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general policy of the Department.
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Kowloon-Canton Railway.
As will be observed from the Estimates of
Revenue it is anticipated that the receipts of the Kow- loon-Canton Railway will continue to improve during next ycar. The expenditure Estimates do not call for much comment. The Manager is required to reside on the main- land and it was hoped that it would be possible to make provision for the building of a Manager's House at King's Park but this also has had to be deleted from the
draft Estimates. The Chief Mechanical Engineer and the
Chief Accountant retire during the course of 1935. At
present the Chief Accountant is being understudied by
an officer of Class I Senior Clerical and Accounting
Staff and provision for the salary of this officer as
well as for the officer holding the post of Chief Accountant has had to be made in the Railway Estimates.
The additional trains have necessitated the creation
of certain minor posts.
Honourable Members will have noted with satis-
faction the improvement in the Railway Revenue. If nothing
unforeseen occurs we may reasonably hope that the Railway
is at last entering on a period of prosperity. For this
much of the credit must be given to the late manager and
his staff but much is also due to the energy with which the new manager has tackled the problems which faced him. I desire particularly to congratulate the Government representatives on the successful termination of their