CO129-598-2 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Project 24-6-1948 - 3-3-1949 — Page 81

for water supplies to a greatrextent than

must, I think, admitted,

is absolutely unavoidable is of course

Abrious.

I should therefore be glad

of much fuller particulars of the possible

site on the Island referred to in paragraph 4

of your despatch under reference.

It may

be, though it is not so stated in your

#espateh, that this site would not in any

circumstances be large enough to go the whole

way in solving the problem but, even so,

might it not go part of the way, and might

this not be very useful? Might it not be

possible by these means to ensure that the

Island could be self-supporting, even though

Kowloon were to remain dependent on the New

Territories?

5. I should also be glad of further information

about the Tai Lam Chung scheme, for instance

is more than one reservoir envisaged or is the

scheme otherwise of such a nature that it might

be possible to cut it short if the population

of the Colony were to begin to decrease? This

point is of importance not only because of its

financial implications, but because it is just

conceivable that the best solution might be a

modified Tai Lam Chung scheme coupled with the

development of facilities on the Island itself.

I am aware that this will be likely to involve substantially incrcaned

undue capital expenditure, but the matter is

of such importance that I think the possibility auditio

melbe considered.

6.

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