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9. There was a welcome increase in the sale of Crown Land for building; and the demand for Crown Land, mostly foothills, for orchard planting, was well maintained. Fine fruit is grown in some of these orchards, of which General Li Fuk Lam's, which is intersected by the Tai Po-Fan Ling road near Wai T'au, is a good example. The owners generally find it advisable to fence them against marauders, human and animal, and the type consisting of barbed wire supported by concrete posts is usually chosen. Unfortunately the orchard owners' example is being copied by others, and there is a noticeable increase in the number of such rather shockingly incongruous fences.
10. Some shop-buildings alongside the main road in Yuen Long were completed in the course of the year, and emigrants' money continued to finance the building of fine country houses, especially in the areas of Sha T'au Kok and Ngau T'am Mei, which is on the East side of the main road between Au T'au and Mai Po. Some of these houses conform with the pleasant traditional style, distinguishing themselves only by their size and the beauty of their elaborate decoration; but others prefer to ape the outer world, with less happy results. In the Shap Pat Heung, to the South of Yuen Long, numerous large houses are being built by immigrants from Mui Yuen District, near Swatow, who have business in Hong Kong.
11. In March a tree-planting ceremony, attended by the Colonial Secretary, Sir Thomas Southorn, and others, was held at the Tai Po Rural Orphanage, near Cheung Shu T'an South East of Tai Po, and the new building rose rapidly on its magnificent site. The year also saw the beginning of work just to the East of Fan Ling Railway Station on the New Territories Agricultural Association's new building, most generously given by Mr. J. E. Joseph.
12. No fewer than five new chicken farms were started in the course of the year, and there are now eight of these. Some of them combine pigs and other livestock with chickens, and the oldest, the Sunny Farm, near San T'in, in addition experimented successfully with wheat.
13. The striking figures under "Resumptions" in Table IX are explained almost entirely by the very extensive provision necessary for the Pat Heung Aerodrome-easily the biggest resumptions since the preparation for the Shing Mun Scheme in 1929. The smoothness with which the negotiations were conducted, and their successful issue, was largely due to the good will and influence of Mr. Tang Pak Kau, the chief Elder of the area, and himself the largest landowner concerned. Work on the aerodrome, and on the fine road approaching it 2.4 miles long and 21 feet wide, progressed rapidly. The aerodrome site must surely be one of the most beautiful in the world.
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9. There was a welcome increase in the sale of Crown Land for building; and the demand for Crown Land, mostly foothills, for orchard planting, was well maintained. Fine fruit is grown in some of these orchards, of which General Li Fuk Lam's, which is intersected by the Tai Po.Fan Ling road near Wai T'au, is a good example. The owners generally find it advisable to fence them against marauders, human and animal, and the type consisting of barbed wire supported by concrete posts is usually chosen. Unfortunately the orchard owners' example is being copied by others, and there is a noticeable increase in the number of such rather shockingly incongruous fences.
10. Some shop-buildings alongside the main road in Yuen Long were completed in the course of the year, and emigrants money continued to finance the building of fine country houses, especially in the areas of Sha T'au Kok and Ngau T'am Mei, which is on the East side of the main road between Au T'au and Mai Po. Some of these houses conform with the pleasant traditional style, distinguishing themselves only by their size and the beauty of their elaborate decoration; but others prefer to ape the outer world, with less happy results. In the Shap Pat Heung, to the South of Yuen Long, numerous large houses are being built by immigrants from Mui Yuen District, near Swatow, who have business in Hong Kong.
11. In March a tree-planting ceremony, attended by the Colonial Secretary, Sir Thomas Southorn, and others, was held at the Tai Po Rural Orphanage, near Cheung Shu T'an South East of Tai Po, and the new building rose rapidly on its magni- ficent site. The year also saw the beginning of work just to the East of Fan Ling Railway Station on the New Territories Agricultural Association's new building, most generously given by Mr. J. E. Joseph.
12. No fewer than five new chicken farms were started in the course of the year, and there are now eight of these. Some of them combine pigs and other livestock with chickens, and the oldest, the Sunny Farm, near San T'in, in addition experimented sucessfully with wheat.
13. The striking figures under "Resumptions" in Table IX are explained almost entirely by the very extensive provision necessary for the Pat Heung Aerodrome-easily the biggest resumptions since the preparation for the Shing Mun Scheme in 1929. The smoothness with which the negotiations were conducted, and their successful issue, was largely due to the good will and influence of Mr. Tang Pak Kau, the chief Elder of the area, and himself the largest landowner concerned. Work on the aerodrome, and on the fine road approaching it 24 miles long and 21 feet wide, progressed rapidly. The aerodrome site must surely be one of the most beautiful in the world.
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