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(घ) The water nupply of the Island je derived 60, from
reservoirs on the Island, 40 from the New Territories bý pipeline
under the harbour. The whole of the water supply of Kowloon
comes from the New Territories.
The present supply is inadequate for the increased populetion
to the extent that the hours of supply have to be limited during
the dry months (e.g. 16 hours a day in the winter of 1947/48
and 10 hours a day from mid-March dntil the rains broke in
mid-June 1948; had the rains been later there would have to have
been a further limitations we have no information as to the
position this year). Possibilities of increasing reservoir
capacity on the Island have been examined, but such schemes would
be both expensive and still inadequate. A new project in the
New Territories is therefore proposed.
(b) ie do not know the reasons for the murder of the tw
poligé Inspector s. The further report promised in paragraph 7 of
Hong Kong telegram No.414 (copy attached) has not yet come,
(c) (1) Recruitment of seven Gazetted officers under age
24 is outstanding.
It is proposed to recruit these
together with 45 officere from Malaya by summary
selection without going through the full C.S. A. B.
procedure. A Board will be held on the 16th May
at which this Hong Kong requirement will be given
priority. The men will be flown out and should be
in the Colony by the end of this month.
(11) A $ologram bas justeme from Hong Kong saking for
the recruitment of 30 Inspectors by early August.
No difficulty is expected in securing the men.
They will probably come out of the unsuccessful
applicants for the Hong Kong and Malaya Casetted
posia referred to in (1) abars.
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