1931-10-23 — Page 7

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931.

BUDGET

stated by 66 officers in 1931 at an, estimated cost of $334.113.

The 1932 estimates provide for 5G afirers whose aggregate'salaries will amount to 409,634.

Showing 10 fewer officers out of GG at increased salary of $75,521,

an

The per capita cost to the Colony of each of the sterling paid clerks will be $7,815, -

DEBATE

(Continued from _Page_5;) '

differential treatment of local ver-" sus imported hands cannot be too strongly criticised.

Kowloon's Needs..

the

vigilant

It is proposed to increase this ernanittee of the Kowloon Re- That. ver- branch of the service to 679 clerks, nidents' Association. in 1932 whose aggregate salaries gatile committee, who keep watch will amount to $973,480, or an in- and ward over municipal affairs on 'ervase' of $57,430 with an increase the Mainland, have favoured mic in personnel of 46 more clerks.

The per capita cost of each of

$ clerk.

of the

t

1932.

I have been requested

to urge

THE CHINA MAIL.

warning

with a list of the most important subjects which require Government the dollar clerks will be $1,433. attention. They embrace such It remains to be established whe public questiona as Kowloon's need ther a clerk possesses the factor of improved postal facilities com- of ty efficiency value over themensurate with its size; the pro- vision of police protection in Kow- Locally Recruited Bands. loon Tong: typhoon signals in the for consideration the desirability To jursue the analysis a little north-eastern, districts

of displaying typhoon mere minutely. Take, for example, Peninsula; the need of a portable signals at Kowloon Tong and in the case of Senior clerks in Classfire-pump to deal with II. and compare them with the in the outlying districts of New the vicinity of Kowloon City. The Highest Class in the Junior branch. Kowloon; the Yuunati Ferry apresidents' request, made The combined salaries of 9 of the proach; hospital and bathing faci- ago, was turned down by Govern- class estimated atifios; and disorderly houses in the ment in February of this year. The cost of the erection of a typhoon $94,181 for 1922, white 10 clerks of residential areas.

signal mast at each of the two The latter

localities is comparatively small and should be justified before the next typhoon senson,

farmer

are

group will cost the

outbreaks

"

year

ate attention of Government.

+

Building of Coaches, Itom 42-May 1 be permitted to re-stato my roninrks last year! when I said :-----

supervision.

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pletion of the Ho Tung apartment it is remembered, however, that railings and replacing them with building and the extension of the actually an average of 26,000 barbed wire on properly doped Kowloon Y.M.C.A., Kowloon's people use the Yaumati Pier daily wood stanchions.. diminutive post office is completely this very necessary publicăimprove- dwarfed. Whereas on all hands, mont should not be long/delayed. Kowloon bears a striking evidence Official statistics obtained of the of considerable prosperity by dint number of out-patients treated in of private enterprise, it reflects the Kowloon Hospital for the cor- **$40,000 for new bodywork for

four little credit on Government when responding first six months of 1930

conches. There much indifference and 1931 give a total of 7,695 and

technical men who advocate In dealing with subjects relating It exhibits so

with the planning and erection of 10,085, respectively. It is no exag- that, before incurring this ex- to Kowloon none is new to

a new post office fulfilling the re-geration to stato, as was pointed penditure, enquiries might be Your Excellency, as representa

made of, and tenders invited tions have been made to Govern- quirements of the large population out to Government last month, that the accommodation is pitifully In-

from, firms in the Colony cap- ment from time to time for the of Kowloon.

