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Notes of a Conference about the
Hong Kong Water Supply
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on the 19th of September at the Colonial Office.
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Present
Sir C. Clementi, Governor of Hong Kong.
Mr Ellis
Colonial Office.
Mr Caine
Mr Chatham,
Mr Spiller,
formerly Director of Fublic Works, Hong Kong.
Crown Agents.
Mr Fairley, Consulting Engineer.
The following questions were discusseu;
(1) The extent of increased supplies necessary.
It appeared from information now received from
Hong Kong that the total deficiency in the Water Supply
would amount by 1932 to over 4 million gallons a day even
allowing for supplies from the first section of the Shing
Mun Scheme. It appeared obvious, therefore, that very
considerable further waterworks would be necessary in the
not very distant future, and Sir C. Clementi was firmly
of opinion that the whole of the supplies from all sections
of the Shing Mun Scheme would eventually be necessary for
the use of Kowloon. It was generally agreed that it would
be desirable to proceed immediately with the Aberdeen
Scheme, plans for which are ready, as that would provide
the quickest means of increasing the supplies for the
Colony as a whole.
As shown by the latest telegram from Hong Kong
it is also necessary to provide the promptest possible
relief for Hong Kong Island. This can only be done by
enabling