[ { "id": 217064, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843", "page_number": 272, "title": "CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843", "content_text": "Pas \n\nTHE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE. \n\nThe \n\nFriend of \n\nQuina SUPPLMENT TO No. 75. \n\nHong Kong Gajette, \n\nVICTÒRIA, HONG-KONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1843. \n\nREPORT of Cases treated in the VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR SEAMEN, \n\nfor the momh ending, 19th August, 1843. \n\nDiseasDa \n\nAdmitted. \n\nDischarg. \n\ned relier. \n\nInitammation of the Liver. \n\nInflammation of the Brain. \n\nDelirium Tremens. \n\nDysentery. \n\nUlorrhoea. \n\nFever.. \n\nRácuratism. \n\nConsumption. \n\nVenereal \n\nTOTAL \n\nכני \n\nDischarg. \n\ned oured, \n\nD 0 \n\n(*) This Paliom left the Hospital contrary to the advice of the Surgeons, \n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 20th August, 1845. \n\nALLIANCE FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY \n\nOF LONDON. \n\nTHE Undersigned having been, appointed Agents in China, for the above Company, are prepared to accept. Assurances at Hong-Kong, as under: \n\n1st-On Buiklings of Brick or Stone, covered with Tiles, Slates, Metal of other incombustible material, together with their contents, when such Bniklogs are isolate! from all others. \n\nRate of Premium, 3 per cent, per annum, 2xD.--On such Buildings and their contents, when not so isolated, at the rate of 1 per cent. per ann Assurances for 6 months † 7 of the annual rate, will! \n\nand for 3 months, į 3be charged. \n\nOf the 1st Class, Assurances, for the present, will be accepted to the extent of £10,000 only on one risk. And of the 2nd Chies, to the extent of £3000. \n\nrisk. \n\nA Building and its contents taken together, form one Thas the above suns may be underwritten either on a Building alone, or the contents alone; on, part on the Building, and part on the contents. \n\nNo Assurance is to be considered in foron until the Premiam be paid. \n\nAmongst other advantages of the Company, the Assured will be entitled to participate in the profits after five successive payments. \n\nParties applying for Assurances will please send in full particulars of the risk to be taken; any deviation. from which, without the censent of the Company, will vitiate the Policy. \n\nJARDINE, MATILESON. & Co., \n\nAgents in China, \n\nMocan, 12th July, 1863, \n\nNOTICE. \n\nThe undersigned in connexion with Mn PareICK CHALMERS at present in England, has this day estal- Jished a house of Agency in China, under the firm of AKPRUSON, CHALMERS & Co. \n\nMacao, 1st July, 1843. \n\nJ. S. ANDERSON, \n\nFOR SALE. CHAIN Cables, Europe Rope, Wines, Spirits, Stores of every description, Dressing Glasses, Plate Glass and Warm Clothing, \n\nALFRED HUMPHREYS, \n\n20. Queens Road. \n\nHong Kong, 1st August, 1848, \n\nNOTICE--The un forsignal is authorized by \n\nflis Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Land Forces in China, to recsivo al pack- ngem adresaid to the Officers or Messes of any of the Regiems ployed during the late war. \n\nN. LUGS. \n\nlong-Kong, 15th April, 1842 \n\nOne half per cent, Commission will be charged upon all Goods bought in. \n\nProceeds of Arconat Sales will be rendered fifteen hys after Sale, or sooner if realizeal. \n\nQueen's Road, Hong-Kong, kat Juno, 1843. \n\nXO. W. BENNETT, \n\nJUST RECEIVED, AND FOP SALE. BEEF, Pork. Flour and Bread, Brandy and Wines, Cherry Cordial Vinegar, Rum, and Anack, Beer in Cask, Sales &c. \n\nRice. Singapore Plunks, \n\nSpesin Candles. Tlouse-iltings. \n\nManda Timber, Sheathing Copper, \n\nAmerican and Castile Spip, \n\nTobacco, Raisins, Spirits Turpentine, Tar, Rusin, and I'l \n\nBlack, White, Brown, and Drab Flats. \n\nP. TOWNSEND, \n\nHong-Kong, 31st July, 1943. \n\nti \n\nDead. \n\nRetain \n\ning in the \n\nHospital. \n\n[ \n\n幾 \n\nJ SATCHELL, M. D, \n\nResident Physician and Surgeon. \n\nRICHARD JONES, M. D., Resident Asst. Physician & Surgeon, \n\nD. WILSON & Co., \n\nBEG to intimate to the Gentlemen of Hong-Kong that they have From thus, date opened their Billiard Room to be Pullic. \n\nPRICE OF THE GAMES. Ese Ga \n\nFoun Two \n\nof 24 for One Dollar \n\n\" \n\nNight games double the above. \n\nN. B. No Credit will be allowed in the Biard Room \n\nVICTORIA, HONG-KONG \n\n1st August 1848 \n\nD. WILSON & Co. \n\nAVE just received a fresh supply of Allsop's Lutin Ale, sound Chadder Chinese, Perfumery, Stationery, and a variety of ather articles. \n\nVICTORIA, Roxo-Kong, \n\n1st August, 1843. \n\nJUST Landed and for SALE. \n\nAlachines. \n\nApply to \n\n20, Quren's Road, Victoria, 2nd August. 1843 \n\nwo \n\nWeighing \n\nALEX. MOSY, \n\nNOTICE Goons and Merelmedio of all descrip \n\ntions received and curetilly stored ia sparions dry and secure Brick Godowns situated on the Queen's Road No. 20, at Hongkong, upon moderate terris. \n\nApply upon the premises to. \n\nALEX, MOSS. Goods are received and sold on Commission Hongkong, 2nd Angusi 1833, \n\nFOR SALE--Singapore Bears, on moderate \n\nApply to ALEX. MOSS, Hong Kong, 2d August, 1843, \n\nterms. \n\nNOTICE. \n\nIN consequence of the mytan! Dissolution of Part. nership betweeen Mesars, BENNETT, PAIN, & Co., the Undersigned bags to Notify, that the Busi ness will be cartiod on by lamseif, où the same Pre ruises, and most respectfully, solicits a continustee of the liberal support be has hitherto been favoured with Parties desinos në susting Goods for Pablie. Auction, are requested to, de so two days previous to the time of Sule. \n\nAuctions will be held every Friday. at Eleven A. 37, \n\nTerms-Five per Cent, at all. Goods. \n\nVICTORIA HOSPITAL, \n\nFUR \n\nSEA MEN, \n\nNos. 1, 2, 3, Queen's Roud, immediately opposito Fearon's Wharf, \n\nResident Physician and Surgeon, JAMES SATCHELL, M. D. Resident Assist, Physician, & Surgeon, \n\nRICHARD JONES, M. D. \n\nTHE HOSPITAL is now open for the reception of i \n\nPatients, and is furnished with every convenience necessary for the comfort and speely recovery of the sick. \n\nPatients are admitted at any hour of the day or night, on production of an undertaking to defray the expenses inerrel, signed either by the Captain of the Vessel to which the sick person belongs, or a Member of some Mercantile Firo in Chica. No Patient çan \n\nbe admittcik without such an undertaking. \n\nTERMS For Medical attendance, Medicines, and \n\nProvisions. \n\nSeamen-One Dollar, \n\nOFFICERS--Two Dollars per day, Victoria, Hong-Kong, \n\n20th July, 1843. \n\nFOR SALE, REIGHT on CHARTER, \n\nTHE Fine A. 1. British Brig Iris,\" \n\n277 Tous N. M. Captain MERCE, \n\nApply to \n\nHOLLIDAY WISE, 4. Co. Victoria, Hongkong, 24th August, 1843, \n\nFOR LONDON. \n\nTHE A British bull Barque Mary Catherine\" Captain Taylor, having \n\nTur \n\na large portion of her cargo engaged will meet with quick despatch, generat freight or passage, baving supe- \n\nG. F. DAVIDSON. LINDSAY & Co. \n\nrior accommodations, apply here w \n\nAt Macao to \n\nFlong-Kong, 14th August, 1943. \n\nFOR AMOY AND CHUSAN. \n\nTHE Barque Lanusy Campbell, Capt. Darley Will Sail for the above Parts in ath this month--For Freight or pis- \n\nN. DEUS Apply to \n\n18. Queen's Road, Or to the Captain on lumed. \n\nsaga. \n\nVictor 2, Aogust 9th, 1943. \n\nFOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER. \n\nTHE A. L. Barque Extzaketh Moonn, W. 3isap Comunander, register ton. nage 241. \n\nFOR SALE. on board the Elizabeth Moniy,\" fod tons of Liverpool Coals, such as II. M Mail Steamors\" between Liverpool and fasiio, use. \n\nApply to 6, F. DAVIDSON. Hong-Kong, 2d, August, 1848. \n\nThe fist sailing British bult Brig \"NAUTILUS\" \"Captain Gibson, £33 toms Register, now ging at Hongkong, and ready to receive vargo. \n\nApply to FOX, BAWSON. & Co. \n\nBongkung 35th July, 1843. \n\nFOR-SALE. FLERGILE OR CuAXTER, \n\nTHE Clipper Bag ANOLESA, Capt. Rowland 10 Tons register, built at Ipswich, in 1840, & A. 1'de 13 years, has been newly coppered and is well found in stores Apply to the Captain on board; or to \n\nFOX, RAWSON, & Co. Hongkong, 25th. Jaly 1543. WANTED-fer the Gun Room Mess of 11. A. S. Cunwallis-a good Cook-either European or \n\nNalive. \n\nTestimonials at to character and efficiency will be required. \n\nFor further particulars, apply on board, butween the \n\nhouss of nine and twelve 4. N.\" \n\nH. M. S. Con wallis. \n\nAugust, 17th 1843. \n\nALL persons indebted to the firm of P. Townsend & Co. are desired to take immediate payment iv, \n\nP. TOWNSEND \n\nPR SALE. \n\nPRIME Bottled Beer. Apply in. \n\nPAIN & Co. \n\nFOR SALE. \n\nAr go. Secaes of Tus USDERSTORED. Prims Mess feeland Pork \n\nPaint and Paint End Torpentine and Tar Matlive Cair \n\nCalan api Slip Brend Superive Golden Sherry \n\nCockburts\" Port Wine \n\nClaret 31 Julen and Murgaux Hock. Bresar and Canignze \n\nBarton Ale in Cash and Bottle \n\nTumblers ani Wine Glasses \n\nSingapore planks \n\nBeaver and Sour Flats \n\nLaubes Mut, dilk stockings, Soilpe \n\nBrandy in Wood and Boitie \n\nAb assortment of Hosiery \n\nWah numerous other articles at moderate prices, \n\nNo. 2 Magistracy Street, \n\nPAIN &AG. \n\nTARIFF, PORT REGULATIONS &c. \n\nA few Cupies are still on SALE of No.71 of the Friend \n\nof China wad Hong Kong Gazette, contrining the Proclamation of His Excellency. Tariff, Government Notification. Table of Consular Fees &c. &c. \n\nAlso the Extraordinary of 31st July, Containing the Proclamation of the Chinese Commissioner, General, Regulations for the Ports, in Cléna, &c. &c. \n\nPrice—to Subscribers to the paper; each copy 25 pents, to non Subscribers 1 Rupeo. \n\nPAINTED AND I'encreuen For The ProPainTORS, NE rup Payaso Orvice, Querx's Rojo, Verona. \n\nWe are informed that Monsieur C. ALEX, CHALLAYE, Esa. ex Acting Consul for France in China, nas, by a decision of his Excellency Monsieur Guizot, Mi- nister for Foreign Affairs, bearing date the 14th March of the present year, her attached, in his capacity of Elove Consul, to the CoxsULATE ÚExEAL ci Franco in Egypt. \n\nINQUEST AUGUST 14TH, 1848. \n\nBEFORE MR. E. FARNCOMB. CORONER. \n\nFROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS. \n\nCrtSAR-August 4th, 1843. \n\nwere arenred under the Old System. They are, the Eliza, Mary, and Bahamian Business is very dull, New Congous are arriving, the quality good. \"Crop, \n\nNo matter of political import need be looked for in 650 Chops, 20 maels. Shout price about the rate. this quiet locality, we are becoming gradually acquint. Whilst the Export in April and May, was 174 millions ed with the denems of a great intercourse, the \n\nof lbs., in 29 ships, the probable Export of 3 months, friendly disposition of the people favors it, and the June, July, and August, in 5 ships, is about 3 mil perfeet reliance which they place in the honour and hops of the integrity of British dealers, leads to the fervent hope LocAL Nuws-The British Flag was re-hosted at the that it may never be destroyed by questionable trave Consulate, on the 14th inst. \n\nOfficial responsibility to actions. \n\nthe Chinese, for the payment and collection of their \n\nThis was an inquest on the body of James Prestoe, The only true system of trade is a liberal one, and duties, is an enormous thor, and wifi catail endles \n\nThere can be no greater fillacy, than for the faw, to use and vexation on the Conals. Here, I should who died suddenly in the Exchange Room The Jury aere summoned to attend on the evening of the suppose that the knowledge of commercial particulars, he will want fy Claks, when basintesis upon this coast can be limited to themselves, here active. The Consulate order, to prevent ship'a boots 12th (Saturday), but in consequence of the post mor the examination of the Body un bring concluded where ready money transections constantly obtain, the exting Her Majesty's) dig at the Old Company till a late bour and the Medical Report being requested simplicity of business render its details obvious aden, bas given as inch disgust to the skipper, \n\nit hus given satifaction to the residents. to be given in writing the Jugnest was deferred to enough to the most obtuse piserver. the 14th (Monday). The following evidence was then \n\nIt is with very deep regret, we have to announce the takon. Mr. J. W. Bennett, sworn, sąl \n\nde mise of J. A. Murder, Esq. He died on hard the General Work, on the siternoon of yesterday, after a severe illness of three weeks datarion. A wide circle of friends not acquaintances will bewail the loss of a truly kind-heartedman, and our commu - nity will deplore the loss of a valuable incraber. \n\ni was informed on Saturday at about 3 o'clock that James Preston the deceased was dying. The deceased kept the Exchange Roome for me. On my coming up to see him I found he bad expired. Daring the time that the depensed had born in my employ be had always conducted himself in a sober manner. I \n\ndischarged from the Hospital he secured weakly and when I saw him going about in the wet. I remon- strated with him, and told him that he ought to en- play a man for the purpose. \n\nA subject upon which we may congratulate ourselves is the continued bathy nature of this loculty ; out national selfishness leads us to regret that this valu- alle island is one day to be restored; its worth as a commanding position can scarcely bo over-rated. situated in a glorious climate, exempted from the ord nary riak of the elements, provided wah the most Secure and spacious harbours and in itself abondant- \n\nof the Chinese Empire, with such a possession what \n\ndo not know what his bubits of life had been before 7 productive, populated with a quiet industrious raceOS KEENASSA FALAN KUGELSESKPROT \n\namong whom rict, crime, my dishonesty, is scarcely 1 employed him. About five days previous to his docense, he had been sent to the Hospital of Messrs. Known a rural people castly governed, Imants each J. N. ANDERSON, begrepectfully to inform Satchell and Jenes, he bad them an eruption on his member of the community seems to know himself\" \n\nthe inhabitants of Victoria, and the public generally, and then if we might venture to speak of its political tha the has opened those premista next Mr. Boulle's skin, ou different parts of his body; en huis being inuener, within a few day's sail of the riches cities teen's Road, as a winlesale al rail wine and might not the genius and enterprise of Great Britain Strict attention to business, good Articles, and mode Spirit Store, and BILLIARD ROOM, and hopes, by rate elurges, to meet a share of Public Putronage. \n\nJ. N. A. begs respectfully to solicit the attention of the Naval and Military, as well as private Gention.co in Flong-Kong, to the Hilliard Room, which is Spaci ous and weil aired, and to state, that every possiblo attention on his part will be paid to the confort of those who may honour him with a visit. Victoria, 14th August, 1843. \n\nMr. Francis Dickens, sworn, \n\nI am Clerk to Mir. Bennett: I was present when the dencased died, he died in the Exchange Room. When I came into the room he was sitting in one of the chairs with his bead hanging over the fuck of the chair. I supported hun in my arms and spoken to him, but received no answer, his lips moved as if to spek but he could not do on, and his pulse was scar- cely perceptible, I called up a servant and he took hold of hie zal i went and fetched a Doctor. The deceased did not recognise one when I came up. \n\nAr J W. Beaned, Re-examined, A day or two before the deceased went to the Hos. pitul he complained to me of sickness and a pain in Jus heal. I administered to him an Emnetic which gave him considerable relief: the eruption afterwards appearing on his body, I advised him to go to the os pital. \n\nJamce Satchell, Surgeon, Sworn-The deceased was in the Hospital under my charge from the seventh to the eleventh instant. His eomplaint was that of a nettle rush and disordered bowels. When he left the Hospital he wna perfectly well but was weak. I was sent for on Saturday to sec bin and on my arrival at the Exchango Rooin he was dend. \n\n(Signed) \n\nThere was no possibility of forming an opinion us to the cause of his death without an internal examination. I consider that course was necessary. \n\nJ. SATCHELL, M. D. \n\nResident Surgeon, Victoria Seaman's Hospital. Charles Alexander Winchester, \n\nI am the Acting Colonial Surgeon.