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made it necessary for the Government to come to the
assistance of the department. These quarters at Laichikok will take the place of some of the outside accommodation in Hong Kong which it has become
necessary to rent to make good the shortage in Government married quarters.
Item 124 page 85, Kowloon Tsai resumptions
is necessitated as a consequence of the works already
done by the Government in this vicinity. The natural
water courses have been altered to such an extent that
Kowloon Tsai is in danger of being uninhabitable
during a period of heavy rain and resumption has
become necessary. Continued work on the important
development areas of Kowloon has been provided for
and I would draw particular attention to item No.128,
the filling in of areas North West of Nam Chang
Strect, which is a much needed Sanitary improvement.
Before passing to the more obvious omissions
that will be noticed in the list of Public Works
Extraordinary proposed, it is right to draw attention
to an item of expenditure which though not before
us this year will inevitably be necessitated in the
near future even if it has not to be included in
the Budget for 1930. Government Office accommodation
has become unduly cramped and the crcction of new
buildings (probably on the Beaconsfield Arcade site)
has become a matter requiring carly and anxious
attention. It may sound strange that a demand of
this nature should be put forward so soon after the completion of the large now offices on the Harbour
front, and while the extension of the Colonial
Secretary's Office building is actually in hand.
The
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