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granted in lieu. The amount provided for the Entertainment

of Foreign Sailors has been reduced considerably as has

also the sun provided for Furniture for Government Offices

and Quarters as a result of the suspension of the building

programme.

The estimated cost of Public Works Extraordinary

is $4,988,500. It is not proposed to embark on any new

works of magnitude, and it has been necessary to postpone

for the present the extensive scheme of strengthening the

main roads in the Kowloon Peninsula.

In Hongkong the Government is committed to the expenditure on the road from Causeway Bay to North Point

(Item 10(c)) and the large sums entered for drainage at

Wong Nei Chong are required to prevent a recurrence of the flooding which has taken place during heavy rains in

the last year or two.

It will be observed that New Kowloon has been

separated from the New Territories. The district to the South of the hills is so closely connected with Kowloon

that extensive works under roads and drainage are common

to both and a clearer view of the situation is given if

these works are not confused with those in the more rural

parts of the mainland territories.

In Kowloon under Drainage it is necessary to spend large sums in connection with the storm water drains and the main sewer to the east of the railway. Under the head Miscellaneous provision is made for making a portion of the Kowloon Bay West Reclamation and for forming areas on the west of the Kowloon City Road to the required levels. A sum of $250,000 is provided for Compensations and Resumptions. As the work of road making and raising of levels proceeds it becomes necessary to resume many old