CO129-545-1 Estimates 1934 4-10-1933 - 17-4-1934 — Page 17

HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Regulation under section 5 of the Ferries Ordinance, 1917,

relating to Regulation 15A.

Shanghai declared an infected place.

Notices to Mariners.

Order under section 5 of the Ferries Ordinance, 1917, relating to the Ferry of Hu Tim operating between Tap Mun Village and Tai Po.

The Anglican Church, situate at No. 3, Duke Street, Kowloon

Tong, licensed for the celebration of marriages.

Regulation under section 23 of the Waterworks Ordinance, 1903.

Amendments to Appendix B (Pilotage Dues)-Increase of fees.

Report of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Official Trustee, Official Administrator and Registrar of Companies for the year 1933.

Report of the Committee regarding the marketing of New Territories produce in Hong Kong and Kowloon, (Sessional Paper No. 1 1934).

QUESTIONS,

HON. MR. J. P. BRAGA asked:-

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1. Will the Honourable the Colonial Secretary state the reasons for the recent felling of the trees in Nathan Road at Kowloon, and on whose instructions were those useful and ornamental trees destroyed?

2. Is it not true that shortly before the trees were felled quite a number of those with damaged or decaying trunks were treated at some expenditure of public money in a manner to arrest destruction through natural causes? And if true, what is the explanation for the sudden change of policy leading to the destruction of perfectly sound trees by means of human agency?

3. Is it the intention of Government to cut down any more, and if so, how many, of the trees that once formed such a picturesque avenue in Nathan Road?

4. Was any reference made to the Kowloon Residents' Association, or to the Hong Kong Automobile Association before the decision was taken and put into effect for the removal of the trees in question?

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