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the construction of the first section of the Sai Kung Road to Ma Yue Tong is going to be a remunerative venture. With me it has become a conviction that no more profitable employment can be found in the Colony for ratepayers' money than the building of new roads that offer prospects for the opening up of new building sites. The road to Ma Yue Tong is just of that type that satisfies all the arguments in favour of its construction, viz., access to sites unrivalled for the picturesqueness of their situation, superb scenery, easiness of levelling and forming, and the provision of a solution for the vexed bathing beaches problem. I am not alone in my advocacy of the Sai Kung Road as an extract from the speech of the President of the Hongkong Automobile Association on the 29th March last will show. Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy said:
"I should like to refer to the Sai Kung Road project in the New Territories. In his Budget speech on September 5th, 1929, the Colonial Secretary called attention to the proposed Circular Eastern Road. The wonderful possibilities of this enterprise have been stressed on many subsequent occasions. . . . All members of this Association earnestly hope that Government finances will soon render it possible to proceed with the Sai Kung Road scheme and your Committee is of opinion that any reasonable outlay in connexion with the proposed road will prove a sound Government investment."
Such then is the considered opinion of a group of business men.
The Kowloon Tsai Garden City Development, at an estimated total cost of $403,300, is an experiment the success or failure of which will be watched with considerable interest. It should not be too early at this stage to request that, in this important and extensive development, people of small means should be considered and afforded opportunities to acquire small areas for the building of their own homes. The laying out of large lots only might preclude people with little savings from purchasing land. The moment is opportune for proposing the erection of a weather signal- station on some conspicuous position on the Kowloon Tsai Hills that should be clearly visible from Kowloon Tong and Kowloon City. Reservations for sports grounds are a necessity that should not be lost sight of.
The erection of the wireless station at Hunghom for the large transmitter for broadcasting is a step in the right direction. My honourable friend, Mr. Shenton, with his usual thoughtful regard for social service in the Colony, has spoken of the benefits which broadcasting has conferred. His remarks are certain to be accorded the reception which they deserve.
The same honourable member in his complete competence has dealt with the question of air-mail and passenger services. His remarks cannot fail to arouse general interest. The logical development of our magnificent aerodrome at Kai Tack will hasten the
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