(o) Education Sub-Committee.
An interim report submitted by this Sub- Committee was oiroulated to members for consideration at a later date.
The amended terms of reference to include cultural facilities were read and accepted.
The names of members invited to serve W. N. Tam, Dr. J. P. Fehily and Mr. George White) were also
(Mr. Thomas read and on the recommendation of the Director of Education, approval was given that a lady should be co-opted to this Sub-committee if someone suitable could be found.
(d) New Territories Development Sub-Committee.
Mr. Barrow reported that five meetings had been held
and that the personnel remained unchanged.
4. PUBLIC HEALTH SUB-COMMITTEE'S FINAL REPORT
The Honourable D. M. S. in presenting his report asked that he might be allowed to amplify a few points on behalf of his committee. His fellow members felt that Housing is an extremely important matter in any development scheme in Hong Kong, so much so that this had been emphasised in the report even to the extent of encroaching on the grounds of the Housing & Town Planning Sub-Committee.
The provision by Government of a Tuberculosis Sana- torium has been placed low down on the priority list on the assumption that the Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis Association will raise funds from the local community and so save Government capi- tal expenditure, provided that suitable sites are made available free or at a nominal cost by Government. Enquiries have already been made concerning two sites.
The Honourable Dr. S. N. Chau, Chairman of the Associa- tion, supported the Honourable D. M. S. and stressed the fact that a sanatorium is very much needed here.
Mr. Dhun Ruttonjee, Treasurer of the Association, emphasised the fundamental importance of a suitable site being made available and thus freeing the Association funds for capital expenditure; he hoped that it would be possible to raise about
11⁄2 million for this purpose,
The Chairman promised to clarify this point in his report that is being prepared for the Secretary of State.
One other point in connection with Housing was made by the D. M. S. He said that it might be possible to obtain funds from a source other than the C.D. & W. fund, namely, the Lord Mayor's Fund. Contributions were made to this specifically for sufferers from air raids in the Far East and he felt that a pro- portion might be appropriately used for the re-housing of persons who had their houses destroyed by air raids and shellfire during the war.
The Chairman asked whether the Honourable D. M. S. had any particular areas in mind and he mentioned Hunghom, which had been destroyed by American bombing, and Kennedy Town area which had been destroyed during the original bombardment of the colony by the Japanese. He added that his committee felt that two model
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