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the populous urban areas.
HEAD 37.
PUBLIC WORKS EXTRAORDINARY,
The total for Public Works Extraordin ry is
$2,173,545, or $326,455 less than the approved Estimate for
the current year.
This is as much as the Government feels
able to spare for major works of construction other than loan works. Commitments account for no less than $800,000
out of the total, and circumstances have compelled the Government to adopt a cautious policy as regards the com commencement of new works which might involve commitments for the future. It is unnecessary for me to go into the
details of Public Works Extraordinary, they are fully dealt with in the memorandum by the Director of Public Vorks. I would, however, invite the attention of Hon. Members to the provision for resuming the long delayed work on the 100 foot road between Causeway Bay and Ming
Yuen Gardens, to the provision for a new Magistracy for Kowloon, a much needed work to which I have already referred,
and to the provision of $150,000 for anti-malarial work. The Malariologist has by no means completed his investigations into the malarial districts of the Colony, but he has made certain recommendations, the cost of which so far as the
Public Works Department is concerned, is three lakhs.
It is proposed to expend half this sun next year. only with considerable difficulty and after a long delay that
we were able to obtain the services of an experienced
Malariologist. Now tht me have him it is essential in
It was
the interest of the Colony's health that we should implement
the