for water supplies to a greatrextent than
must, I think, admitted,
is absolutely unavoidable is of course
Abrious.
I should therefore be glad
of much fuller particulars of the possible
site on the Island referred to in paragraph 4
of your despatch under reference.
It may
be, though it is not so stated in your
#espateh, that this site would not in any
circumstances be large enough to go the whole
way in solving the problem but, even so,
might it not go part of the way, and might
this not be very useful? Might it not be
possible by these means to ensure that the
Island could be self-supporting, even though
Kowloon were to remain dependent on the New
Territories?
5. I should also be glad of further information
about the Tai Lam Chung scheme, for instance
is more than one reservoir envisaged or is the
scheme otherwise of such a nature that it might
be possible to cut it short if the population
of the Colony were to begin to decrease? This
point is of importance not only because of its
financial implications, but because it is just
conceivable that the best solution might be a
modified Tai Lam Chung scheme coupled with the
development of facilities on the Island itself.
I am aware that this will be likely to involve substantially incrcaned
undue capital expenditure, but the matter is
of such importance that I think the possibility auditio
melbe considered.
6.
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