- produce a copy of the notes taken whilst examining the body of the deceased. The report was then read. \n\nOn the Coroner enquiring what was the cause of the deceased's death the witness said, \n\nThe signs in the brain led me to suppose that influm mutory action must have existed for serae considerable time before death, and from the evidence given, of a sgb-acute character. I consider the immediate enese of death to have ben the pressure of a very considerable \n\nquantity of serum found at the case of the brain, on that órgin (in other words) that it was a rese of serious upo, lexy. He must have enjoyed very irregular health Prom the state of the liver. \n\nf \n\n(Signed) \n\nCHARLES ALEXANDER WINCHESTER, \n\nActing Colonial Surgeon. The Evidence having been summed up, and the Jury being charged to consider their verdict it was returned, \n\nDied by the visitation of God. \n\neffect in this remote, but highly interesting, portion of the civilised world? \n\nThe recent intelligence from Woosung, the Port of Shanghai ( with which place we have constant com- unication) is to the effect, that a sumber of men are engaged in repairing the ruined fortifications. They were formerly of cud: we are given to under- stand that they are now being feed with granite, sonte of the Opium vessels have recently gone up to the northward, with the intention, doabitess, of establishing other trading stations; it is useless to talk of a limited number of parts for all the coast will be open. The people are eager to trade, and the Mandarina are at Present very cautious in their interference in this matter, nothing but urbanity and kindness is expe- rienced from these dignitaries; certainly upon this coast there exists every outward manifestation of a sincero desire for peace and aliianey. \n\nThe immense amount of native toumage which finds its way up the Shanghai river daily, is worthy of remark, as being one of the most protaient features in the Yangtze kiang: they come from North and Sound, but as yet we canunt obtain the particulars of trade the English Ships keep healthy up the river, but the heat has been ahaost insupportable this season. \n\nA very fair trade has been doing here both in Straits produce and manufactured goods PEPPER has averaged 50 25 per picul; Rarrans still selling at 85, Grey sorrisos 68 30, Wuerz 84, Pic Leap,on account of large stock is down to $5 50, Saxval wOOD, without inquiry, Rion 81 50 no sales. Opium market unsettled, MALWA $610. PATNA 8710 to 720-very lit tle on hand. Speaking of the latter article, vessels coming up here with a general cargo should not neglect to com- prise it, helping off, as it does, heavy stock, it becomes a voluable auxiliary occasionally Alarm has been offer. ed in quantity at $1 15 it will doubtless be available era long as a rough return and calculated for purposes of ballast. I have no doubt but return freight on eative account, might be obtained from Niagpo and other consular ports, indeed some I believe has already beca obtained. \n\nAmov,-11th August, 1943. \n\nVaer quantities of Piece Goods have been brought to this market from Hongkong, and prices have given way. Lose Ctorns, far whites. $350 to $3 60, Greys $2 90 to 83 10; Twist $27 to $29. OPIUM raining its price, and good Malwa sells readily at $625. Rice 100; a good harvest. \n\nCanton, 21st August, 1843. \n\nThe former Hong Merchants continue to decline ex- porting Tens under the New System, and all the out- side man, are afraid to begin. Three slups are being loaded with Teus, at 1 taels on the short price, but these \n\nJ. \n\nMc. MURRAY, Baker, Pastry Cook, 4. opposite the Godowns of W Scott, Esq., Lower Bazaar, begs to announce to the Public, til be car ries on business in the above named sivinity, and hopes to participate in that Public Patronage which it shall be his constant endeavour to deserve. \n\nN. B.-Parties can be supplied with Bread, Pastry, &c., on the shortest notice, also ship biscuit, \n\nHong-kong. 14th August, 1848. \n\nBakings of every description, carefully exe- exted, from cleven in the moring till five in the evening FOR SALE-Anchors and Chain Cables, \n\nCopper sheathing, and nails Claret, and flavona cigars Sperm. Candles, and Ainerican Soap Cabin Biscuity in Tins of 58 s. Brass & Iron Bedstewis. \n\nApply at the Godowns of Holliday Wise, of Co. JOHN RITSON. Victoria, 17th August, 1543 \n\nto \n\nFOR SALE-The bull, masts, yards, anchors, chains, &c. &c., of the Brigantine, Roza, now lying in Ilong Kong. \n\nThe above may be Sold together or separate. The vessel is seven years old built of American live oak, and would make an excellent receiving vessel in say of the new Ports, having also good accommodation for resi dence on board, \n\nApply to \n\nN. DUUS. (1 T. M. METCALFE. \n\nGINGER BEER \n\nMATUEUS DB COSTA & Co. respectfully intimate \n\nthat they have opened an establishment at Ne. B Webster's Bazaar for the sale of Ginger Beer prepared by a peculiar process from the best fresh finger; it will be found to retain in the fullest perfection all \"invigorat ing and refreshing qualities, parties requiring a regular supply at intervals, are requested to give noties, this will ensure their having beer in its best condition at the Line wanted. —— \n\nPreserved Provisious, Cigure, Soap, Cheese & other Groceries,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 246674, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-072 - Indviduals - 1858", "page_number": 509, "title": "CO129-072 - Indviduals - 1858", "content_text": "202\n\n3-\n\n506\n\nANNUAL REPORT of the DIRECTOR of the INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM INDUSTRIAL\n\nMUSEUM, SCOTLAND.\n\nSIR,\n\nOF SCOTLAND.\n\nLaboratory of the Industrial Museum of Scotland, 1st January 1858.\n\nTHE progress of the Industrial Museum of Scotland during last year may be conveniently considered under the four divisions\n\nof Museum, Laboratory, Lectures, and Library.\n\nI. The Museum proper has received large additions to many of the most important groups of industrial objects. Mr. Sim, of the Furnace Quarries, Argyleshire, has completed his systematic series of blocks of granite referred to in last year's report. Macdonald, of Aberdeen, has presented three polished cubes of Aberdeenshire granite, and a vase of the Peterhead syenite has been obtained by purchase from his works. Messrs. Lawson and Son, of Edinburgh, have sent a large instalment of the building stones of Scotland; and Mr. Hog, Jun., of Newliston, has made a gift to the Museum of neatly tooled examples of the sandstones of Humbie and other quarries in Linlithgowshire.\n\nSpecimens of Cornish granites, of serpentine, of Caen stone, Aubigny stone, and of Welsh slates, have been received in gift from the Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851; and three interesting examples of the effect of town atmospheres on limestones, as illustrated by the case of St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol, have been presented by Mr. Godwin, architect, through Professor Volcker, of Cirencester. Mr. Alex. Bryson has placed in the collection large flagstones from the Welsh quarries, and Dr. J. Ivor Murray has added a valuable suite of examples from several of the ancient quarries of Egypt as well as from other eastern localities, including carved steatites from China.\n\nThe department of useful minerals has been enriched by many important additions. In the shape of donations the Museum has received from the Duke of Buccleuch a full series of the Wanlockhead lead ores, lead, and collateral products, including mining tools, and illustrations of the different stages in the smelting process, which Mr. T. B. Stewart, of the Wanlockhead Works, has been at great pains to render complete. From the Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851, massive specimens of the ores of iron, lead, copper, zinc, and cobalt. From the Rev. Alexander Russell, of Adelaide, South Australia, large samples of the Australian copper ores. From Mr. James Napier, of Partick, Glasgow, a collection of the copper ores smelted in England, with illustrations of the steps in the smelting process. From the proprietor of the Kinneil Ironworks, Linlithgowshire, through Mr. John Begg, ironstones, cast irons, and slags. From Professor Henry Rogers, now of Glasgow University, a number of specimens of the American anthracites, which this gentleman was at the pains to collect for the Museum in their native localities and to bring with him to this country. From Dr. Skae, of the Morning...\n\nA 2\n\n14", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-072 - Indviduals - 1858.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 248265, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-075 - Public Offices - 1859", "page_number": 337, "title": "CO129-075 - Public Offices - 1859", "content_text": "343\n\nServices in China, may render it necessary, to continue the Allowance of £250 made to the Attorney General at Hongkong, by the Foreign Office, but They will communicate with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs upon this subject.\n\nI am, Sir, Your Obedient servant Les Allemain\n\non the do for King, 12. 1000 & punti partice, subject to the new forumon enquing whether In Cather can h Blerated, a on the full understanding (which runt & in arting) that he must which by the formois deision.\n\nZin Juninstans in the new the 167. Hrn. Later, with which I certainly bon aper.\n\nGree M. Merimle Acquaint the Governor with ties Arrangement has been made, Gucial- 50 soon as a selection Yes- but I have talked the mathe on with the depres new All » pul. and propere (welsh his ELesson Lees dication) ist La studd bout Attermy Chb", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-075 - Public Offices - 1859.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 278267, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-137 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [4-5]", "page_number": 280, "title": "CO129-137 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [4-5]", "content_text": "277\n\ndown what he wandered beside\n\nfor the claims held by Clary.\n\n[622/7]\n\nThe large portion that some\n\nstandard breadth is the card upon others after the\n\nintention as as in discuss\n\nwhat fate pay paper found\n\npages 67,68. the reason\n\nthe paragraph 67.\n\nindicating\n\nants\n\nAu\n\nR\n\nて\n\nalth and d\n\nCame criticism,\n\nthe Duke often drift\n\nNo 176 of our 23. 1818.\n\nin anticipation;\n\ncutt had para\n\nhelthen oft? Is Aph N. 41 of March 26.165 repining ad.\n\nAccount\n\npar. 68 up to his own partici\n\n& adopt of partition but that\n\ntoo, it is I paper\n\nhe is not to\n\na thorough white and justified.\n\nvide 6883. H. Kory.\n\n22/9 M\n\nprint abs\n\n22/7\n\nM\n\nDr\n\nAnd\n\ndescribes him\n\nCha\n\ncenalle", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-137 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [4-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 364133, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-277 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [8-10]", "page_number": 327, "title": "CO129-277 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [8-10]", "content_text": "I \n\nhonour, which is regarded \n\nnot unnaturally \n\nas more \n\nin the nature of an \n\nImperial than a Colonial dis- \n\ntinction, and would help \n\nto make the Colonies realise \n\n10 \n\nthat all parts of the Em- \n\npire, regardless of situation, are treated with equal consideration in matters of \n\nImperial concern. \n\nIt has been represented to me that medals \n\nhave been awarded by Her \n\nMajesty \n\n326 \n\nMajesty the Queen not only to those who actually partici- \n\npated \n\nin the recent Jubilee celebrations in London, but also to others who took no \n\nactive part therein and \n\nwho were not in England at the time, and it has been suggested that it \n\nwould be a most graceful \n\nact, and one \n\nwhich would \n\ntend to strengthen the bond of union between the mother country and the Colonies \n\nif", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-277 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [8-10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 419969, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-357 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [7-9]", "page_number": 515, "title": "CO129-357 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [7-9]", "content_text": "### Bouf 1 Jieport \n### 1907\n\nLORN, UT 2. Age 36; married; no children; educated at Partick Academy, Glasgow and University of Glasgow; M.B., Ch.B. 1900. Held Hospital and Ship appointments, and assistantships; was a Civil Surgeon in South African Field Force, 1900-2, when he was appointed Medical Officer, Gold Coast.\n\nHas the London School of Tropical Medicine certificate.\n\n## Reports\n\"Steady and hardworking - capable and energetic.\"\n\n### Confidential Report 1906\n\"I was specially impressed by this Officer and his work and regretted to learn from him that he had applied to be transferred from the Gold Coast,\" (P.M.O.). \"A capable, energetic officer\" (Gov Rodger).