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of adequate transport is a vital factor in ensuring steady prices
by the guarantee of regular supplies.
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2. The Organisation at present has a transport fleet consisting
of sixteen 5-ton diesel-engine lorries and thirty-two 3-ton petrol-
engine lorries. The diesel lorries were purchased under C.D. and W.
Scheme D.1066 (reference is invited to memorandum C.D.W.A.C.41298 of
and the Anlage Smach's other to the Mackay of 2nd Jamme 13th January, 1949) (uring the past twelve months, these-lerries and have proved most suitable for this type of work. The petrol lorries
are ex-military vehicles which the Organisation hires from the Public
Works Department. These petrol lorries are nearly worn out and, with
and
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There are seldom more than twonly table lovenes avareable spare parts now difficult to obtain the Public Works Department is accnduply
anxious to take the vehicles off the road. It is intended to replace them
the thirty-two 3-ton petrol lorries, seldom more than twenty of
which are available due to the need for repairs and lack of spåre
parts, (by fifteen 5-ton diesel lorries. Only in this way can the
present efficiency of the wholesale marketing system in Kowloon be
maintained.
3.
(now)
The ten per cent commission charged is sufficient to cover the running costs of the Organisation but there is no room for margin for
heavy capital expenditure which might tend to embarrass the Organisation'
operations, and during this period of strict economy Government cannot
afford to spend money on a scheme of this kind which wiH eventually be
controlled by a co-operative society. It will, however, be several
years before this transference to co-operative control is accomplished
and meanwhile the Organisation will be under direct governmental
administrative and financial control.
It is
is provide
acer way
Ass
3. The present application is therefore for assistance totalling
£18,750
be
purchase fifteen 5-ton
of
diesel lorries, against the sixteen lorries purchased for the same
I compared with
amount in 1949. The increase in price is in keeping with the general sisse cool
increase in prises. Although the Organisation has insufficient funds
to allow for large capital expenditure it is desirable that it should
prosed
shoulder some responsibility. It is therefore suggested that
following the wrangement
financial aid be similar to that under Scheme D. 1066 in which hair
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