No.
69.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
18th August, 1946.
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Encl. 2
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to the Final Report of the
Building Reconstruction Advisory Committee appointed by the
Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong, which was forwarded to the
Under Secretary of State for the Colonies under cover of the
Colonial Secretary's third personal note No. 7 (CAA 1467/45s)
of 14th May, 1946. I now transmit for your information a
copy of a statement on this Government's building reconstruction
policy which was issued to the press on 10th July and a copy of
an extract from the proceedings of the Legislative Council on
19th July at which the Hon. Dr. S.N. Chau asked three questions
arising out of the statement referred to above.
2.
Both the statement of 10th July and the text of the replies
made by the Colonial Secretary to Dr. S.N. Chau's questions
were discussed at length at meetings of the Executive Council
and framed in the light of advice which I received from its
members.
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3.
The majority of the recommendations of the Building
Reconstruction Advisory Committee have already been accepted and
acted upon.
I have appointed Mr. S.E. Faber, A.M.I.C.E., as
Director of Building Rehabilitation to co-ordinate and direct the
work of reconstruction and to assist and advise private property
A statement of the terms on which expiring seventy-five
year Crown leases will be renewed has been issued and applications
for renewal are already being dealt with. The majority of the
damaged Government buildings have been surveyed and decisions have
been reached as to which should be repaired and which demolished,
and plans are being prepared for new buildings on cleared sites.
owners.
A committee has been set up to consider whether any modificatio
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