clash with the scheme put forward by the Colonial Authorities.
It appears, moreover, to have escaped notice that wherever the Dockyard is, there also must be stationed Troops for its defence.
If