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of hospital accommodation in Kowloon is becoming a matter
of urgent necessity, and the Registrar-General has accordingly been in communication with the leading members of
the Chinese Community who have shown great interest in the
project, with the result that a representative Committee
have now applied to me for a definite assurance regarding
the measure of support that will be accorded from public
funds.
4.
It is suggested in the first instance by the Committee that a free grant of a site
should be made, and I have to ask Your Lordship's permission to accede to this request.
An area of Crown Land at Yaumati, tinted red in the attached tracing, has been selected as
suitable for the purpose, its value being, according to an estimate by the Director of Public Works, as follows:-
Premium:-
130,000 Square Feet at 25 cents.................. $32,500
Crown Rent:-
130,000 Square Feet = 2.984 acres at $350 an acre = $1,044 per annum;
capitalised at 7 per centum...... $14,914
Total value.............. $47,414
5.
It is proposed to erect buildings to accommodate seventy patients and the Committee hope to endow