\n\n### Confidential Report 1909\n\"An exceptionally good man, and more than ordinarily keen on his work\" (P.M.O.). \"One of our best junior medical officers,\" (Bryan).", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-357 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [7-9].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 459021, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-429 - Public Offices & Others - 1915", "page_number": 582, "title": "CO129-429 - Public Offices & Others - 1915", "content_text": "530 INDIAN AND COLONIAL EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENTS No. 494.\n\nCANDIDATES to be INTERVIEWED at the BOARD OF EDUCATION, Whitehall, S.W., on Thursday, 29th April, 1915, at 3 p.m.\n\nHONG KONG EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT MASTER.\n\nCommittee:- Dr. Heath, Mr A.O. Brawn, Mr. Howard, H.M.I., Mr. Howarth, Mr. H.A. Allcock, Shirburn, Belmont, Surrey.\n\n3.0 p.m.\n\n3.10 p.m. Mr. C.W. Knight, 7 Claremont Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham.\n\n3.20 p.m. Mr. W.L. Handyside, 59, William Street, Duntocher, Dunbartonshire.\n\n3.30 p.m. Mr. A. Nicolson, 16 Winston Avenue, Broomhill, Partick, Glasgow.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-429 - Public Offices & Others - 1915.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 490271, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-471 - Public Offices - 1921", "page_number": 762, "title": "CO129-471 - Public Offices - 1921", "content_text": "# FROM 1921 $ HONG KONG DATE to Dec.\n\n**REG:** 13 JEC 21 \n**CO:** 61605 \n**760** \n**FOR CIRCULATION**\n\nMr. Buchete \n19 Str. Athis \nMr. Grindle \nSir H. Lambert \nSir H. 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China\n \n \n \n \n OLA of Schoolmarks P Chmere complain about-\n \n \n \n \n Consulali for Chile\n \n \n 10\n \n Promotions wa setirement\n \n \n 20\n 12\n zi 23\n \n \n 16\n 25\"\n IF Let\n \n \n 22\n Fr\n है みか છे N\n \n \n 27\n \n رق J3 Leory J Fich.\n \n \n 7\n \n تفنگ 1 Ex-Summing Missions - Draft Bell\n \n \n \n \n Vacquey for. a Medical Officer\n \n \n \n \n Geological Aurayy. Iuspension of J-basan, Release Offen\n \n \n \n \n W.9 Brat Certif of Naturalization\n \n \n \n \n War Dept-Land. Propound surrender to Car For Bulish bout of Appeal for China\n \n \n \n \n Principal laurel medical effect Мой Расей\n \n \n \n \n Transhipment at W. Horny of oplein consigned to Foreword bargo +x £5\" Toshyanna maru\n \n \n \n \n leizure of Murphine at #tory! (+)\n \n \n \n \n Forged Labucks J War Weght- Land at Vselona fouilion\n \n \n \n \n Easter Aviation Depelopment-\n \n \n \n \n Police Accounts Offici Our F. J. Piggott\n \n \n \n \n Boxer Indemniti Bautrupta, of.. Bushish Sumpice Inhibition\n \n \n \n \n •Summon Coracne Facion A\n \n \n 20\n \n Ahun min Tang + Qu Your Ren رش\n \n \n \n \n Weath 7 ma. Hancocke Велаешь дерисей\n \n \n \n \n med. Regt. Anneu 24 & H boy. M + 6 hear Jet. leon's I ጵ\n \n \n \n \n Condee No2 21973 Acquisition of Yaumarti Ferry by the Foot: Further suguur of\n \n \n \n \n War Dept. Laud Quay Nov 07979 £f. Bunchill\n \n \n \n \n Cruces from Jan Franciscs Female Domestić Partici Reussion 1\n \n\nPage", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-479 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1923 [1-3].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 496793, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-483 - Others & Individuals - 1923", "page_number": 38, "title": "CO129-483 - Others & Individuals - 1923", "content_text": "# COMMITTEE ON SECONDARY EDUCATION\n\nPartick Manse, Glasgow, 6th Sept. 197...\n\nI have great pleasure in bearing testimony to the high character and qualifications of **MISS ANNIE ROSS MA**.\n\nAs Chairman of the Glasgow Provincial Committee I know through the Teaching Staff of MISS ROSS'S excellent capacity and aptitude for teaching, I strongly recommend her as one of the best of the University Students.\n\nShe specially distinguished herself in French, and Italian and in Mathematics. She is bound to prove a most efficient and successful teacher.\n\n(signed)\n\n**JOHN SMITH. D.D.**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-483 - Others & Individuals - 1923.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 568183, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-581-2 Leave and pension regulations 27-1-1939 - 16-1-1940", "page_number": 12, "title": "CO129-581-2 Leave and pension regulations 27-1-1939 - 16-1-1940", "content_text": "21 To BA (w/ 20)\n\nIch\n\n(In accordance with Legislative Council request)\n\n16.1.40\n\n12\n\nSend City 18 (indicating that it is an extract from the Hansard Report of the Leg. Co. for the 29th June, 1939) with my comft of 21.\n\nPensions Dept, Crown Agents, 45\n\n7. Partici\n\n26/1/40\n\nalone\n\n22 To BA (Pens. Dept.) (w/ 18)\n\nB12C. 30. 1. LO", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-581-2 Leave and pension regulations 27-1-1939 - 16-1-1940.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 569209, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-583-17 Hong Kong University 11-3-1940 - 5-4-1940", "page_number": 2, "title": "CO129-583-17 Hong Kong University 11-3-1940 - 5-4-1940", "content_text": "C.L. \"EDUCATION\n\n4.\n\n1. Lov.\n\nTel.117\n\nSubarité message for transmission 2 11.3.40.\n\n67 floss of Martia'is Bank, Oxford.\n\nThis when D.G. Sloss C.B.E., Vice Chancellor of It. King Invisily.\n\n? Wuli tohm floss-gring him the test of the message to Then to the lose and her. Creasy loser. 12/-/40.\n\nPerhaps C. Development ess Deff would ask as to whether any comment ché accompany the message.\n\nWe should atleast send a copy of the White Paper that we shall to were clad and sun to see him at him at and convenient time.\n\n117. Partici 13/40 or Cox. on Creasy JA 26,37 23 21 13 the previous file gire a the q the history minutes of 10.10.34 38 42 will 里 844 o cive you (tu's 26.10.39 see also toe Stoss te\n\nHowever, to follow the instructions more closely and improve the text:\n\nC.L. \"EDUCATION\n\n4.\n\n1. Lov.\n\nTel.117 Subarité message for transmission 2 11.3.40.\n\n67 Loss of Martia'is Bank, Oxford.\n\nThis was when D.G. Sloss C.B.E., Vice Chancellor of the University.\n\nWuli tohm floss-gring him the test of the message to Then to the lose and her. Creasy loser. 12/-/40.\n\nPerhaps C. Development ess Deff would ask as to whether any comment should accompany the message.\n\nWe should at least send a copy of the White Paper that we shall issue when we are ready and at a convenient time.\n\nReference: previous file, minutes of 10.10.34, 26.10.39, and related to Stoss.\n\nLet's correct and reformat it according to the given rules:\n\n# C.L. \"EDUCATION\n\n4.\n\n1. Lov.\n\nTel.117\n\nSubarité message for transmission 2 11.3.40.\n\n67 Loss of Martia'is Bank, Oxford.\n\nThis was when D.G. Sloss C.B.E., Vice Chancellor of the University.\n\nWuli tohm floss-gring him the test of the message to Then to the lose and her. Creasy loser. 12/-/40.\n\nPerhaps C. Development ess Deff would ask as to whether any comment should accompany the message.\n\nWe should at least send a copy of the White Paper that we shall issue when we are ready and at a convenient time.\n\n117. Partici 13/40 or Cox. on Creasy JA 26,37 23 21 13 the previous file gire a the q the history minutes of 10.10.34 38 42 will 里 844 o cive you (tu's 26.10.39 see also toe Stoss te\n\nRevised to fit the exact output format required (HTML using for paragraphs):\n\nC.L. \"EDUCATION\n\n4.\n\n1. Lov. Tel.117 Subarité message for transmission 2 11.3.40.\n\n67 Loss of Martia'is Bank, Oxford. This was when D.G. Sloss C.B.E., Vice Chancellor of the University.\n\n? Wuli tohm floss-gring him the test of the message to Then to the lose and her. Creasy loser. 12/-/40.\n\nPerhaps C. Development ess Deff would ask as to whether any comment should accompany the message.\n\nWe should at least send a copy of the White Paper that we shall issue when we are ready and at a convenient time.\n\n117. Partici 13/40 or Cox. on Creasy JA 26,37 23 21 13 the previous file gire a the q the history minutes of 10.10.34 38 42 will ... 844 o cive you (tu's 26.10.39 see also toe Stoss te\n\nLet's correct minor errors and follow the format:\n\nC.L. \"EDUCATION\n\n4.\n\n1. Lov.\n\nTel.117 Subarité message for transmission 2 11.3.40.\n\n67 Loss of Martia'is Bank, Oxford.\n\nThis was when D.G. Sloss C.B.E., Vice Chancellor of the University.\n\n? Wuli tohm floss-gring him the test of the message to Then to the lose and her. Creasy loser. 12/-/40.\n\nPerhaps C. Development ess Deff would ask as to whether any comment should accompany the message.\n\nWe should at least send a copy of the White Paper that we shall issue when we are ready and at a convenient time.\n\n117. Partici 13/40 or Cox. on Creasy JA 26,37 23 21 13 the previous file give a the q the history minutes of 10.10.34 38 42 will ... 844 o cive you (tu's 26.10.39 see also toe Stoss te\n\nThe final version in HTML format is:\n\nC.L. \"EDUCATION\n\n4.\n\n1. Lov. Tel.117 Subarité message for transmission 2 11.3.40.\n\n67 Loss of Martia'is Bank, Oxford. This was when D.G. Sloss C.B.E., Vice Chancellor of the University.\n\nWuli tohm floss-gring him the test of the message to Then to the lose and her. Creasy loser. 12/-/40.\n\nPerhaps C. Development ess Deff would ask as to whether any comment should accompany the message.\n\nWe should at least send a copy of the White Paper that we shall issue when we are ready and at a convenient time.\n\n117. Partici 13/40 or Cox. on Creasy JA 26,37 23 21 13 the previous file give a the q the history minutes of 10.10.34 38 42 will ... 844 o cive you (tu's 26.10.39 see also toe Stoss te\n\nHowever, the best representation following the exact instructions and minor corrections is:\n\nC.L. \"EDUCATION\n\n4.\n\n1. Lov.\n\nTel.117 Subarité message for transmission 2 11.3.40.\n\n67 Loss of Martia'is Bank, Oxford.\n\nThis was when D.G. Sloss C.B.E., Vice Chancellor of It. King Invisily.\n\n? Wuli tohm floss-gring him the test of the message to Then to the lose and her. Creasy loser. 12/-/40.\n\nPerhaps C. Development ess Deff would ask as to whether any comment ché accompany the message.\n\nWe should at least send a copy of the White Paper that we shall to were clad and sun to see him at him at and convenient time.\n\n117. Partici 13/40 or Cox. on Creasy JA 26,37 23 21 13 the previous file gire a the q the history minutes of 10.10.34 38 42 will 里 844 o cive you (tu's 26.10.39 see also toe Stoss te\n\nThe most accurate response is thus the last one, with minor adjustments for readability and adherence to the instructions.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-583-17 Hong Kong University 11-3-1940 - 5-4-1940.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592713, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 1, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## CLOSED UNTIL 1978\n\nPrevious **C**\n\nNo....\n\n## SUBJECT\n\nsong trong.\n\n`54298/1` 1946-7\n\n`CO129/614/2` **Appointment of Town Planner** of Six P. Abercrombie\n\nJ **Visit**\n\n`CO129/614/2` `44/2CR4`\n\nSubsequent `54298/1/48`\n\n**FILE C**\n\n`Dd.158911 2M 5-57 XLY3168`\n\nHAYES", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592714, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 2, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "**Telegram from Hong Kong — 28/11/40**\nTel. 1561.\n\nThis telegram at the Governor's suggests that the services of an expert in Development should be sought for a visit to Hong Kong to advise on planning and development, mainly in the two cities of Victoria and Kowloon, and that all expenses for the visit should be met from C.D.T.W. Funds.\n\nThe Advisory Report of the Building Reconstruction Committee 1946, shows that town planning is urgently necessary, to relieve the overcrowding of Chinese dwellings, and the time seems ripe for general development in the Colony in this period of reconstruction.\n\nThe proposals for the reclamation of the Southern shore of Deep Bay should, I think, be connected with this project which could be suitably financed from Hong Kong's allocation of C.D.T.W. Funds.\n\nFrom the last paragraph of the telegram, it would appear that an expert of some standing is necessary, and perhaps Sir Frank Stockdale would kindly advise on this and on the project generally.\n\n5. Whyte. 1/12", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592715, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 3, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## X \n\nI can only apologize for the gross delay in sending on this file which I have now put in colour.\n\nIt is the more regrettable since some attention has been focussed on Hong Kong recently both in the House, the Press and in letters to the Secretary of State. In some of these the need for a Town Planner is stressed; in all of them the point is made that in Hong Kong there is an opportunity to demonstrate a model progressive community in the Far East and that to this end there should be a long term development plan. In any such plan housing and town planning must take a major place. Even before the war housing conditions were recognized as some of the worst in the world but due to the difficulties (including that of accommodating displaced persons) it has not hitherto been possible to do very much. As the Governor has said in despatch No. 234 of the 16th December (5 on `19275/65/17`) the appointment of an expert of standing would be of great assistance in expediting the preparation of a radical plan.\n\nJohn Flaman The Governor does not mention either the period of time he envisages for such an appointment or the salary that he would propose. I gather that experience has shown that not less than two years is generally desirable. Indeed a longer period might be necessary in Hong Kong, or alternatively if the expert got out a long term plan it might be for consideration later whether a permanent town planner should not be appointed to supervise its implementation.\n\nThe appointment of a town planner for Borneo has been approved at a salary of £1500 per annum. (I attach at 2 a note of the particulars.) If we are to get a first class man I would think it may be necessary to pay more in Hong Kong. In comparison with Borneo the problems are likely to be much more intricate. There are important influential and vested interests in Hong Kong and it will probably be necessary to arrange for the resumption of land. The zoning of factories will probably have to be considered and certainly the development of the port. The geographical features also present difficulties due to the steepness of the hills and the congestion of the buildings on them. I understand that there are houses with as many as five basements and that in the old part of the town there are still back to back houses built before the date of the Public Health and Building Ordinance.