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of machinery and apparatus, and has a number of laboratories and workshops. There is practically no place in China where students have such an opportunity of seeing all kinds of machinery in actual working and of learning their practical management. Several graduates have obtained an Honour's Degree awarded by the Examiners of the London University.
The University insists upon all students having a proper knowledge of their own language although instruction at the University is carried out in English. Students are required to pass an examination in written Chinese before entering, and two Chinese Professors, both Hanlin graduates, give lectures on the classics and history of China.
V. PUBLIC WORKS.
The extension of the Central Police Station referred to in last year's report was practically at a standstill throughout the year as the iron girders and stanchions required did not arrive until December. An extension of the Harbour Office building, erected in 1907, which will form the northern section of an extensive range of offices for the Imports and Exports Department, was begun.
The market at Shamshuipo was completed. A site for a market at Tai O (Lantao Island) was reclaimed from the sea, the erection of the building itself being well advanced.
The erection of a second block of quarters for subordinate officers (6 houses) in Kowloon, near King's Park, was begun.
The construction of the additional service reservoir and filter beds for the supply of the western section of the City was nearly completed. The laying of an additional supply main from the Kowloon Storage Reservoir to Yaumati was begun with surplus pipes remaining from the Taitam Tuk Water Works. Operations had to be suspended however as, owing to the War, the additional pipes required were not obtainable.
The new road past Aberdeen Village and the extensive improvements of the old road in the neighbourhood of the Aberdeen Docks were completed. The widening and improvement of the old road, extending from the Aberdeen Paper Mills to near Little Hongkong Village, where it joins the new road constructed in 1915, was undertaken. The construction of a new road from Repulse Bay to a point about half a mile east of Stanley, and the widening and improvement of the old road from this point onwards to where it joins the new road crossing Taitam Tuk Dam were undertaken in the beginning of the year. Fair progress had been made by the close of the year. The new road from the north end of Taitam Tuk Dam to a point about 200 yards beyond Taitam Gap was completed and operations for the widening and improvement of the old road from this point onwards to Shaukiwan were begun. On the completion of these works, a motor road, about 24½ miles in length, encircling the greater part of the Island of Hongkong will be available. Before the route can be regarded as satisfactory for motor traffic, however,
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of machinery and apparatus, and has a number of laboratories and workshops. There is practically no place in China where students have such an opportunity of seeing all kinds of machinery in actual working and of learning their practical management. Several graduates have obtained an Honour's Degree awarded by the Examiners of the London University.
The University insists upon all students having a proper know- ledge of their own language although instruction at the University is carried out in English. Students are required to pass an examina- tion in written Chinese before entering, and two Chinese Professors, both Hanlin graduates, give lectures on the classics and history of China.
V. PUBLIC WORKS.
The extension of the Central Police Station referred to in last year's report was practically at a standstill throughout the year as the iron girders and stanchions required did not arrive until Decem- ber. An extension of the Harbour Office building, erected in 1907, which will form the northern section of an extensive range of offices for the Imports and Exports Department, was begun.
The market at Shamshuipo was completed. A site for a market at Tai O (Lantao Island) was reclaimed from the sea, the erection of the building itself being well advanced.
The erection of a second block of quarters for subordinate officers (6 houses) in Kowloon, near King's Park, was begun.
The construction of the additional service reservoir and filter beds for the supply of the western section of the City was nearly completed. The laying of an additional supply main from the Kowloon Storage Reservoir to Yaumati was begun with surplus pipes remaining from the Taitam Tuk Water Works. Operations had to be suspended however as, owing to the War, the additional pipes required were not obtainable.
The new road past Aberdeen Village and the extensive improve- ments of the old road in the neighbourhood of the Aberdeen Docks were completed. The widening and improvement of the old road, extending from the Aberdeen Paper Mills to near Little Hongkong Village, where it joins the new road constructed in 1915, was under- taken. The construction of a new road from Repulse Bay to a point about half a mile east of Stanley, and the widening and improve- ment of the old road from this point onwards to where it joins the new road crossing Taitam Tuk Dam were undertaken in the begin- ning of the year. Fair progress had been made by the close of the year. The new road from the north end of Taitam Tuk Dam to a point about 200 yards beyond Taitain Gap was completed and operations for the widening and improvement of the old road from this point onwards to Shaukiwan were begun. On the completion of these works, a motor road, about 244 miles in length, encircling the greater part of the Island of Hongkong will be available. Before the route can be regarded as satisfactory for motor traffic, however,
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