CO129-523-1 Reclamation work at North Point- a general plan of port of Hong Kong showing extent... 27-12-1929 - 12-6-1930 — Page 21

Letter 12.

Letter 13

Letter 14

Letter 15

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At any rate it appears to have set his mind at

rest on the question of the Government's intentions.

On the 11th September Mr. Kwik writes "The

erection of a vertical sea wall for the above Lots in place

of one with wharves as originally intended so that we may

contribute our part towards the realisation of the

Government's plan in this connection, is estimated at a

cost of $1,900,000." He then asks for a subsidy and

againagain asks for the return of the plan if there is no

hope of a subsidy.

At last on the 4th October Mr. Creasy wrote

making an offer of the blue area on certain terms, but

making no further reference to the Government's intentions.

There was apparently an interview on the 9th of

that month vide Mr. Creasy's letter of the 10th and another

on the 13th. At this last interview the Colonial

Secretary appears to have proposed certain terms which

were verbally accepted.

These terms were ultimately set

out in a letter of the 17th October and the first of them

was "(a)The Government undertakes that the vertical wall

will be extended continuously eastwards in connection with

future reclamations."

difference between the terms offered by letters 13 and 15 was the addition, in the letter of the Government's

undertaking, and the promise to advance $600,000. This

undertaking may fairly be read with the statement in letter

No.11 already referred to. The only possible meaning being

that the Government was responsible both for further

reclamation and the extension of the sea wall. These terms

were with trifling modifications accepted and Mr. Kwik

then proceeded on that undertaking.

It is significant that the main

On the 25th April 1924 the Contract for the

construction of the wall not having been let the Director

of Public Works wrote "It must be understood that the

extension