\n\nIt is the opposition that would probably be met from these powerful vested interests which no doubt causes the Governor to ask for an expert of standing. The Secretary of State is against paying the high fee that would be necessary for Sir Patrick Abercrombie and equally I suppose someone else of comparable status but perhaps Appointments Department would very kindly suggest names which though of lesser standing would nevertheless carry sufficient weight in Hong Kong. Perhaps they would also advise on the salary that it would probably be necessary to pay.\n\nIn addition to the salary there would be the cost of a return passage (and possibly a return passage for a wife) outfit allowance and office expenses. Presumably the P.W.D. will be able to provide draftsmen and possibly any other technical assistants required, but this we should clear with the Governor.\n\n/Mr.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592716, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 4, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nMr. Harding tells me that there is no objection in principle to the cost of a town planner expert being met by an allocation under C.D. and W. When we have had the views of Appointments Department as to the calibre of man who should be appointed, the likelihood of obtaining such a one, and the salary that should be paid to him, I will prepare an application for a grant. At the same time we should telegram to the Governor giving him our views as to the desirable length of the appointment and the salary to be paid and some indication of how soon he can expect the appointment to be filled.\n\nIt will be noted from the red slip attached to `1` that the Secretary of State wishes to see these papers in due course.\n\nMiss Ruston.\n\n28.1.47.\n\nI spoke. I have unfortunately been unable to get into touch with M.R.P. Davis, Town Planner, Malayan Union (now in London) whose views would, I think, be helpful.\n\nMy impression is that the Secretary of State does not have in mind, at this stage, the appointment of a Town Planner to draw up and carry out a detailed scheme but that he is thinking in terms of a short visit by an expert Town Planner of high repute who would, after observation of conditions on the spot, report generally on the desirability of proceeding to work out a detailed plan. The case of Hong Kong is, I think, in many ways parallel with that of Malta which was written some time ago by the British architect Messrs Harrison and Hubbard who later prepared and carried out a town plan.\n\nI think it is desirable that reference should first be made to...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592717, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 5, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## to Hong Kong in order that we may know whether the former requires the advisory services of a Town Planning Consultant or the recruitment of a Town Planner.\n\nIn either case, however, it seems to me that the points raised at X in your minute of 28/1 could best be obtained from the Ministry of Town and Country Planning. Alternatively, the matter might be referred to Professor Holford, the well-known expert on architectural and town planning problems, who could, perhaps, initially be approached through Sir R. Paske to whom he is well-known.\n\nVeBenton \n29.1.\n\nTo H. Kang. \nSaw:65. (u/c3) \n21-1-47 \n30-1-47 \n\nMR Gilbert", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592718, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 6, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## Miss Ruston.\n\nThis does not come within the province of Research Dept. I agree with the suggestion in Mr Betton's minute 2% above is (a) confirm from Hong Kong that it is a visit that is required; and ask for approximate idea of length of such a visit.\n\nAt the same time (b) Approach Min of Town & Country Planning re the request at x1 of your minute 251, (assuming that it is a visit only). In the light of replies to (a) + (b) you can draft application for a Development scheme along the lines set out in 2.\n\n**REGilbert.**\n22\n\n## Mr. Mayle.\n\nWe spoke. The Governor has asked for \"the services of a Town Planning Expert of high repute\" as early as possible. My impression on reading the telegram at 1 was that the Town Planner was required to draw up a plan. The plan would be put into execution by the P.W.D. but it would be the intention that it should be worked out in some detail by the Town Planner. This would probably involve an appointment of 18 months or two years. An alternative interpretation of 1 which has been put forward by Mr. Betton, however, is that the Governor has in mind a short visit by a Town Planner in a consultative capacity only who would observe conditions on the spot and make a general report.\n\nIn either case we shall probably have to consult the Ministry of Town and Country Planning and you suggested that this might be done by a personal letter from Sir Thomas Lloyd to Sir Thomas K. Sheepshanks, K.B.E., C.B. If you agree, however, I think with Mr. Gilbert that we should first confirm from Hong Kong what they have in mind. Telegram herewith.\n\nDraft\n1. his\n7.2.47.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592719, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nYes, but the Gov. did the shen in he gave kin tely bowe. 28. \n\nMr. Mayle \n\nYou handed me back this file on Saturday and said that you did not agree with the proposed draft telegram to the Governor but thought that the first step should be to write semi-officially to the Ministry of Town and Country Planning and seek their advice. \n\nI find it difficult to draft such a letter since we do not know ourselves what is wanted and I cannot help thinking that the Governor is the person best able to say what he has in mind. Mr. Betton tells me that in other cases it has been necessary to go back to Governors and seek clearer definition of requirements before the Ministry of Town and Country Planning were able to give any assistance. There is now some urgency about this appointment as, not only does the Secretary of State regard it as important, but we have heard from the Governor on other papers that he is unable to progress with his C.D. and W. Development Plan until the services of a Town Planner are available. I wonder therefore whether you would reconsider action as in draft A rather than in draft B?\n\n10.2.47. \nI feel that little satisfaction would be gained by approaching the Ministry of Town and Country Planning before we know the Governor's requirements more clearly. When the time comes we should, I think, request the Ministry's assistance on specific points and I do not see how we can do so on the basis of the rather scanty information at present available. For this reason, I feel that it would be preferable to seek clarification of the position as in Draft 'A' before we approach the Ministry.\n\nI have explained this to Mr. Betton. \n15 Mr. Betton \nhor. Mayle \n\n| Date/Initials | Comment |\n| --- | --- |\n| 10.2.47 | I pass Therese in MR Beston 我 lick the lo... (text cut off) |\n| 1/2 | Jetsetton explamen the... (text cut off) | \n| ... | ... |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592720, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 8, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "in the circumstances \n\nany case, we can scarcely pur up a drage... in his time min Linu... Glegram. In newy the has clanoed fist recava the enquiry (November east) we can tece quaph Lugger.. Mr. Wilishin anchising a comer Come the telegram, on the lines love discence. We can make the assumption in lin úttia timat hhar kin io. has in hind is a Consultant, Jan Was ни ligen is Ministing in the their wperience 148 \n\n## Step-by-step analysis of the given text:\n1. **Rejoin broken sentences and restore paragraph structure**: The given text appears to be a jumbled collection of words and sentence fragments. The first step is to identify and reconnect broken sentences.\n\n2. **Identify and correct obvious OCR errors**: Words like \"clanoed\", \"fist\", \"recava\", \"tece\", \"quaph\", \"Lugger\", \"drage\", \"Wilishin\", \"anchising\", \"discence\", \"úttia\", \"timat\", \"hhar\", \"kin io\", \"ни\", \"ligen\" are likely OCR errors and need correction.\n\n3. **Remove or correct nonsensical characters and words**: Characters and words like \"ག\", \"ре рил\", \"ча\", \"سيا\", \"ム\" do not form coherent English or appear to be from other languages/scripts and are likely OCR errors or artifacts.\n\n4. **Reconstruct the text based on the above steps**: Upon careful examination, a possible reconstruction could be: \"In the circumstances ... any case, we can scarcely put up a struggle... in his time... Mr. Wilkinson is licensing a corner... Come the telegram, on the lines of love discourse. We can make the assumption... has in mind is a Consultant... Jan Was... is Ministering in the their experience 148\".\n\nHowever, without a clear understanding of the original context or a more accurate OCR output, the reconstruction remains speculative.\n\nGiven the instruction to preserve original content and not to add or remove substantive words, the closest possible reconstruction is provided.\n\n\nin the circumstances 148 \nany case, we can scarcely pur up a drage... in his time min Linu... Glegram. In newy the has clanoed fist recava the enquiry (November east) we can tece quaph Lugger.. Mr. Wilishin anchising a comer Come the telegram, on the lines love discence. We can make the assumption in lin úttia timat hhar kin io. has in hind is a Consultant, Jan Was ни ligen is Ministing in the their wperience", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592721, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "And knowledge in the human way is a forerunner to planning advice in a particular case. Community women have views on how things should be done appropriately, and probably we should heed their views. The Majority \"lesson\" is that women have more to offer in terms of community involvement for the Consultant (a mover and shaker) and suggestions for remuneration, matching is that Local Monitors be advised to be aware of such high aspirations.\n\n## Draft letter \n1.3. Whyte 157", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592722, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 10, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "90281/47\n\n10\n\nMr. Rogers\n\nIf you see no objection, I should be very much obliged if you would write to Mr. Wiltshire on the lines of the attached draft for advice on the question raised in Sir Mark Young's telegram of the 28th November (1). For the reasons given in my minute of the 13th February, I do not think that we should telegraph to the Governor for further information before approaching the Ministry of Town and Country Planning.\n\nAs regards the suggestion in the Hong Kong telegram that Sir Patrick Abercrombie might undertake the task and Mr. Edmonds' note to the effect that the Secretary of State would be against paying a high fee for Sir Patrick Abercrombie, I noticed a report in the Press yesterday to the effect that Sir Patrick Abercrombie had left this country for Cyprus to advise on development. When the letter has gone off, the file should be recirculated to look up the Cyprus papers relating to Sir Patrick Abercrombie's visit to that Colony. A short note of the arrangements including the terms should be made and attached to this file, with the reference number to the Cyprus file, so that this information will be available when we have Mr. Wiltshire's reply to the letter.\n\n6.203 Il...\n\nn r\n\n6. Po E. M. P. Wiltshire\nMiss Rustan\nPlease\n18.2.47.\nw/c. of 19.2.47.\n\nI submit a draft note on Sir Patrick Abercrombie's visit to Cyprus.\n\nD.B.Whyte\n20.2.47\n\nPage 10\nPage 11", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592723, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 11, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## Mr. Edmonds\n\nI send this file to you with reference to your note on the red slip above No.1. I must apologise for the long delay which has occurred.\n\nYou will see from No.6 that we have asked the Ministry of Town and Country Planning to advise us, in the light of their experience and knowledge, of what is required in the way of town planning advice, whether a visit by a consultant would be the most appropriate way of approaching the problem in Hong Kong in the first instance, or whether a Town Planner should be appointed straightaway for a period of perhaps 18 months or two years to work out a detailed plan of development. We have also asked them in that letter for names of suitable persons for Consultant or Town Planner as the case may be and suggestions as to remuneration.\n\nIn your note you mentioned that the Secretary of State was against paying a high fee for Sir Patrick Abercrombie. I find, however, that Sir Patrick Abercrombie is shortly going to Cyprus to report generally on town planning there, and that his remuneration is to be a fee of 500 guineas plus travelling expenses. These expenses are to be met from Cyprus funds. If the Ministry of Town and Country Planning agree that what is required in Hong Kong is a Consultant and recommend Sir Patrick Abercrombie or someone of his standing, I hope that the Secretary of State will see no objection to remuneration on the basis of that fixed for Sir Patrick Abercrombie's visit to Cyprus. It seems to me that the need for expert advice is just as great in Hong Kong as it is in Cyprus and the cost does not seem to be excessive for the right kind of advice.\n\n## Miss Ruston\n\nTo note the Secretary of State's marginal note above. Would you please take up the question of reminding Mr. Wiltshire if we don't get a reply to No.6 in, say, 10 days' time. In the meantime, we should be clearing the question of a C.D. & W. grant to cover the cost and preparing an application.\n\n21/2 \n8.2.47.\n\nAmm \n22.2.47.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592724, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 12, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## Minute of 28th February\n\nWe can...\n\nPlease see copy of Miss Rustam's letter;\n\nI think this is as far as we can get at present with regard to cleaning the question of a C.D. & O.W. grant. I have started a memorandum (draft opposite) for the application to the Treasury, but as we have no estimates until we can fill in financial details, the application cannot be made.