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27.
Another large item is the rehabilitation of
the railway system, which includes the provision of
further new rolling stock. Unfortunately, this by no
means represents the end of such expenditure, and it is estimated that at least another fifteen million will be required to bring the railway back to anything approaching its pre-war standard.
28.
Miscellaneous Public Works account for a further considerable slice of this rehabilitation expenditure. Under this head are included a number of items of repair work in relation to roads, drains, piers, quarries, street lighting, cemeteries and the aerodrome which have been
rendered necessary by the damage and neglect resulting from the Japanese occupation. Extensive rehabilitation
work to a total of three and a half million has also been
provided for in connection with harbour facilities.
29.
Practically all the items included in the Loan Schedule represent replacements and repairs but there are
a few exceptions which are in the nature of development
work. These consist of several agricultural items and a small amount for the extension of water mains to provide for buildings' which will replace some destroyed but which will be erected on different sites. A sum of $394,300 has also been included to cover the cost of the continuation of the preliminary investigation work on the Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Scheme (your savingram No. 265 of the 10th October, 1946) but the question is under consideration whether an application should be submitted for the cost of this work to be met from the Colonial
Development and Welfare Fund.
30.
As I pointed out in my telegram No. 533, after providing for the charging of the special expenditure
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