gir,
c.o.
13425
23 MAR 25133
HONGKONG.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
20th February, 1925.
I have the honour to recommend the creation
of a third post of Assistant Director of Public Works and
the abolition of the post of Technical Secretary to the
Director of Public Works.
2.
At present there are two Assistant Directors of Public Works one for Hongkong and one for Kowloon, New Kowloon and the New Territories. The great developments in progress in Kowloon and New Kowloon make it practically impossible for the Assistant Director of Public Works in charge of that district to supervise the work in the New
Territories. The extra Assistant will not only have
general supervision of the work in the New Territories, but
will also deal with many matters on which the Director requires full and detailed information from Executive Officers in order to enable him to come to a speedy decision. There are, for example, questions relating to traffic developments in the Kowloon Peninsula including the conditions for tenders for a motor omnibus service, which
lie outside the work of the Assistant Director in charge
of that district. In order that the holder of the proposed
new post may be able to discuss and decide various matters
directly with Executive Officers it is desirable that he
should have the status of an Assistant Director of Public
Works.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
&C.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&.
&c.,
3.