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(117).
Chinese Cemeteries. A small recurrent vote.
(118). Kai Tack Reclamation. This work should not appear in the Estimates at all. The Reclamation was started five or six years ago by a Chinese Syndicate and ought to have been completed by now, but they muddled their financial affairs and the work has been practically at a
standstill for some time. It is an important work and it
is very desirable that it should be finished. We have
therefore proposed to them that the Public Works Department
should finish the work and that they should pay for the
land as it is handed over. The negotiations are not
complete and may fall through but in any case we shall
only be acting as the Syndicate's agents and the money
involved will not be chargeable to Public Works Votes but
to an advance account.
(119). Quarry at Tai Kok Tsui. Will be the main quarry
for works in Kowloon and will incidentally provide build ing
areas by the removal of hills.
(120). Telephone Cables. See (61). The same remarka
apply. This work includes the Railway telephones.
(121). Forming sites to the West of Kowloon City. This
work is necessary to clear up low-lying sites which are
already unhealthy and will become more so owing to the impossibility of drainage as a result of reclamation in
front of them.
(122). Miscellaneous Works. A recurrent vote for minor
works which cannot be foreseen.
(123) to (127). Waterworks. All essential to provide
for increased population.
(128). Gaol and Police Training School. A new Gaol has
long been an urgent necessity. The present building is
terribly overcrowded and in the event of an epidemic
breaking