CO129-626-11 Construction of piers and maintenance of survey party 1-4-1951 - 30-9-1951 — Page 6

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to investigate the improvement of commsenccations, village planning, minn water supplies & related problems, for the benefit of the rural population in the labour's mutlying districts islands. the personnel employed would prepare rural development Schemes at each site recommended by the local Colonial Revelopment & welfare Committee & superrige wiks,

I would be grateful for your advice on this proposal.

will come out of the P.D.OW allreatin aluady made to

youstin. of M.M.6. finding any

The

mmay

4.Kag

so there is no

hunds for this scheme. On the other hand the

additional

is

survey I later said to be "for the benefit

fint linked with the piers of the rural population in the Colony's outlying districts, islands."

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The point I am not entirely happy abat is whether this scheme is a good thing in itself or whether it is mosely "luxury" & has been put forward not because it is at all cvential but mucly

as a way of wring up £5, are of the

CDx w grant.

I rove the informatia avilable could you possibly hazard a guess whether such a

team would be likely to produce any unful senilts ?

Mr. Haw

•

luney

Halall

25/6.

I do not know much about the New Territories, never having waited them, a so cannot handly comment. If the piers are needed, wit is quite probablethey are (I noticed in St. Vincent, Windward to lands, now be piers along the lew and coast skimulated trade in agremerur produce making it quite easy to ship goods to market in Kingstown by sailing boat.), the suggestions for some simple image planning. keeping building plots mon or less in the whouses (nhutz) www spared, sitting aside land for open space, manciche. putting in some maturity pruniture watcupply et. are logical step in the betterment of conditions in the N.T.s. With no Knowledge of the background, I would suggest the suncy should produces useful resurs.

G.AAthmay