2)
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(b)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Sheng-mun Scheme
$4,158,509.40
Earliest estimated date of commencement.
(a)
(b)
Aberdeen Scheme.
Uncertain. The Paper Company have
been given 183 days from the 20th July,
1929, in which to use up their existing
stocks. The Government then obtains
possession.
Sheng-mun Scheme Construction began in
1923.
Approximate estimated date of completion.
No information available.
Approximate estimate of allocation of cost
between (a) local expenditure, (b) expenditure
in Great Britain.
(a) Aberdeen Scheme.
Orders have been placed in United
Kingdom amounting to £34,090.
No information regarding allocation
of future expenditure is available.
(b) Sheng-mun Scheme.
Orders amounting to £15,470 have
been placed in the United Kingdom.
No information regarding allocation.
of future expenditure is available.
(6) What circumstances have prevented the work
being put in hand before?
The work is already being put in hand.
The Aberdeen Scheme was approved by the
Legislative Council on 2nd May, and work on
the Sheng-mun scheme began in 1923.
(7)
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