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the Westward, and the Director of Public Works is of opinion
that it will be a distinct advantage to have both these areas
reclaimed at the same time.
5.
I may point out that it has been the
practice of the Goverment to accommodate Recreation Clubs
in the matter of sites. The Victoria Recreation Club, the
Cricket Club and the Golf Club have the exclusive use of valu-
able sites, whilst the Polo Club and several others have areas
allotted to them for their use at stated times during each
(9)
week.
6.
In view, therefore, of the fact that the
Yacht Club is threatened with extinction unless it can obtain a
permanent site for slips to haul up the Yachts for repairs or
cleansing, for a yard in which to lay them by during the
typhoon season and for a small-Club-house, I have the honour
to recommend for your approval that the Royal Hongkong Yacht
Club be granted the site indicated without the payment of a
premium and at a nominal Crown Rent on the condition that the
site shall be used exclusively for the purpose for which it
is granted, and shall revert to the Crown if at any time its
use for the purposes of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club is dis-
continued and subject to such stipulations relative to the
formation of the reclamation as the Director of Public Works
may consider necessary.
7.
I enclose an extract from the "Hongkong
Daily Press' of the 6th. instant, giving an account of Yacht-
ing in Hongkong and containing particulars of the number and
size of the Yachts,which belong to members of the Club.
Enclosure 5.
6th October 1907
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