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(6) In addition to the list of works, notes have been added on individual works and a schedule is attached showing as accurately as possible the sums it is estimated will be spent on the various works in each year from 1938 to 1943.
(1) Government House
(2) City Development
LIST OF WORKS.
Estimated Cost.
2,000,000
1,000,000*
(3) Infectious Diseases Hospital
1,000,000
(4) Kowloon Hospital (Extension)
2,000,000
(5) Addition to Vehicular Ferry Piers (including reclamation
and resumption)
1,685,000
(6) Improvements to Canton through Road from Castle Peak
Road to Mah Fu Ferry including new Quarry
2,200,000
(7) Government Quarters
1,000,000
(8) Air Raid Precautions
1,000,000
(9) New Peak School
160,000
Peak Bungalows
150,000
(10) Rebuilding of Police Stations and Police Training School
700,000
(11) New garages and Quarters at Kennedy Town
100,000
(12) Protective Works, Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter
140,000
$13,135,000
* To be spent in the period 1938-43.
NOTES.
(1) Government House.-A separate memorandum on this which has
already been circulated appears as an annexure hereto.
(2) City Development.-It is probable that by 1943 considerable pro- gress in the development of the site now occupied.by the Secretariat, P.W.D. and Volunteer Headquarters and of the St. John's Place area will have been made. The figure of $1,000,000 should be regarded as a token sum.
(3) Infectious Diseases Hospital. - -Recent experience suggests the neces- sity of providing more accommodation than previously contemplated and the estimate has been increased accordingly,
(4) Kowloon Hospital Extension.---Revised plans are now under considera- tion and the estimate is very approximate. Assuming the continued development of Kowloon the provision of inereased hospital accom- molation is a necessity. The ultimate completion of buildings and equipment may require still further provision.
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(5) Vehicular Ferry Piers.-The present piers and concourse on the Hong Kong side are inadequate for the traffic and it is necessary to provide for expansion, which, owing to royalty arrangement with the company, is directly remunerative to Government. The scheme will also provide permanent pier accommodation for the Harbour Department. The estimate covers the cost of resumption of certain valuable property which can either be sold for further development or utilised later for the erection of new Harbour offices.
(6) Canton Through Road.---Increasing traffic is thought to be inevitable. which will be remunerative both directly and indirectly. The capital expenditure now proposed aims mainly at strengthening and widening the existing road and will effect large economies in maintenance expenditure in future years, Included in the estimate is the cost of developing à new Government quarry on the mainland,
(7) Government Quarters, --A lump sum is provided to cover the erection of mere quarters for both senior and subordinate officers, plans for which are now under examination. The return by way of rents from officers and saving in rent allowances will give a reasonable economie return on the capital invested. The provision of more housing for ellicers is one of the ways in which Government can help to reduce the present shortage of houses.
(8) Air Raid Precautions.-This is to be regarded as a token sum: plans have not reached the stage at which estimates can be framed but it is feared that large expenditure will be necessary.
(9) New Peak School and New Peak Bungalows. —The present school was designed for about a third of the number now attending it and a modern building is badly needed.
The Peak Bungalows which adjoin the Peak School are in a very dilapitated condition and due for rebuilding.
It is proposed to rebuild the Peak Bungalows on a new site and to combine the old site with the existing school site.
(10) Police Buildings.-Several stations are in need of extensive additions or rebuilding. It is proposed to build a new Training School on a site to be selected beyond the new Police Recreation Ground and the domestic buildings now used for that purpose will be available for sale, so recouping part of the cost.
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