Kowloon Tong.

adequate. The K.R.A. In their ict- able of building past three years. Since the first

railway Recent events are still too fresh ter to Government describes "the coaches, of which thera 'avo reading of the Appropriation Bill

several. In this connection The provision made in 1931 for three weeks ago, I have been inwithin one's memory to fail to waiting room as so small that many

there are those who hold that €33 dollar clerkag in the Govern-communication, through the honor emphasize the need of a police sub-of the out-patients have to sit on

The the foor and door steps until other the present third-clays conches ment pay roll was $910,050.

ary secretary, with

station in Kowloon Tong.

are of an entirely unsuitable growth of this and adjoining dia cases have been dealt with; this:

type for the traffic tricts has been simply amazing, applies equally to male and female

this line," and it was with considerable re- patients." For lack of accommoda-

officiallyion applications for admission of Before-approving this item I would ret that residents were informed that, owing to finan in-patients have frequently had tohé to know in these suggestions cial stringency, not only the be refused. As compared with a have been neted upon, riginal proposal to erect a poltea total of 49 operations performed

While motoring in the Now Ter- station, bat a subsidiary proposal during the whole of last year, there ritories one is unpleasantly con to erect two police boxes with were 313 during the first six rented with the huge quantity of telephones installed in each, have months of this year. This latter scrub and undergrowth on some of been cut out of the Estimates for firure shows an increase of 167 the most dangerous corners of the eares, as against last year's 140.. rond to Tulpo. I therefore strong- The increase is over 100 per cent. y recommend that a portion of the The addition of another European vote of $5,000 for Brushwood medical offleer, and the increase of Clearing be utilised immediately the nursing staff are urgent re- for clearing the said corners and quirements demanding the inmeli. that the work be done under proper

Bathing Facilities.

I return to the suggestion in the fortorn hope of a start being made, Not much need be said for in when funds permit, on the first creased publie bathing facilities in section of the circular rond to Sai- Kowloon. The subject was exhaus, kung from Ngau Shi-wan to Ma To deal with the various subjects

tively and ably dealt with in the Yue Tong. It was only the other Colony $53,000 next year. The in their proper order, as long ago

columns of the Press in the early day that i read in a recent number comparative individual salaries is as September of last year the

Spring. If the Government could of "Moter" that the motorist is $10,498 and $6,300. It is matter of | K.R.A. invited the Government's

Fire Appliances. cammon knowledge that for locally attention to the absence of postal

eee its way to remedy the deficiency not getting a fair deal. Owing to the inaccessibility by before the

It is the facilities in the Hunghom, Mong the available fire appliances lo cer- public dissatisfaction would be he contributes his share to the recruited bands to attain to

next bathing season argued that "'as 1 ratepayer Higher Class in the Junior Clerical kok, and Kowloon Tong districts of in areas in the Kowloon City greatly placated. Service they must be of great Kowloon. In April last the Com-district, it is considered desirable

ronds as an average citizen. As a ettieleney and have seen a long mittee again complained of the ua that provision be made for a port-I am addressing the Council on the of general taxation.

This is not the first occnsion that tax-payer he pays his full share The commenc-satisfactory state of affairs at the able fire pump of the trailer type. subject of the presence of disorder he contributes heavily to period of service.

In addition Jug salary of the highest class main Kowloon post office. The As-Its cost is inconsiderable and can ly houses in the residential areas taxation for the sole reason that motor sociation is very modest in its be defended by the increased proof Kowloon. The serious objection he wants to use the ronds," and of qualified request, it suggests as a temporary tection afforded to the lives and to their existence is obvious when yet, as the Senior Unofficial Mem men with meritorious servico ut- mensure that the accommodation property of the poorer inhabitants it is stated that such houses are inter has pointed out, simultaneous taining that grade only after 30 be increased by the addition of a of the Kowloon City districts, who the neighbourhood of schools for ly with imposing the additional years in Government employ. By structure similar to the adjacent are least able to hear any such boys and girls, Their removal to petrol tax, in Hong Kong the Gov contrast a sterling clerk upon join-wooden police buildings, which loss. ing the service in Class II. forth; I would enable the postal service in

a less objectionable location has ernment has reduced the vote for with draws £460, or $7,360 at Ex. general to be considerably extend- does not regard with favour

that Government been repeatedly urged in the in- roads. All round London are to be 1s. 3d., with all the privileges ofed at a relatively small east and suggestion of surfacing the rondterest of public morality and safety, home leave, etc., and the additional better facilities provided for sort way and providing a

