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6356 56
Re: 22 FEB 08
Government House,
Hongkong, 22nd. January, 1908.
I have the honour to state that
the Public Works Department under its present organization
is not in a position to deal in the most expeditious and
effective manner with the heavy pressure of work for which
it is responsible, owing to the fact that, while the
Executive Staff has been considerably increased of late
years to cope with the continuous increase in public works,
the Administrative Staff, consisting of the Director and
Assistant Director, upon whom the ultimate responsibility
rests, has not been correspondingly strengthened; with the
result that these Officers have more work than they can
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I have accordingly to ask Your
Lordship's permission to create the post of Second Assist-
-ant Director of Public Works, the holder of which shall
be primarily responsible for works carried out in Kowloon
and
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,
&C.,
&C. ›
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