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constructed in the early days of the Colony have been gradually replaced by new ones, larger and better graded, but a more difficult work has been the construction of sewers to meet the constantly increasing demand for water flushing. This work begins at the highest points of the hill district and ends at sea level. Ultimately it will be necessary to provide a complete system of sewers in the lower levels leading to a proper outfall into the sea, in place of the somewhat antiquated method of discharge into the harbour at various points which exists at present.
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The problem in Victoria, however, is more than equalled by that which has to be faced in the Kowloon Peninsula. As you are aware the whole area from Kowloon Point up to a line from Lai Chi Kok to Kowloon City is being developed with great rapidity. Hills are being levelled, and large reclamations made; roads varying in width from fifty to a hundred feet are being constructed; and housing schemes to meet the needs of different classes of the community are in progress. The drainage sub-department has to keep in close touch with all that is being done, and the work of determining the exact levels and gradients of storm water drains and future sewers is one of heavy responsibility es any mistake would probably result in large expenditure being incurred in the reconstruction of drains and sewers already laid.
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The Executive Engineer in charge of drainage is Mr. E. Newhouse, who joined the department in 1910 as a surveyor. He was subsequently Assistant Engineer in the water works, and other offices, but it was not until he assumed executive charge of drainage in 1920 that he found the work for which he was specially suited, When the construction of the Praya East reclamation scheme started he was placed in charge of the work of reconstructing the storm water drains in the eastern part of Victoria that were
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