I trust will not be long before properly cost to taxpayers that these privi-ing, etc, resulting in quicker de-levelled car park in the vicinity of vexed problem,

a suitable solution is found to this leges to glorified meu imply. This livery of letters. With the com-

the Yaumati Ferry Wharf. When I hope there is no truth in the enormously. Houses go up, new report that Government contem- building and other work la stimu plates a reduction in the public tated, and new public facilities are lighting on the Island and at Kow created. It can be said with equal If it la on the truth of the New Territories. If acore of economy that it is we are to listen to the panic proposed to reduce the number of mongers all new road making and street lamps at certain hours' road widening is to ceasc. This of the night, then in the interest will check the development of of public safety let it be urged motoring, and the progress of land that the sooner this proposed development and building. "Sure- measure of false economy is aban- ly," the technical journal argues, doned the greater will be the sense it is far better to make use of security at present enjoyed by derelict fields in suitable areas and the community.

open them by roads which will Hitherto the revenue derived; create new fand values, and will from Land Sales has been put give new homes to the people,” down in the Estimates as one lump

Adverse comment has been, made sum for the whole of the Colony. in the local Press of the official It will serve a useful purpose for omission to notify in the Gazette comparison if the item "Premix on appointments of all Committees of New Leases" under Head 10 "Land Sales" could be shown separately for Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories.

dollar clerks is $4,800 a year. Cases are on record

I am aware

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Inquiry with the members composing such Commit- names of the

tees.. It was the practice to gazette. all such appointments, and if Your Excellency will be pleased to cause There are two items under Heat that instructions be given to revert 29-Kowloon-Canton Ballway-to the former practice I feel sure which may be .queried. Sub-head 35 calls for an expenditure of $32,400 for One Boller for 2-6-4

"No Amounts Please"! Type Class B Locos." Can the re- pairs to the two defective bollera Hitherto the names of. BUCCCNS- not be effected at one or other of ful tenderers for Government can- the local Dock Companies. whose tracts have been published in the facilitles for handling auch work į (iovernment Gazette together with are unsurpassed in any port of the the amount of the successful bid. world, thereby doing away with While names are still given, for the need for a spare boiler? In some unexplained reason the this way some little assistance will amounts of the contracts have be afforded the premier local in- been omitted. In the Shanghai dustry, which should be most wel-Municipal Gazette a full list of the come in these days. of intensive tenderers is given and it should competitive tendering for jobs. not be too much to ask that when awards are made by the Tenders Adjudication Committee the various amounts should be notified in the local Gazette for public in- formation.

In order also to foster local in dustries every, endeavour should, I think, be employed to utilise pro- ducts of local manufacture in all Government building and construe- tion works. While on this subject, it would be interesting to learn if

I heartily concur in the graceful tribute paid by the Senior Unom- there is a possibility of securing cial Member to the excellent work for Hong Kong the benefits and nd- of the St. John Ambulanco Brigade vantages of preferential tariff and the New Territories Medical treatment in respect of products of Bonevolent. Society.

I Would go local manufacture.

further and appeal to Your Excel- Item 36 makes provision for re-lency to show the community's ap pairs to Galvanized Steel Plate preciation of the good work of the Fencing round the Loco Yard, Medical Benevolent Society in a Hunghom-$10,500. The Colonial practical. manner. This apprecia. Secretary made reference to this tion might take the form of a vote Item in his speech. It is consider-}of, say; $2,400 a year under Hoad; ed by some people that the elabor-22 "Charitablo Services," With ate galvanised railings which have this money 'the doctors in private, been placed around the Railway practice, who are so generously property in the vicinity of Yau- giving of their time and profes-- mati Station and Kowloon Tong, sjonal skill towards providing a could have been substituted by free medical service on the main some less costly fencing. If island, will be enabled to dispense suggested that any railings requir- medicines to the poor Chinese. ed for renewals to the railings en-patients benefiting by the clinfe closing the Loco Yarda should be organised in various centres in the| olitained by lifting ́thé present i (Continued on Page 11.)

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