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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Report of the Committee on Practical Technical Education

(Sessional Paper No. 6 of 1931).

FINANCE COMMITTEE'S

REPORT.

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H.E. the Governor, laid upon the table the report of the Finance Committee, No. 12, of 22nd October, 1931, and moved that it be adopted.

THE COLONIAL TREASURER seconded and this was agreed to.

MOTIONS.

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.-With the permission of this Council, Sir, I should like to refer to the first motion standing in my name together with the five motions following. Honourable members will remember that when I had the honour of introducing the Budget, I referred in some detail to the amounts which were to be spent from loan funds on the various works referred to in these six motions, but I do not think that honourable members will wish me to take up their time by repeating now the details which I gave them then.

I have only to add, with regard to the last of these motions referring to the new gaol at Wong Ma Kok, that Your Excellency has since received the approval of the Secretary of State for meeting the expenditure on the new gaol from loan funds. I now move the first motion standing in my name :--

"That this Council approves of the expenditure of $411,789 on the Shing Mun Valley Water Supply Scheme First Section during the financial year 1932 which sum shall be met from a future loan and shall meanwhile be charged as an advance from the surplus balances of the Colony."

THE COLONIAL TREASURER seconded.

HON. SIR HENRY POLLOCK. Before this motion is put to the meeting I should like to ask, with reference to the respective 'motions, whether the amounts voted will complete the work on the Shing Mun Valley first section, the Aberdeen Water Scheme and the filters in connexion with the Shing Mun Valley Scheme.

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.-Yes.

H.E. THE GOVERNOR.-The answer is in the affirmative in all three cases?

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.-Yes.

HON. SIR HENRY POLLOCK.-I do not know whether it would be possible for Government to make any statement with regard to the future progress of the work on the second section of the Shing Mun Scheme.

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