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The Chairman:-

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Is that all, Mr Ho ?

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Well, I want to say something about the wells. A great many people dip up this had water in the streeta,

because the two hours in which hydrants are turned on,

are not sufficient.

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This is the rider main system ↑

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Yes. And if there is well water, the wells should not

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be stopped up. Before the nullahs were made in Hongkong, bringing the water from the hills, the Chinese drank well water. The Chinese boil the water before drinking

it. It would not harm them then, ff the water was not quite pure in the wells. It is no use closing up the

Wells.

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Do you mean to say it is better to allow the people to

use the water for their drinking purposes, or for

other purposes, than to get the water from the nullahs ? Certainly. If there was sufficient water from the mains during the day, the people would not draw water from.

the wells. They do this because there is not a suffic- ier.cy of water. If you close the wells, then they have

to go and get it from the hills and holes and cracks

and so on.

You often pass Old Bailey, dont you ?

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Tung Wa Chun:-

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Yes.

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Have you ever seen young women or girls taking the 19570

water from the channel ?

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I have.

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The Chairmant-

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What is this channal, Mr Ho,

from?

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where this water comes

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There is a hole, and the water comes out from the gaol,

and every morning the people there get it.

You dont know if the water is pur● ?

Mr Fung Wa Chun:-

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I dont know.

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What ac they tak- this water away for,

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- to drink 19573