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latter still await the approval of the Secretary of State, but preliminary investigations are in progress and the
senior partner of the consulting engineers is due in the
Colony in a few days to inspect the proposed site of the
now dan. No provision has been made for commencing the
major works pending the Secretary of State's approval.
The Vehicular Ferry Piers, on which it is
proposed to expend $770,000 in 1932, should be completed
by the end of that year This revised estimate for the total cost is two lakhs over the original cstimate. This
is due to the drop in exchange, which has increased the
cost of all steel and other materials obtained from home.
It is hoped that it will be possible to advertisc for tenders
for the construction of the new ferry boats and for the
running of the service in the very near future.
Hon. Acmbers will, I feel sure, rejoice to see
that provision has at last boen made for beginning the new
Gaol. The site, as Hon. Members are I think aware, has teen
boen
finally/fixed at Vong Ma Kok on the Stanley Peninsula.
The
scheme is estimated to cost $4,500,000 and will take three
years to complete. In order to obtain the best possible
advice on the details of the scheme the Government is sending
the Superintendent of Prisons to visit the gaols in Malaya
and Shanghai, and, on his return, will be prepared to discuss
the scheme with the Public Works Committee should Hon.Members
so desire. The work envisaged for 1972 comprises the construction of an approach road 1 3rds miles in length
and the preparation of a site of about eleven acres.
This, Sir, completes my introduction of the
estimates for 1932
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