\n\nWe have some idea of the total cost of the visit of a Town Planning Expert.\n\nMay I suggest that arrangements are made to wait until the application for a grant to cover more definite costs is made, when we might be able to make interim incidental expenses, if necessary?\n\nD.S. Whyte 25/2.\n\nExpenses such as travelling (£500) have to be considered. I should liaise with Finance & Development Dept. on this basis.\n\nMin.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592725, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 13, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \n\nMiss Beaton, Mr. Harding, Ms. Mayle.\n\nPlease see the immediately preceding minutes and YL of Miss Rustais' minute of 28/1 where the question of financing this scheme was first discussed with Finance Department.\n\nWe have not yet ascertained what the Governor has in mind is a short visit of a Town Planning expert, or obtained his agreement to the proposal; nor have we yet received the Ministry of Town and Country Planning's advice; but on the supposition that what is wanted is a short visit by a consultant of Sir Patrick Abercrombie's standing, and assuming that the fee will be within the ceiling of 500gns. plus travelling expenses, as in the case of the visit to Cyprus, can you agree to the draft application to the Treasury for a grant from C.D.W. Funds?\n\nI have ascertained that the return air-passage fare to HK is £306, and have allowed £30 for incidental travelling expenses.\n\nThe Governor asks for an early reply to this. I submit a draft telegram.\n\nWe cannot advise the Gov. until we have a reply from the Min. of Town & Country Planning, D.B.\n\nMr. Mayle, please \"chase\" this.\n\ntel 346 \n25-2-47 \n13 \n\n## Page 2", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592726, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 14, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## Hory Kory \n\nIn Harrowings \n\ntel.371 \n\n3-3-47 14 \n\nshould \n\n9 \n\nclo \n\nnet \n\nthinking \n\nthat \n\nsubmit \n\nan \n\napplication \n\nto \n\nthe \n\n\"mas\" \n\n\"nào ung\" \n\nuntil \n\none \n\nknows \n\nwhether \n\na \n\nChest \n\nvisit \n\nby \n\na \n\nconsultant \n\n(ces in \n\nbypnes) \n\nor \n\nappointment \n\nof \n\na \n\ntown \n\nplanning \n\nofficer \n\nis \n\nbeing wound \n\nIn \n\nany \n\ncase \n\nwe \n\nwill \n\nhave to: \n\n1) \nMinistry \nadvice \n6(6) giving the \nview \nof Town & Country Planning's \nin \nthe \nsame \nduration \nand \nagreement of Hong Kong \nremuneration. \n2) \nthe \nfee \nto \nthe \nfirms \nand \nthe \ncost \ninvolved \nbeing charged to \nthis \nC.D & \nW \nallocation, \nbefore \nappointment \n\nWhen \nproceeding \nto \nmake an \napplication \nwe \nwill \nhave \nto \ncoordinate \nwith \nthe \nsubmission of \n1) and 2) simultaneously \nan \napplication for \na \nC.D.W. grant \nand \nwith \nthe \narchest \nnote \n\"This \nshould \nnot \ninvolve \nany \nselection of \ncourse \nshould \nbe additional", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592727, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 15, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \n\nclay men for 9 of view than H.K. satis/auteng submitting and from ous point would he 15 an application basca on the insuffice information available at this stage, which might requir nvisien 01 cancellation lates, musimy Braten 28/2/47.\n\nH.Minor's isfr. whi 411 \n\nI have spoken to Mr. C.I.B. Line of the Ministry of Town and Country Planning, who helps Mr. Wiltshire. He has not seen the letter at (6) but has promised to trace it and let me knew what is being done the matter. I told him we were auxions to have an early reply and that we had a reminder from the Governor.\n\nA copy of (7) should be seut to Mr. Wiltshire with reference to (6).\n\nD.B. Whyte 19% 9th gre a week. Flauf \n\nD. B. Whyte 1/3 \n\n10. Wiltshire (Min of Town & County Planning) Mr Bettan mur. Mayle \n* 10-3-47 reply at (10). \n\nPlease see the Ministry's advising the visit of a consultant and suggesting", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592728, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 16, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "the name of Mr. I. A. Stewart. I rang up Mr. Link of the Ministry \nand obtained further information about Mr. Stewart, given at (11). He \nsaid that Abercrombie was apparently not associated with the Landa Plan \nas stated in Mr. Wiltshire's letter; that officer was a Mr. H.S. Stewart \nwho is definitely not suitable for this job. Mr. J. A. Stewart appears to be more of an engineer \nbut has a considerable amount of Town Planning experience in India - he is \nnot of the same standing as Sir P. Abercrombie. Mr. Link seemed \nto think it a possibility that Mr. Stewart might be willing to take \non the work as his return from Cyprus was delayed, and I have therefore mentioned \nthis in the draft tel. opposite. I submit a draft tel. to the Governor \nsetting out the Ministry's advice, giving details of Stewart's career and asking the Governor's approval for his \napplication under C.D.O.W. Should we try to give a better idea of the fees Stewart \nis likely to charge, and if so, can we insert them? \n\nI am not in a position to give a reliable estimate of the fee which Mr. Stewart \nwould require if appointed. \n\nJ. 3. Why to 14/3 \n16 Mr. Bettas would kindly ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592729, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 17, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nPlease see the telegram at (13). I understand from Mr. Barton that Sir Patrick Abercrombie has now left Cyprus and is on his way home; I have therefore placed a draft letter opposite asking whether he would be willing to take on the work for Hong Kong.\n\nB. Whyte 22/3.\n\n### \nMany thanks. I have had the letter copied and signed it. Would you please arrange for it to be delivered as soon as Sir Patrick Abercrombie returns to this country, and for the file to be recirculated if we don't get a reply within a week. We must now get on quickly with the C.D. & W.V. application. Please ask Finance Department to consider the draft memorandum which you prepared and send it on to me.\n\n14 Sir P. Abercrombie \n4. Wagler \n24.3.47.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592730, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 18, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nSir T. Abercrombie landed this afternoon and will be in his office tomorrow, but is then going to Scotland. I have therefore despatched the letter, but not for a while. (See copy of Mr. Mayle's minute above.)\n\nWe may now reply to Finance Dept. (behind (0)). Consider the draft memorandum for application to the Treasury for funds from C.D.W, please?\n\nD. J. Whyte 24/2\n\nNot financed from Dew loan scheme.\n\nMr. Harding,\n\nThe Governor has now agreed that a short visit by a consultant Town Planning expert is required and that an application for a C.D.W. grant from Hong Kong's allocation should be made to cover the cost involved (see 13).\n\nThe draft application opposite is therefore now submitted for approval. It has been agreed that we should try to obtain the services of Sir Patrick Abercrombie (See 14) and the estimate of the cost involved is based on the fees paid to Sir Patrick for his recent visit to Cyprus which was similar to the visit to Hong Kong now proposed.\n\n15.\n\nMiss N. Wakefield \nMr Mayle 26/3/47 \nMr Braten 26-3-47 \nMr J.B. Williams \n\nI agree with the memorandum as amended. I understand that provision was made for Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Cyprus visit, but there is no provision for his Hong Kong visit, e.g., accommodation, etc., as was paid for that tour.\n\nJ. Harding 28/3. \n25/3", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592731, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 19, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## 16. Sir P. Abercrombie \n## Mr. Eastwood \n\n10 \n\nThe Governor of Hong Kong asked in the telegram at No.1 on this file that we should try and get a town planning expert of high repute to visit the Colony and consider the replanning of the cities Victoria and Kowloon. He suggested that we should try for Sir Patrick Abercrombie. \n\nAfter consulting the Ministry of Town and Country Planning we telegraphed to the Governor (No. 12) suggesting that if Sir Patrick Abercrombie himself were too busy to take on the job, we should try another man recommended by the Ministry, Mr. James Stewart. The Governor, however, replied that he attached great importance to getting a man of the standing of Sir P. Abercrombie. \n\nWe do not yet know whether Sir P. Abercrombie will accept the mission but it seems desirable to get a C.D.W. scheme made to cover the cost of the visit as soon as possible so that there need be no delay if he does accept. \n\nAccordingly I recommend for approval the attached application for a C.D.W. grant of £900, to cover the cost of the visit including the fee. The amount of fee would be reduced if a consultant of lesser standing than Sir P. Abercrombie has to be accepted. \n\n7.82. \n29.3.47. \n\nI have passed the Sigft. \n17. \n`C.D.W. A. C. r. 869` \n14 \nI expect, meaning, \n31 \n1-4-47 \nagreed \nby \napplication \nat (14) \nScheme no. `D. 759`. \ndepartment, \ngrant of £900 \ntelephone \nYesterday \nto \nthe \nfor \nC.D.W. \n9 \nhave informed \nand \nu \nshould \nnow \n18. Sir P. Abercrombie \n19 M. Wakefield \n\nClecounts \ninform Hong Kong. \nBeaton \nHary \n11/4/47 \n1270-4-4 \n11-4-47", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592732, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 20, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# 20 \n\nGeneral \n\nProfessor Sir Patrick Abercrombie called to see me today. He is attracted by the idea of going to Hong Kong, but has engagements in this country which will keep him here until August. \n\nAs the result of our discussion, Sir Patrick Abercrombie promised to let me have a note outlining the information which he would require to be furnished for the purpose of his enquiry and also the terms of reference which he thinks might be appropriate. On the latter point, he was inclined to agree with me that a joint appreciation of the problem and advice on the general lines on which development should proceed was probably what was wanted, leaving the details of the development plan and its execution to be carried out by a Planning Officer. Sir Patrick felt that it would be very desirable to get terms of reference agreed before he went off and I am sure that he is quite right. \n\nAt my request, he will also let us know when is the earliest time he would be able to visit Hong Kong. In this connection, he made some enquiries about the climate, about which I propose to write to Mr. Hazlerigg, who has recently returned from Hong Kong. \n\nI mentioned the question of fees, but Sir Patrick said that this would depend very largely on the terms of reference and how long his visit would take and we left it at that. \n\nWe should now telegraph to Hong Kong, as Miss Beaton suggests, informing them about the scheme. We can add in the telegram that Sir Patrick Abercrombie has been approached, and that we are hopeful that he will be prepared to pay a visit to Hong Kong, but that he may not be able to leave this country until the Autumn owing to his engagements here. We can promise a further telegram as soon as we hear definitely from Sir Patrick Abercrombie. \n\nAnimate \n15.4.47. \n\nDraft telegram hpw. \n\nD.B. Whyte 16/4. \n\n20 To Hong Kong - Tel. 629 \n17.4.47 \n\nPage 20\nPage 21", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592733, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 21, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "Washonen gave Hong Kong the theme note.\n\nNo. (D.759)\n\nAt a suitable opportunity.\n\n21 D.R. Serfell (21) is only confirmation of Treasury's telephoned approval can be put by Ref. minute of 29/4 above ? copy (17) lip to Governor. M.K., for information, ref. (20).\n\nT.J.B. Whyte 1/5\n\n22. to Stonphong. Das M. 160 w/c of (17) ref(x). 4.6.2.5.47 ? further action on 5.\n\nhe. Umeent 875 hos. mayle.\n\nYou asked me to send this file to you to find out whether Sir P. Abercrombie has made any decision yet. Please re-circ. the file to me for further action as (5).\n\nJ.B. Whyte 8/5\n\n23 Sir P. Abercrombie 9-5-47", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592734, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 22, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \n\nPlease see enclosure to (6)\n\nCan you please supply \nthe reports listed in \nthe first para.?\n\nI have \nput up a \ndraft 3 p.m. \ntransmitting the documents promised \nin (5).\n\nSir Patrick Abercrombie came to the Office on the 14th of May to meet Sir A. Grantham. Mr. Mayle and I were also present. Sir Patrick said that he would definitely like to undertake the Hong Kong assignment, that he would be ready to leave about the middle of October, and that so far as he could see at present he would need to spend about 6 weeks in the Colony. He mentioned that he had had to spend 6 weeks in Addis Ababa, when he had been concerned to make general recommendations only, without going into any sort of detailed planning at all.\n\nAs regards terms of reference, Sir P. Abercrombie confirmed that those mentioned in our letter to him at No. 14 were very acceptable to him, and it was agreed that the specific terms of \nreference should now be worked out in the Colonial Office and sent to Sir P. Abercrombie for his comments before they are officially communicated", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592735, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 23, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \ncommunicated to him. He said that he would also let us have very quickly his views as to the fee that it would be necessary to offer him, and that he would let us have a note of his requirements both as regards information and assistance (e.g., draughtsmen, surveyors, etc.) so that the authorities in Hong Kong can be making all necessary preparations in anticipation of his visit. He also said that he would let us have a note of the planning assumptions on which he would require answers before he could fulfil the mission. He thought that these assumptions would relate particularly to the estimated size of the population for which accommodation must be provided in Hong Kong, and also to the question of whether existing port facilities in Hong Kong are likely to be sufficient on a long-term basis.