5.
NEW TERRITORY.
10. (a) Civil.
(i) Residential and Trade. While the greater part
of the urban development on the mainland lies within the
ceded territory of Kowloon, it has extended beyond the
boundaries into the New Territory, numerous buildings,
tenements and factories having already been erected on the
portion of the New Territory which is just outside its
boundary with Kowloon.
Development of this nature continues
to progress rapidly. In view of this fact alone an extension
of the boundary of the ceded area of Kowloon is highly
desirable.
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(ii) Public Services. The water supply of Hong Kong,
to which reference has already been made, depends essentially
on supplies brought from the New Territory, as the supply
obtainable on the island is quite inadequate. Government
has constructed in that Territory several reservoirs, filter
installations, tunnels for the transport of water, and other
works, which have been found necessary for the supply of
water, not only to Kowloon, but to the island of Hong Kong.
The amount spent on such works up to date is little short of
$6,000,000. The growing needs of the Colony, however, render
it necessary to extend the existing works, and it is proposed
to construct a larger reservoir in the Shing Mun Valley, with
a dam which, when completed, will be one of the largest, if
not the largest, dam of its kind in the world. These
additional works are estimated to cost over $8,000,000, and
without them a satisfactory water supply to Hong Kong and
Kowloon cannot be guaranteed.
Other Government buildings, which serve the needs of
Hong Kong itself, include a Gaol at Laichikok, while a female
prison to replace the totally inadequate one in Victoria, is
under construction adjoining this Gaol. The Kowloon-Canton