B. O. Work.
Q 24
Works Commenced.
33 European houses in Hongkong, including 6 in the Peak.
27 Chinese houses in Victoria,
15 in Hongkong Villages,
156 in Yaumati and Mongkoktsui, Taikoktsui,
1132 3122 96**95 1#1"" 1751JJ J}Kowloon Bay Reclamation,
Shamshuipo,
Kowloon Village, and
besides numerous buildings of a non-domestic character in Hong-kong and Kowloon,
Work in connection with Resumptions for Street Widening Purposes, &c.
41. The necessity for the inauguration of a new sub-department has previously been referred to in paragraph 21a. It is intended primarily to deal with:-
(a) Street Improvement Schemes:—
(i) Setting out and checking alignments.
(ii) Valuations of the properties affected.
(iii) Preparation of particulars for completion of surrender of properties referred to in (ii).
(b) Valuation and resumption of all other properties that may be required by Government other than purely agricultural areas or land in rural districts.
(c) Miscellaneous valuations required by Government from time to time of properties in urban districts.
A portion of the work has hitherto been carried out in the sub-department dealing with work under the Buildings Ordinance, the remainder, more especially street improvement schemes, by the one responsible for the maintenance and improvement of roads and bridges. The former portion of the work was taken over by the new sub-department in September, but it was not possible to transfer the latter before the end of the year. The increasing volume of the more legitimate work of both the above-mentioned existing sub-departments rendered it imperative that this work should be grouped together and relegated to a new sub-department in this way.
The appended table shows the resumptions completed, and those for which terms have already been agreed with the owners but not yet carried into effect, which have been carried through by the Resumptions Office since its inception.