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In (1) on the 1948 file the Governor said that Hong Kong's available reservoir capacity, already even in normal times inadequate, cannot be expec cted to cope with future requirements, and that the only adequate solution of the problem press on with the least possible delay with the construction of the proposed Tài Lam Chung Reservoir. The Governor invited the Secreary of State's views, particularly on the question of financing the project.
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2. In (11), we accepted the Governor's view that available reservoir capacitjes cannot be expected to cope with future requirements, warned him (in passing) that there will be great difficulty in
financing