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view to conserving resources to the utmost, the
introduction of a system of waste detection and
the early revision of Ordinance No. 16 of 1903 are
recommended.
The maintainable resources of the Island will
meet the estimated requirements until about 1936,
whilst those on the Mainland will be sufficient
until about 1933.
It is therefore imperative that further works
be put in hand immediately if a recurrence of years
of restricted supply, such as has taken place almost
every year since 1906 is to be avoided.
It is recommended that the Shing Mun Gorge Dam
be constructed which, when completed, should obviate
further expenditure on headworks until about 1945.
This structure will be one of a limited number of
high dams, calling for special care in design and
construction and involving consider ble responsibility.
The importance of a more thorough exposure and
investigation of the foundation conditions than has
been possible, is emphasized: even if this should
mean a slight delay in our giving final approval to
the construction of a high dam at the Shing Mun Gorge
site, it will be the means og saving money in the end.
The estimated cost of completing the main dam and
the subsidiary dan will be $8,000,000, and the period