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to the mouth of the tunnel, the Kowloon Tong scheme will provide for building houses at a low rent. Those who build there are to have the land prepared for them, and they will get it under certain restrictions.
The question of removing the site of Kowloon cemetery will be enquired into.
The hoa. member representing the Chamber of Commerce referred to the possible increase of the Government con- tribution to the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals. That will be con- sidered. It will probably be better if the Hospital makes an application if sup- ported.
The question of an international recrea- tion club at Little Hongkong is being dealt with very fully by the Government. The promoters of the enterprise have got all the information before them and it is now for them to say whether they will go on with it or not. I think it will be an excellent plan, but it will require con- siderable expenditure which I do not think was contemplated when they formu- lated the scheme.
COLONEL DAVY.
KING'S PARK RIFLE RANGE ABANDONED.
Colonel DAVY: The Hon. Mr. Bird has drawn attention to the danger of using the Kowloon Rifle Range and has given instances of certain narrow escapes. It may be, perhaps, a relief to those con- cerned to know that a few days ago the General Officer Commanding gave orders that as far as the regular troops in his Command were concerned no firing should take place on the range. Of course, if the Colonial Volunteer troops continue to use the
range it will be on their own responsibility. As regards Mr. Bird's suggestion, it might be possible to divert the range to eliminate this element of danger. The project has not really been considered from that point of view, but I know the locality pretty well and I think I am right in saying that that suggestion 18 impracticable. The fact is that a rifle range in King's Park now is tantamount to a rifle range in Regent's Park, London. It is quite out of place. The fact that no actual fatalities have occurred is due to the fact that until quite recently the area behind the butts has been sparsely inhabitated, but recent developments in that area have created a situation which was not contemplated before.
H.E. THE
GOVERNOR.
H.E. THE GOVERNOR: After the full discussion which has taken place, it may perhaps be unnecessary for me to deal very fully with any of the questions, but there are one or two points upon which I should like to make a few remarks. With regard to the statement read by the Hon. Mr. Pollock for himself and his colleagues as to inserting an additional column added "estimated expenditure to complete work it seems to me that the Colonial Secretary rather misunderstood what was proposed. It looks to me, I confess, that page would be somewhat overloaded if we were to insert that column. I think, on reflection, the hon. member will agree it is not necessary. The page already contains a column for revised estimates and also a column for the total estimated expenditure to the 31st Decem- ber, 1921, and a column for the estimated expenditure for 1922. A exercise in the two primary rules of very short arithmetic will enable hon. members to discover whether these two sums in the last column are greater or less than, or equal to, the sums in the column of revised estimates.
The Hon. Mr. POLLOCK: That is where the revised estimates are given.
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