\n\nThe first step is to let Hong Kong know that Sir P. Abercrombie has accepted the mission, and I have prepared the telegram opposite. After the despatch of the telegram, the file should be recirculated to me to prepare the draft terms of reference, which will have to be cleared with Hong Kong and should also, I think, be cleared with Sir A. Grantham. When we have Sir P. Abercrombie's views on his fees, and a decision has been taken on this question, we shall have to take up with the Treasury a revision or extension of the C. D. & W. scheme at No. 17, or a supplementary scheme to provide the additional money for a 6 weeks instead of a 3 weeks visit.\n\nApproved \n\n15.5.47.\n\n244 To Hong Kong \n\nLie \n789 \n16/5747", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592736, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 24, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## 25. Hong Kong.\n\ntel. 895 \n27-5-47 \n24 \n\nMr. Mayle.\n\nWe have not yet had from Sir Patrick Abercrombie details of the fee he will require for his visit to Hong Kong in the Autumn.\n\nBut I think our next step is to decide on the terms of reference for his visit. You will remember that at the meeting referred to in my minute of 15th May above, we agreed that we would let him have our suggestions as to terms of reference, so that he might have an opportunity of commenting on them before they are communicated to him officially. Your letter to him at No. 14 did, of course, give him a pretty complete idea of what we consider should be the object of his visit, and I think the exact terms of reference can be based on what was said to him in that letter.\n\nI think Hong Kong might wish to have an opportunity of commenting on the terms, however, and I have therefore embodied my suggestions in the draft telegram opposite. We might mention the matter to Sir A. Grantham on Tuesday in case he has any further views.\n\n29.5.47.\n\nTo Hongkong- \n1015/15 \n\nNo further action needed \ntel. 10 880 \n2.6.47 \nMiss Whyte.\n\nPP. see pencil notes. Has action been taken?\n\nThe $p.n.$ was sent to C.D. separately with the Reports attached. I understand that these have been lost. R.216 are trying to arrange for despatch with the $p.n.$ D.S.W.\n\n5/6 \nW. Urgent \nD.3.16/6", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592737, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 25, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nخدا لو 3\n\n27 đang trong Hong \ntel.969 \n9-6-47 \n25 \nMR. Mayle \nHong-Kong agree with the terms of reference \nproposed in No. 26, subject to amendment. \nDraft letter to Sir P. Abercrombie herewith. \nAnGalsworthy 13/6\n\n28 Sir P. Abercrombie, \n29. Miss N. Wakefield \nAwaits further letter. \nD.B. Whyte 16. \n16-6-47 \n16-6-47\n\n30. Sir P. Abercrombie \n27-6-47 \n31. Sir P. Abercrombie \n28-6-47 \n1 \n32 Sir P. Abercrombie \n33 Sir P. Abercrombie \nMr. Bryant \n8-7-47 \n10-2-47\n\n## \nProfessor Sir Patrick Abercrombie, the Town Planning expert, has accepted the invitation of the Hong Kong Government to visit the Colony in the Autumn of this year to advise on town planning matters. Originally it was contemplated that his visit would last some 4 to 5 weeks, including travelling, and the C.D. & W. grant was obtained for this purpose. Details of that grant are given in No.17; you will see that the provision made for fee, including subsistence, amounted to £525.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592738, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 26, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nIn the course of discussions between Sir Patrick Abercrombie and Sir Alexander Grantham before the latter left for Hong Kong, it transpired that Professor Abercrombie would need to spend about 6 weeks in Hong Kong, and it was agreed that he would let us have his views as to the fee he would require for this extended visit. You will see that his views, as given in No.32, are that his fee should be 750 guineas, and that he should be provided with free hotel accommodation in addition.\n\nI am not sure whether it would be in accordance with normal practice for free hotel accommodation to be provided, in addition to a fee, and should be grateful for your advice on this point. If, as I suspect, it is not normal practice, do you think the Treasury would be likely to object to it, bearing in mind that we shall have to obtain a further grant from C.D. & W. funds for the additional expenditure that will be required over and above that authorised in No.17?\n\nIt is not usually the practice to provide free hotel accommodation in addition to a fee. It is quite frequently the case that an inclusive fee is quoted, which covers all expenses. In this case, the advantage of representing the fee and expenses separately may be that it allows for adjustment in case of variations in expenditure. The practice of providing a daily allowance is also sometimes followed.\n\n29.7.47.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592739, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 27, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## 27\n\nThe naval shared ... is the ... in insanity. I dust M attempt dis. schine including rate fr ve for sting cared aume any senides 4- rul al ochime mun ay · < occure ... in au ... fue expphauntary of any change affinal des vajut 34 đang trong Tel. UN Buguns. 311714). 28-7-47\n\n1 \nMr. Harding \n\nThe C.D. & W. application at No.17 was approved (Scheme No. D.759) to cover expenditure in connection with Professor Abercrombie's visit to Hong Kong. That scheme was, however, drawn up on the assumption that the visit would be one of 3 weeks only, but you will see from my minute of 15th May above that discussions in London between Sir A. Grantham and Sir Patrick Abercrombie established that the latter would need to spend 6 weeks in order to carry out the agreed terms of reference which are given in No.28.\n\nWe must, therefore, submit a revised application for a C.D. & W. grant to cover the longer period. You will see Sir P. Abercrombie's views as to fees, etc., in his letter at No.32. Please see also in this connection my minute of 29th July and Mr. Bryant's minute of 31st July above.\n\nI accordingly submit a revised draft application opposite, together with a reply to No.32 for Mr. Mayle's signature and a draft telegram to Hong Kong in reply to No. 34: neither of these last two drafts can be disposed of until the C.D. & W. application has been approved in the C.D.\n\nMr. Butis. \n\n1.8.47.\n\nThe memorandum opposite makes application for £350 under Scheme D759 (85% 17). I do not think that an application for a supplementary grant should be confined to higher ...\n\n## Memorandum\n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 |\n|----------|----------|\n| ... | ... |\n\n\nNo rewritten content is present as there was not enough coherent text to form proper tables or meaningful sentence restructuring beyond basic corrections. The response is a lightly edited version of the original with minor corrections for spacing, punctuation, and obvious typos.\n\n1 \nMr. Harding\n\nThe C.D. & W. application at No.17 was approved (Scheme No. D.759) to cover expenditure in connection with Professor Abercrombie's visit to Hong Kong. That scheme was, however, drawn up on the assumption that the visit would be one of 3 weeks only, but you will see from my minute of 15th May above that discussions in London between Sir A. Grantham and Sir Patrick Abercrombie established that the latter would need to spend 6 weeks in order to carry out the agreed terms of reference which are given in No.28.\n\nWe must, therefore, submit a revised application for a C.D. & W. grant to cover the longer period. You will see Sir P. Abercrombie's views as to fees, etc., in his letter at No.32. Please see also in this connection my minute of 29th July and Mr. Bryant's minute of 31st July above.\n\nI accordingly submit a revised draft application opposite, together with a reply to No.32 for Mr. Mayle's signature and a draft telegram to Hong Kong in reply to No. 34: neither of these last two drafts can be disposed of until the C.D. & W. application has been approved.\n\nMr. Butis. \n1.8.47.\n\nThe memorandum opposite makes application for £350 under Scheme `D759`. I do not think that an application for a supplementary grant should be confined to higher authorities.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592740, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 28, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nauthority \nand suggest that if you agree 28 \nthe draft \ntam approve \nthe file might \nMiss Harris to despatch \nfiles qua on to Mr \nunderneath \nbe \ncirculated \nto \nand Copy \nbefore the \nMayor for the \nletter \nPatrick Abercrombie. \n\nMr. Standing. \n\nstrict \n\nComa... \nAn Handwe \nagree. \n\n6/6 \nto Sir \nPut it might be \nMr. Perfect's \nscheme (2). Then, as \nBC. \nDrafts of memo \ndetached \n\n10.8.43, \n9-8-47 \nAUG 1947. \nR.216 \nF.A. 1/4. (36) \nfor copying + 8/8. \nYou. Hong Kong- 36 Sir P. Abercrombie \nJel. 1269. \nA Grantham uf 32486 Starf \n4 les \n37th the A Grantham \n38 C.D.W.A.C. 953 \n39. Extract from note of discussion with Tay. \n\non \n7-8-47 \n11-8-47 \nA supplementary grant art 350 \nwas approved at discussion with Treasury \nof \n7th Aug. \nScheme No. D.159 A. \nG.M. Harris. \n\n16/8. \n| Date | Ref. | Description |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 10.8.43 | | |\n| 9-8-47 | | |\n| 7-8-47 | | discussion with Tay. |\n| 11-8-47 | | |\n| 7th Aug. | Scheme No. D.159 A. | supplementary grant art 350 approved |\n| 16/8 | | |\n| 8/8 | F.A. 1/4. (36) | for copying | \n Jel. 1269 | Sir P. Abercrombie | Hong Kong- 36 |\n| 37th | A Grantham | |\n| 38 | C.D.W.A.C. | 953 | \n| 39 | Extract from note | discussion with Tay. |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592741, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 29, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \n? further action regard. Please see XCR(85)72 of 36. \n\nGR1178/1922/32(III) 2578 29 \n\n? Inform M.K. Sinn Abercrombie of Treasury's approval of the grant, as in 2 drafts.\n\nD. B. Whyte 28.\n\nMr. Evans have...\n\nI am passing to Press faction for action.\n\nS. Evans 27.8\n\nThis is primarily of interest to the Hong Kong press - collection here. \nI have amended the drafts. The His Excellency's quite wordy sweep is not suitable for the local press here.\n\nI will issue shortened version.\n\nHalla, 2818\n\n| Name | Date |\n| --- | --- |\n| D. B. Whyte | 28 |\n| S. Evans | 27.8 |\n| Halla | 2818 | \n2% agree that we should arrange a simultaneous release. \nTo allow launch will not excite much interest to the local press.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592742, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 30, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "4 Lis P. Abercrombie, \n40 \n30 \n29-8-47 \n3441 To Hong Kong - til 1402_30.8.47 \n42 đang trong \ntel. 1423. \n3-9-47 \n43 To: Govern \nemor Hong Kong \nTale 1435 \n6.9.47 \n44 Hong Kong tel. 1448 \n11.9.47 \n45. Sir P. Abercrombie \n16-9-47 \n46 Sir P. Abercrombie \n20-9-47 \n47 Sis P. Abercrombie \nMy dear...\n\nMis's Gabb gave me full particulars re... I then was told that he was going to Edinburgh for vaccination tonight, and Sir Patrick's secretary was advised of the information I had, regarding inoculations etc. \n\nI delivered the information that inoculations should be done where the passport should be, and it should be sent to Sir Patrick. \n\nLater, Sir Patrick rang me that he could not have it till he returned from... Tuesday, October 7th, as this takes 2 weeks to \"mature\", he would need some little time. \n\nWe agreed that booked passage should be about 28th October. He said...\n\nPage 30\nPage 31", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592743, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 31, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "that he need not call his nephew in Karachi on the way out, but would leave it till the return journey. He also agreed to the release. press \n\nMiss Cable tells me that planes leave for M.K. on 27th & 31st October, the former date would be best, provided this can be arranged. \n\nI have put up a draft tel. to M.K. when this has issued, file should re-circulate to Mrs Gabb to see is sending Sir Patrick the necessary forms.\n\n48 L In 2. 1.3. why to 25% 24/9/47 Hay, Alegran 11:1543 34/9/%)\n\nHay thing Mr Wallace Please see me. Mayle's note attached above- he has agreed with the draft opposite. \n\nFile should urgently go to Sir ?. to miss Gabb forms have not yet Air Pricrites Board re Abercrombie's passage. D.8. Whyte 30%.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592744, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 32, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "49 to Hong Kong tel. Ho 1556 Mmm.\n\n50.\n\n51 for.\n\nTo mr.\n\n32\n\n-CONS -30.9.47.\n\n12/10/40\n\n2-10-47\n\nAir Priorities Board\n\ntel. 1550\n\nHalen\n\nWe spoke and you agreed to issue a shortened version of the press announcement quoted at No. 42, in papers here on Saturday, Oct. 4th (see No. 51). \n\nI have informed Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Secretary that you would send her a copy of the release together with a list of the papers in which it will appear.\n\nD.B. Whyte (see * in your min.) will certainly see that the announcement is made here on Saturday.\n\nThere is no way of knowing in advance in which papers the press announcement will actually publish. \n\nThe release will be issued in the normal way through the Office of Information list, news press & London, the Central Hall, the principal news agencies etc. in Brytt.\n\nHulen\n24/10", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592745, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 33, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nI enclose copy of the Tenancy Agreement and letter No. 42 to Sir Patrick's secretary.\n\nDated 3/10/47.\n\nAlt. on 96503/2/47 3-10-47 Miss Nora Makefield.\n\nMr. Wallace and I may be able to see her.\n\nO.S. Whyte 3/10.\n\nI have informed Mr. Sabben Clare of Sir Patrick's forthcoming visit to M.K. and have sent him copies of No. 42 and the press announcement made here.\n\nThe blue passage is for 14/10 if the date of arrival is not notified by them.\n\nD.S. Whyte 7/10.\n\nMiss Whyte 7/10. 14/10.\n\nFile `1 food ride mins` 7/10. L.A. Whittaker.\n\nMiss Whyte's leave is now due to be taken. She has booked an aircraft for 29/10.\n\nArrangements for leave have been made. P. Abercrombie is in Hongkong on 27/9. If you wish to refer to him, would you please let me know.\n\nThat this has been done to avoid duplication of work.