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both on their financial and engineering
sides, that it is quite inappropriate
to regard them as a mere extension of
the waterworks existing on Hong Kong
Island and Kowloon in 1896.
The
first section of the Shing Mun
waterworks, which has been under
construction since 1924, is now estimated
more
than
to cost approximJely $4,600,000. The
second section which has just been sanctioned
and which will involve the construction
of a masonry dam to impound water to a
depth of about 200 feet, giving a storage
capacity of approximately 3,000
estimated to cost $9,300,000.
million
gallons, is
The dam
will take five years to build and will
exceed in height almost any existing dam
in England.
In order that the Army
Council may appreciate the magnitude of the
Shing Mun waterworks scheme, I am to enclose
a copy of Hong Kong Sessional Paper, No.4 of
1929