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Castle Peak Road widening, $5,000.-This provides for the completion of the widening of this road to 60 ft. between Nam Cheong Street and Wong Uk Village and is rendered necessary by development.
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Castle Peak Road, section from Cheung Sha Wan to Lai Chi Kok to Town Planning layout (60 ft. wide), $30,000.--This section of the road from Wong Uk Village to Lai Chi Kok is very necessary in view of the motor bus traffic that now runs between Kowloon and Lai Chi Kok and the New Territories.
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Improvement to Taipo Road junction with Castle Peak Road to just north of No. 3 Mile Stone, $18,000.-This improvement is very necessary in view of the heavy bus traffic that now traverses this portion of the Tai Po Road at its junction with the Lai Chi Kok Road.
Improving existing main roads for motor traffic, $25,000.-This ex- penditure is necessary in order to strengthen the roads to carry the in- creased heavy motor bus traffic that now makes use of the New Kowloon Roads.
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DRAINAGE.
Kowloon Tong Development--Connection of stream east of Estate to main nullahs, $7,500.-This expenditure is necessary in order to train the water into the main Kowloon Tong nullah at its northern end. This com- pletes the work.
Kowloon Tong Development-Connection of stream East side of Estate to Main Nullah (Southern) $15,000. This expenditure is required for pro- vision of a nullah to drain the area to the East of Kowloon Tong Estate into the main nullah.
One side wall and invert North of Camp, Shamshuipo, $32,000.-This amount is required for the extension of the Southern wall of the nullah on the east of the Shamshuipo Camp to its junction with the Lai Chi Kok Road.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Cheung Sha Wan Refuse Dump, $7,500.--This provides for the cover- ing over of refuse dumped on the foreshore at Cheung Sha Wan and is essential from a Sanitary point of view.
Tong Mi and Kowloon Tong-Filling in areas, $35,000.—This is requir- ed to fill in certain low lying areas which is essential for the proper drainage of this district.
Kowloon City, filling in large areas, $5,000.-This work is considered essential for malaria prevention and to raise site to proper levels to keep pace with the rapid development of the district.
Filling in areas north west of Nam Cheong Street and west of Tai Po Road (South of Castle Peak Road), $25,000.-To provide access to deve- loped building land and to improve the drainage and sanitary condition of the district.
Furniture, $1,000.--Previously this item was included in the Hong Kong Vote. It has now been found advisable that each district should carry
its own vote.
Chinese Cemeteries--new areas, $6,000.-This is in the nature of a recurrent vote. Owing to the increase in population it is necessary to open up new areas for burials. Every effort is made to economise space but new land has to be laid out as occasion requires.
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