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Police under warrants of detention. Of these suspects 38 were released, and 136 were banished. The number of reports furnished in 1922 was 218.
70. The allocation of the Annual Grant of $25,000 to Local Chinese Charities was the same as last year, viz:
Kwong Wa Hospital, $15,000 Shaukiwan Chinese Public Dispensary, Sham Shui Po Chinese Public Dispensary, Kowloon City Chinese Public Dispensary, $5,00071. In connection with the medical work of the Tung Wa Hospital and Kwong Wa Hospital, the Western and Eastern Maternity Hospitals, and Chinese Public Dispensaries, the Government appointed Mrs. Hickling from October 1st, as an assistant medical officer in charge, and before the end of the year there were already signs that excellent results may be expected from this appointment.
72. In July at the request of the British North Borneo Government Mr. Hallifax paid a visit to North Borneo in order to assist that government with advice on Chinese affairs there. With regard to the encouragement of Chinese immigration certain proposals were made. The Borneo Government is anxious to introduce Chinese families of a good farming class. Among other suggestions made, it was thought that the inhabitants of the Shing Mun village in the New Territory of Hongkong who are to lose their homes in consequence of the new water works scheme, might find conditions in Borneo sufficiently attractive to induce them to migrate thither; and negotiations were in hand at the end of the year for a deputation of villagers to go down to Borneo as guests of the Borneo Government, after which they would return to Shing Mun and report to their fellow villagers on the proposals made.
73. Severe water-shortage in June and July led to considerable discussion with regard to waste of water, and the steps that should be taken to control distribution. It was eventually decided that no change should be introduced in the water supply system but that such restrictions should be enforced in the Rider Main Districts as should be necessary for the conservation of the supplies.
LABOUR
74. A list is given below of trades in which disputes arose during 1923 calling for investigation by this department. Although it contains no less than 20 names, the difficulty of reaching a settlement was on the whole much less than in 1922.
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Police under warrants of detention. Of these suspects 38 were released, and 136 were banished. The number of reports furnish- ed in 1922 was 218.
70. The allocation of the Annual Grant of $25,000 to Local Chinese Charities was the same as last year, viz:
Kwong Wa Hospital,
Shaukiwan Chinese Public Dispensary, Sham Shui Po Chinese Public Dispensary, Kowloon City Chinese Public Dispensary,
$ 15,000
5,000
3,000
2,000
$ 25.000
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71. In connection with the medical work of the Tung Wa Hospital and Kwong Wa Hospital, the Western and Eastern Maternity Hospitals, and Chinese Public Dispensaries, the Government appointed Mrs. Hickling from October 1st., as an assistant medical officer in charge, and before the end of the year there were already signs that excellent results may be expected from this appointment.
72. In July at the request of the British North Borneo Government Mr. Hallifax paid a visit to North Borneo in order to assist that government with advice on Chinese affairs there. With regard to the encouragement of Chinese immigration certain proposals were made. The Borneo Government is anxious to introduce Chinese families of a good farming class. Among other suggestions made, it was thought that the inhabitants of the Shing Mun village in the New Territory of Hongkong who are to lose their homes in consequence of the new water works scheme, might find conditions in Borneo sufficiently attractive to induce them to migrate thither; and negotiations were in hand at the end of the year for a deputation of villagers to go down to Borneo as guests of the Borneo Government, after which they would return to Shing Mun and report to their fellow villagers on the proposals made.
73. Severe water-shortage in June and July led to consider- able discussion with regard to waste of water, and the steps that should be taken to control distribution. It was eventually decided that no change should be introduced in the water supply system but that such restrictions should be enforced in the Rider Main Districts as should be necessary for the conservation of the supplies.
LABOUR.
74. A list is given below of trades in which disputes arose during 1923 calling for investigation by this department. Although it contains no less than 20 names, the difficulty of reaching a settlement was on the whole much less than in 1922.
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