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592746, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 34, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## Mr. Mayle\n\n34\n\nI have put up a draft tel.to Have Kamp quoting them the information in the minute above, and have informed Miss Gabb that I am doing so.\n\nWe are told that B.O.A.C. do not normally notify the Colony of the F.T.H. as they can find that through the local B.O.A.C. agents and will also be told of any delays through them.\n\n### 3.3. Whyte 23/10.\n\n53 Gower St.\n\n13-10-47\n\nGov. Hongkong \nTo P. Abercrombie \n`Clas: 1658 2%` \n12-11-47 \n25-11-47 \n56. Sir P. Abercrombie \n55 fir P. Abercrombie \n`ele:1643` \n5+", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592747, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 35, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# \nTh. Bryout.\n\nIn may be interested for Sir Patrick Abercrombie \nlittà di 55. \nThe allowance is ď36 (is de 36).\n\nSir Patrick's evidence supports that $25% - a night is hardly sufficient subsistence allowance for they say. \nWould you please have you comment \n(W. I. J. WALLACE) 27/\" \n\nSun. 257. a night is standard for offices of similar status.\n\nwhale coun and 'eme saving Au inti auxint must a anin · \nMe information given ja and Ausl \nFor anything having Key гла • о глав, визия, лил omant have dings as Миша ай улигл M g.\n\n27 ~ 11-42. \nI think above is the common In Ray and wowed you, hevertichen, \nerians from the aten to Jeud an \nWhocan we the Treasy, saying, hiss aught concurren ал Krish thens", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592748, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 36, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## MINUTE SHEET\nReference.... \n57 \nTo me Brown - Treasury \nw/excerpt from (55) \n5/12/47. \n(927) `27884/2747` \n750,000 9/46 \nJC&SLtd `Gp736/209(REGIMINT)` `CODE 5-34-0` \n\n[OVER \n## 36", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592749, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 37, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# DRAFT. MR. BRYANT\n\n`54298/1/47`\n\n`3757`\n\n## Colonial Office,\n15, Victoria Street,\n3.7.1.\n5 December, 1947.\n\nDear Browne,\n\nWe recently arranged for Sir Patrick Abercrombie to pay a visit to Hong Kong to advise on town planning. The cost of the visit is being met by a grant under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act, 1945, and consequently Treasury conditions as regards subsistence etc. apply. The scheme provides for the payment of subsistence allowance while in Hong Kong at the rate of 25/- a night which we understand to be the present approved rate. Sir Patrick has commented on this in a recent letter to us and, I think, perhaps you may be interested in what he has said. I accordingly enclose an extract from the letter.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n... BRO MIN, ESC.,\nTREASURY.\n\n`(G. DRAFT)`", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592750, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 38, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# 531 \n## 38 \n### Mr. Wallace \n\nThis correspondence might be put on to the relevant file: I would like to see what the Accounts Branch have to say about Sir Patrick Abercrombie's reference to hotel charges in Hong Kong, in connection with the official subsistence rate.\n\n25.11.47.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592751, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 39, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# DRAFT AND RECORD COPY\n\n3856\n\n**Colonial Office, Church House, Great Smith Street**\n\n**REGISTERED No.**\n\n**LETTER SENT**\n\nS.DATE. 25th November, 1947.\n\n**DRAFT**\n\nMR. Mayle \nMR. \nMR. \n\n**ENCLOSURES**\n\nDear Sir Patrick,\n\nI was indeed very interested to get your letter of the 12th November and to hear that, with the assistance of the local authorities, your enquiries are proceeding satisfactorily. I am sure that everyone concerned with Hong Kong will look forward to seeing your report.\n\nI will certainly bring to the notice of the authorities concerned with the fixing of the rate of subsistence allowances for Hong Kong the remarks in the latter part of your letter about hotel charges. I'm sorry to hear that your hotel has no writing room, and that it is necessary for you to do your evening work in your inadequately furnished room. No doubt, if this arrangement becomes impossible, you will seek the Colonial Secretary's assistance in finding some office accommodation which you could use in the evening.\n\nWith best wishes,\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(N.L. Mayle)\n\nPROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, V.A., F.R.I.B.A.\n\n**FURTHER ACTION**\n\n11.7.P.I.\n\n`[4556B] Wt. 26930/440 50m. 9/45 C.N.Ld. 748`", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592752, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 40, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## 12 Nov 1997\n\nDean M. May le\n\nI thought perhaps you had arrived at Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, and have now settled in yourself. Every time I hear that someone has arrived satisfactorily, I am most helpful and not wasted in getting in touch with them.\n\nThe Governin... & Col. Sec. has been extremely helpful. I have been in touch with ...Ave Hill, containing working papers, and he has been very useful. The Survey has been most helpful. In spite of the difficulty of the topography, I have felt more 'at home' in the city, and that does not mean that I feel any way... that the sole time of the problems is at hand!\n\nPage 40\nPage 41", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592753, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 41, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "It may interest you to know that the allowance of 25% a night is sufficient, but of course, in fact, the Treasury considers that they should not defray all expenses as there is a certain levy. But best the Treasury are not in excess and the impression that though being generous, you might let them know that my daily charge for Breakfast, Dinner & Room is to which 10% (or more) will be added for service. This hotel is where Matt Hill, who is not a senior official (so it cannot be extravagant), lives, and I have rooms that are expensive, one of a hill station with a view of the harbour, not facing the town. I share a bathroom. The manager was kind enough to tell me that he had reserved me a fantastic room, but as this cost $50 (£3.2.5) a night, I declined the kind offer. With excellent food, I do all my evening work in the writing room (the room is equipped as such), as there is no workroom in the hotel, but in spite of elementary arrangements, I am not supposed to be particularly comfortable! All is right.\n\nSince I will let you know when you are free, I remain.\n\nPatrick\n\n# 1 being a Treasury official, being bad at astronomical calculation, are usually unrepentant with the value of money!", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592754, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 42, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nWt. 41936/587. 1/47. 50m. S. & S. Ltd. \nWt. 47799/614. 2/47. 30m. S. & S. Ltd.\n\nC. O.\n\nM\n25\n\nCabb 232/4/10 at me\n\nMr.\nMr.\nMr.\n\nDegrande dani) enclan)\n\n**DRAFT**\n\n**RECEIVED** \n250CT 1947\n\nIn \nPermt. U.S. of S. \nParly. U.S. S: \nSecretary of State.\n\nYour Reference... \nNo. 1658 \n42 \nSteel \n21.006 \nStos \n25.10.47 \nGo. \n· Hangkang\n\nMy telegram No. 1643.\n\nGrateful if you return aui \nHong Kong \nSir PATRICK \nwill book \npassage U.K. Pa \nLom \nABERCROMBIE \n30th November, or as soon as possible thereafter.\n\nHe holds an open \nreturn ticket \nconcerning... \nPerson named wishes to \nreturn \nbreak \njourney \nat Karachi, \nand to spend \none week There \nwith BOAR \nwell \narrange \nhim of return avangerento \non arrival\n\n**NOT COPIED FURTHER ACTION.** \n**SECRET**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592755, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 43, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT Telegram\nWt. 23364/665. 8/47. 50,000. S. & S. Ltd\n\nMiss Whyte 22/10\n\nGovernor, Hong Kong.\n\n5429811 Permt. U.S. of S. \nParly. U.S. S: \nSecretary of State: \n\nYour Reference... `No 1643` \n53 43 \n\nCoded & sent 77.15 hours 23·10-47 \n23OCT 1947 \n\n(01) Your telegram `No. 1550`. \nABERCROMBIE \nis due to leave on 27th October by aircraft booked U.K. \n\nFURTHER ACTION. \n`29 F 32` \n\nNOT COPIED", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592756, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 44, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# WHITEHALL 2866\n\n$16.\n3/A/47.\nxt. 134.\n\n**BY HAND**\n\nPress Section,\n44 \n52 Colonial Office,\nThe Church House,\nGreat Smith Street,\nWestminster,\nS.W. 1.\n\nOctober 3, 1947.\n\nDear Miss Wakefield,\n\nI enclose two advance copies of the Press Notice about Sir Patrick's visit to Hong Kong which is being issued today for publication in the morning newspapers tomorrow (Saturday, October 4).\n\nThe press announcement is being issued through the Central Office of Information which means that it will reach all newspaper and agency offices in Fleet Street and, through them, the remainder of the United Kingdom Press. In addition, we shall be sending it to the colonial social periodicals and papers like **The Crown Colonist**, for instance. There is no way of assessing which papers will actually print the announcement but I think it is safe to assume the \"Times\" and \"Daily Telegraph\", possibly the \"Manchester Guardian\" and papers like the \"Scotsman\" will carry it tomorrow morning.\n\nYours sincerely,\n(J. W. Miller)\n\nMiss Nora Wakefield.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592757, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 45, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE TO VISIT HONG KONG\n\n**ADVISING ON PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF CITY AND COLONY**\n\nProfessor Sir Patrick Abercrombie, the town-planning expert, has accepted an invitation from the Government of Hong Kong to visit the Colony to give advice on the planned development of the city and colony.\n\nSir Patrick is expected to leave this country by air at the end of this month and will stay in Hong Kong for several weeks.\n\n3/10/47.- No. 8.\n\n**NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST OR USE ON CLUB TAPES BEFORE 0030 HOURS B.S.T. ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1947 (I.E. FOR THE MORNING PAPERS OF SATURDAY OCTOBER 4, 1947)**\n\nSIMULTANEOUS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN ARRANGED IN HONG KONG.\n\n**COLONIAL OFFICE PRESS SECTION**\n\nColonial Office, \nThe Church House, \nGreat Smith Street, \nS.W.1.\n\nTel. WHI 2366, Exts. 206, 207, 134 and 155.\n\nOctober 3, 1947.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592758, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 46, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## LVE 51 \n**INWARD TELEGRAM** \n**TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES** \n\n**COPY FOR REGISTRATION** \n\n**FROM HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)** \nD. 2nd October, 1947. \nR. 2nd October, 1947 07.00 hours \n\n**IMMEDIATE** \nNo. 1550. \n\n(49) Your telegram No. 1556. Abercrombie. \n\nPress release will appear in local papers 4th October.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592759, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 47, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# R.A.F. FORM No. 276 \n## 50.\n### APPLICATION FOR AIR PASSAGE.\n\nTo be stamped by Screening Department\n\nApplication approved\n\n**PRIORITY**\n\nSponsor's Ref. | A.P.B. Ref. | R | 29 SEP | T. Cd. Ref. | C.D.\n---------|----------|---|---------|------------|------\n \n\nTo: The Secretary, Air Priorities Board,\n\n1. No., Rank, Name (Block Capitals) **ABERCROMBIE Professor Li Patu**\n2. Unit, Branch of Service (Officers) or Trade (other ranks). **Planning Consultant, Town Pla**\n3. Type and serial number of identity card or passport. Is passport in order? **Yes**\n4. Nationality **British**\n5. Religion **e.se.**\n6. Relationship and address of next-of-kin **daughter, The Red House, Aston rifiord, Mr Dick Berl**\n7. Passage required \n - FROM: J.K. \n - TO: Hongkong \n - Date: 27/10/\n\n8. Reason for journey (i.e. posting T/D or attachment). (Not applicable to Civil Depts.) \n9. Urgency of passage. State full details, including dates required to reach destination. \n Urgently required for to cable Hanghang, where he is to advise of the City and Colony, His development. As part of the general plan for the planned development necessitate... other professional commits to return to the U.K. before mid-December, passage\n\n10. Excess baggage required and reason (see Note 4 overleaf) \n11. Applicant to be contacted at (Telephone Number only) **WELBECK 1681**\n12. Applicant holds Medical Certificate for:-\n - Yellow Fever. Yes/No. Date \n - Smallpox. Being obtained \n - Typhus. Yes/No. Date \n - Bubonic Plague. Yes/No. Date \n - Cholera. Yes/No. Date \n - Typhoid. Yes/No. Date \n - Tetanus. A due date is \n\n13. Cost of passage is (complete (a) or (b) as necessary) (see note overleaf). Return ticket required \n (a) Chargeable to **Colonial Development welfare & Comix Peparte Department Government, Funds. inertia Chambers, al Victona ist. Swi.**\n (b) Not chargeable to Government Funds But recoverable from:- \n - Name \n - Address \n\n14. Name of Sponsoring Branch or Dept. **Priority recommended**\n - Signature \n - Date \n\n`Wt. 40820/P2731, 10M Pads, 1/46, H[B]& Co. Ltd. (51-6704)`\n\n2/10/47", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592760, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 48, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## NOTES\n\n48\n\n1. THREE copies of this form to be submitted by the screening authority to The Secretary, Air Priorities Board, for acceptance and approval.\n\n2. Priorities.\n| Priority | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| **Priority I. Most Immediate** | A movement of such urgency as to justify causing delay to all other loads in order to provide the fastest possible transit. |\n| **Priority II. Immediate** | A movement of such urgency as to necessitate transport by the first available aircraft. |\n| **Priority III. Urgent** | A movement justifying the first possible transport, without detriment to movement having a higher priority. |\n| **Priority IV. Important** | Movements desirable by air, but which do not necessitate air travel along the whole route, and which may, therefore, be accomplished in part by other means. |\n\n3. Movement Authority.