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Recurrent (Head.30) as it is only by efficient maintenance that the Colony can reap the full benefit of its past capital expenditure.

In view of the very full memorandum

prepared by my Hon. friend the Director of

Public Works of which all Hon. Members have

a copy I do not think it necessary to speak at

any length on Head 31, Public Works Extraordinary.

I will merely invite the attention of Hon.Members

to the following new works of special interest:-

Sub-Head 23 - re-alignment of Yee Wo

Street $100,000.

This is necessitated by private

ro-building operations. It is essential at once

to lay out the streets on the new alignment to

which re-building must conform station to Conduit Road. widening may Road from

Sub-Head 24 - $75,000/- this provides

much needed motor access on the Mid-levels and

constitutes the natural continuation of the

road now in preparation from Gardon Road to Hay Road.

Sub-Head 42. - $50,000 - Part compensation

for the existing Royal Naval Canteen. The Canteen

has to be removed in pursuance of the scheme

settled several years ago for road improvements

at Arsenal Street corner. The matter has been

the

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