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yet been able to tap.
Among these I would refer specially
to the Naval Arsenal Yard, part of the Victoria Gaol site, part of the Government Civil Hospital site, the Kowloon
From Tsai Development and the North Point reclamation. the sale of these areas we hope in course of time to replenish our depleted balances and when our present com- mitments are liquidated we hope then to be in a position. to embark on some of those many works the postponement of which is no less disappointing to the Government than it
is to the general public.
I do not propose to deal at any length with the details of the Heads of Expenditure, on which I would refer Honourable Members to the very full footnotes in the
printed Estimates. There are however certain points on
which Honourable Members may wish to have further informa-
tion.
Head 2 Colonial Secretary's Office.
The anticipated retirement of certain Class 1
Cadet officers in the near future necessitates the recruit-
ment of two new Cadets. As Honourable Members are aware
officers of the Colonial Administrative Service now undergo one year's training in England before proceeding abroad so that with the two years spent in Canton in the study of Chinese it is three years from the date of recruitment before an officer becomes available for departmental work. The two "unpassed Cadets in training" referred to in the current Estimates have arrived in the Colony and proceeded