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The Director of Public Works explained that the conditions in Hongkong were not identical and no serious difficulty had been experienced in this direction. Disputes between contractors and sub-contractors were settled among themselves. I propose that in future the Chief Resident Engineer shall refer every contract for final completion to the District Magistrate who will thus be in full possession of what is required, that the District Magistrate should compel the contractor to notify to him all sub-contracts made and if necessary see that they are put in writing, and that the railway should inform him if work is not up to contract and leave him to pay the amount earned in such proportion as he thinks just. The principle is that the District Magistrate whose duty it is to see justice done in his district shall be the intermediary. The precise extent to which he deems it necessary to intervene would be left to him, and would depend on the character of the Contractor. He has the machinery to explain to the people and to arrange an equitable adjustment. Refer to Mr. Mallifax for his views?
3.
The Chief Resident Engineer asked what quarters he should provide for Railway Management Staff in the vicinity of or at the Station at Kowloon. It was agreed that a Second Storey should be erected to the Station Buildings, viz.:- Ground Floor:- waiting rooms; Ticket Offices &c. 1st. Floor;- Offices. 2nd. Floor: Dwelling Rooms. It was stated that the Railway Station need not be covered by glass, hence the dwelling rooms can extend over the platforms and permanent way. I concurred that Mr. Little of the Public Works Department should submit a design.
4.
Finally the Chief Resident Engineer raised the question of letting the work on the Tunnel as put forward in his letter of September 25th., which I had not as yet seen, was laid before us. Whatever may be the merits or demerits of the proposal, I look upon the fact that it has been formally laid
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villagers no better form of contract can be got.
The Director of Public Works explained that the
conditions in Hongkong were not identical and no serious dif-,
-ficulty had been experienced in this direction. Disputes
between contractors and sub-contractors were settled among
themselves. I propose that in future the Chief Resident Engineer
shall refor every contract for final completion to the District
Magistrate who will thus be in full possession of what is re-
-quired, that the District Magistrate should compel the contract
-or to notify to him all sub-contracts made and if necessary
see that they are put in writing, and that the railway should
inform him if work is not up to contract and leave him to pay
the amount earned in such proportion as he thinks just. The
principle is that the District Magistrate whose duty it is to
see justice done in his district shall be the intermediary. The
precise extent to which he deems it necessary to intervene would
be left to him, and would depend on the character of the
Contractor. He has the machinery to explain to the people and to
arrange an equitable adjustment. Refer to Mr. Mallifax for his
views ?
3.
The Chief Resident Engineer asked what quarters he should
provide for Railway Management Staff in the vicinity of or at
the Station at Kowloon. It was agreed that a Second Storey
should be erected to the Station Buildings, viz.:- #round Floor:-
waiting rooms; Ticket Offices &c. 1st. Floor;- Offices. 2nd. Floor: Dwelling Rooms. It was stated that the Railway Station
need not be covered by "glass, hence the dwelling rooms can
extend over the platforms and permanent way. I concurred that
Mr. Little of the Public Works Department should submit a
design.
4.
Finally the Chief Resident Engineer raised the question of letting the work on the Tunnel as put forward in his letter
but which 1047 of September 25th., which I had not as yet seen,
was laid before us. Whatever may be the merits or demerits of the proposal, I look upon the fact that it has been formally
laid
No comments yet.
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