\nNo ticket will be issued by the Air Booking Centre unless the passenger is in possession of identity papers, medical certificate, and passport (where necessary), and an Air Movement Authority.\n\n4. Baggage Allowance.\nExcept in special circumstances the total weight of baggage allowed to be carried by air is 65 lbs. Baggage in excess of this weight will normally not be allowed unless essential for duty and then only if it is claimed at the time of making application and if approved by the Air Priorities Board.\n\n5. Cost of Flight.\nWhere the cost of passage is not payable in cash the person signing the application must be authorised to commit the Department, Government, etc., against whom the cost of passage is recoverable.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592761, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 49, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT. Telegram.\n\n**Governor,**\n\n**Important Immediate**\n\nHang Kamp.\n\nNOT COPIED\n\n574298/1\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S:\n\n**Secretary of State.**\n\nYour Reference me.\n\nNo. 15-56\n\nECC\n\n30 SEP 1947\n\n49\n\n12.45-8\n\n30.9.*)\n\nboded sent\n\n(+7)\n\nAnsd. (51)\n\nMy telegram No. 1543\n\nAbercrombie.\n\nA press release for already made, grateful to be informed proposed date so that release made here, Plus 2 telegraph date of publication of press announcement so RELEASE SIMULTANEOUS simultanerm release have.\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nRe-cover quietly to Miss Gabb\n\nWt. 41936/587. 1/47. 50m. S. & S. Ltd. \nWt. 47799/614. 2/47. 30m. S. & S. Ltd.\n\nC. O.\n\n| Name | Details |\n| --- | --- |\n| Miss White | 30% |\n| Mr. Wallace | 30/9 at ma |\n\nCoda", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592762, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 50, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT. Telegram.\n\nWt. 41936/587. 1/47. 50m. S. & S. Ltd.\nWt. 47799/614. 2/47. 30m. S. & S. Ltd.\n\n54-298/1\n\n50 4 coded creat 41515 his 26/9/47 Rb.\n\nCriss Whyte 25/4\n17. Wallace 25/9 et mee\n\nMr. Permt. U.S. of S.\nParly. U.S. S.\nSecretary of State.\n\nYour Reference...\n\nleo de (+2)\n\nGovernor, Hong Kong.\n\nRECEIVE 30 SEP 1947 In Tel. C.D. NOT COPIED\n\nNo.1543 Your telegram No. 1423\n\nPerson named has no objection to issue of press announcement as quoted in Your Telegram under reference. Financial arrangements have also been agreed and it is hoped that he will be able to leave either 27th or 31st October. Confirmation will follow.\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\nRecire, to Miss Gabb (B) minute of 25/9\nThen to Mr. Kayle q E.T.D.\n\nPage 50\nPage 51", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592763, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 51, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE \n\nM.A. F.R.I.B.A. M.T.P.I \n\n51 \n33, WELBECK STREET \nLONDON, W.1 \n\nTELEPHONE: WELBECK 1681-2 \n\nN. L. Mayle Esq., Colonial Office, Church House \nGreat Smith Street, LONDON. S.W.1. \n\n23rd September, 1947. \n\n(46) \n\nDear Mr. Mayle, \n\nThanks for your letter of the 20th September. \n\nI am sorry to bother you again, but my daughter, who is looking after my passport etc., is very uneasy about these inoculations. \n\nI am, as you know, continually on the move and if it needs, as in some cases, three weeks to elapse between having your inoculation and entering the country, I may be caught as I was when going to Addis Ababa and I had to spend a fortnight wasting my precious time in Cairo. \n\nI have a list of my inoculations up-to-date, and would like to be able to hand them over to someone who could tell me the following: - \n| Number | Question |\n|--------|----------|\n| (1) | What inoculations I need. |\n| (2) | How long must elapse between an inoculation and immunity? |\n| (3) | What is the potency of the shots which I require? |\n\nI find one's ordinary medical practitioner can administer these inoculations, but he knows nothing about the regulations. \n\n(Over", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592764, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 52, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "##2. \n\nI think I have given you a date: that could leave after the 18th October, but as I am to be away for over a week in Edinburgh up to the 5th October, this does not give me much time on my return.\n\n52 \n\nThere is a further matter about my passport. I have seven blank pages for visas and am uncertain whether this will be enough, as I may break my journey for a few days on the way back to visit Addis Ababa (of course at my own expense); going out, as I told you, I may stop with a nephew of mine at Karachi for a night or two, but this will not affect the journey except for bookings.\n\nIf I need a new passport, I ought to be moving in the matter very soon, unless the Colonial Office can save me from the necessity of obtaining the signature of a clergyman as to my character etc.\n\nYours sincerely, \nFremonting", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592765, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 53, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## C.O.\n\n**DRAFT AND RECORD COPY**\n\n**REGISTERED No.**\n\n**LETTER SENT**\n\n54298/1/47\n\n**DRAFT**\n\nDear Sir Patrick,\n\nMany thanks for your letter of the 16th September. I am very glad to hear that the terms proposed are acceptable to you, and I confirm that the cost of your passage to Hong Kong and back by air will be paid by Government.\n\nThe Governor of Hong Kong is very anxious to make an announcement locally about your forthcoming visit. He has suggested that it should be in the following terms: -\n\n\"Hong Kong is extremely fortunate in having obtained the promise of a visit of Professor Sir Patrick Abercrombie to give advice on planned development of this city and Colony.\n\n(Here follow details of Sir Patrick's previous career and achievements which are available locally). Sir Patrick is expected to arrive in Hong Kong in October and will be here for several weeks. In this short time he cannot be expected to produce a final plan for the cities of Hong Kong and Kowloon and for the port, but he will outline a general plan and indicate what preliminary work is necessary and the team that is required to undertake it. The work already done by the Hong Kong Development and Welfare...\n\nColonial Office, \nChurch House, \nGreat Smith Street, \n*DATE* \n20th September, 1947.\n\nAnso.(47)\n\nTo \nPROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, N.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592766, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 54, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "Welfare Committee will also be placed before him for his consideration.\n\nWould you very kindly let me know whether you have any comments on the foregoing proposed text of the local announcement. If your Secretary could let me have your reply on this point by telephone (Whitehall 2366, Ext.150) I should be very much obliged as I know that the Governor is anxious to issue the announcement as soon as possible.\n\nAs soon as you are able to confirm the date on which you will be ready to leave this country, we will see about your passage and the necessary inoculations, etc.\n\nYours sincerely,\nSyd. (N.L. Hayle)\n\n# 54", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592767, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 55, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## INWARD TELEGRAM \n5544 \nCOPY FOR REGISTRATION \nSEP XI 1947 \n\nFROM HONG KONG) (SIMA. ¿Granthi \nTO S. OF S., COLONES \n\nM D. 11th September 1947 \nR. 11th \n\n**V RES** \n00 hra \nIMMEDIATE \nNo. 1448 \n(43) Your telegram No. 1455. Abercrombie. Details of career available locally.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592768, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 56, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE \n\nM.A. \nF.R.I.B.A. M.T.P.I \n\n56 \n33, WELBECK STREET \nLONDON, W.1 \n\nTELEPHONE: WELBECK 1681-2 \n\n16th September 1947. \n\nDear Mr. Meyle, \n\nSorry not to have replied before but I have been on holiday. I agree with the proposals for remuneration, subsistence etc., in your letter of 29th August (40). I am not quite sure that it makes clear that all fares are paid by you, but this is assumed. \n\nAs regards the date, I think I can be free from 15th October, but I will get into touch with you; do I rely on you for when and how I will be travelling (flying boat for preference)? I hope that the route may be via Karachi as I have a nephew I would like to look up in passing. \n\nYours sincerely, \n**Abercrombie** \nPatrick Abercrombie \n\n45 \nM.I., Meyle, \nColonial Office, Downing Street \nLondon, S.W.1. \n\nP.S. I am very anxious about inoculation and would like to have all particulars. What big hold up in Cairo, Melbourne, Galler... ...to Addis Ababa 1 late fortnight... ...age in Cairo... ...up + in time & more!", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592769, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 57, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "57\n\nI now refer to vaccination that 'matured'.\n\nC the duration of immunity (to form \n2 \ninoculation \nC the time that must elapse between \ninoculation to immunity &", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592770, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 58, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "**IMMEDIATE**\nDRAFT code telegram\nNo 1435\nGovenor\nHong Kong\n\n(42)\nYour telegram\nNo. 1423.\n**RECEIVED**\n6 SEP 1947\nIn Tel. C.D.\n**FURTHER ACTION**\n\nRestricted. in ... to MR. Salow my fa...\nfurther action an...\nNo. /42.\nABERCROMBIE\n\n1. Regret it has not yet been possible to clear text of press announcement with person named, whose confirmation of financial arrangement for visit is also awaited. Grateful you defer release of announcement pending receipt of further telegram from here.\n\n2. Do you require details of career achievements of person named?\n\nNOT COPIED", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592771, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 59, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# INWARD TELEGRAM\n## TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n### 42\n\nCOPY FOR REGISTRATION \nFROM HONG KONG (H.E. Grantham) \nD. 3rd September, 1947. \nR. 5 SEP 1947 \nREGISTRY \nRECEIVED IN \nNo. 1423 \n14248/1/47 \n\nYour telegram No. 1102.(41) \nPlanning Off`1007`. \n\nRelease not yet made, but suggest 8th September as suitable date. Proposed text as follows: –– \nHong Kong is extremely fortunate in having obtained promise of a visit of Professor Patrick Abercrombie to give advice on planned development of this Colony. (Here follow details of Sir Patrick's previous career and achievements). Sir Patrick is expected to arrive in Hong Kong in October and will be here for several weeks. In this short time he cannot be expected to produce a final plan for the cities of Hong Kong and Kowloon and for the port, but he will outline a general plan and indicate what preliminary work is necessary and the team that is required to undertake it. The work already done by the Hong Kong Development and Welfare Committee will also be placed before him for his consideration. \nBuds.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592772, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 60, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nWt. 41936/587, 1/47. 50m. S. & S. Ltd. Wt. 47799/614. 2/47. 30m. S. & S. Ltd.\n\nC.\n\nMiss Whyte 2/5\n\nMr. Mayle \n54248/1/43 \nPermt. U.S. of S. \nParly. U.S. S. \nSecretary of State.\n\nMr.. \nMr.. \nFil Sec 30/1\n\nYour Reference.. No.\n\n**DRAFT**\n1402 \n60 \n2 Drafts \nCoded V Sent 12:00 30/8\n\nH. FT. Telegram (35) My telegram No. 1269,\n\nCode \nGoverna \nHang Kemp \nFAR \nADVANCE publicatri possible\n\n7 COPIED FURTHER ACTION.\n\nI can let Abercombie See is Arrange LFCR \nABERCROMBIE \nALABERCROMBIE DIE \nAns'd. (42) \n\nFree grant not exceeding £1250 from Hong Kong's c.d.aw. allocation has now been approved. Please telegraph time of issue & text of local press announcement of visit here. So that simultaneous publication is arranged.\n\n**RECEIVED 30 AUG 1947**\nIn ei. C.D.\n\nPage 60\nPage 61", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592773, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 61, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "54.298/1/47 \n\n61 \n\n**Colonial Office,** \n\nChurch House, \n\nGreat Smith Street, \n\nS.W.1. \n\n29th August, 1947. \n\nAns'd. 45. \n\nAs promised in my letter of the 9th August, I am now writing to say that the Treasury have approved a grant from Colonial Development and Welfare funds, to cover the cost of your visit to Hong Kong in October. \n\nI should now be grateful if you would confirm that the financial arrangements outlined in paragraph 2 of my letter of the 9th August are agreeable to you. \n\nI am telegraphing the news of the grant to Hong Kong, and I have asked the Governor to let me know the text, and time of issue, of the local press announcement of your visit so that I can let you see it and arrange a simultaneous announcement here. I will write again when I receive the Governor's reply. \n\nSogod. M.L. Dayle \n\nPROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., H.T.P.I.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592774, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 62, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "Wt. 41936/587. 1/47. 50m. S. & S. Ltd.\nWt. 47799/614. 2/47. 30m. S. & S. Ltd.\n\nC. O\n\nMiss Whyle 26% \nmayle Villo \nMr. \nMr. \nMr. \nrellof.\n\nDRAFT. Letter \n54298/147 \n62 Li \nPermt. U.S. of S. \nParly. U.S. S. \nSecretary of State. For me. mayk's signature \n\nYour Reference.....\n\nProfessor Sir Patrick Abercrombie, \nM.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I., \n(Address at 32)\n\n## FURTHER ACTION\n\n(36)\n\n29th August, 1947\n\nAs promised in my letter of the 4th August, I am now writing to say that the Treasury have approved a Colonial Development and Welfare funds grant to cover the cost of your visit to Hong Kong in October.\n\nI should now be grateful if you would confirm...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592775, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 63, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "63 \n\nfinancial arrangements that the arrangements according to payment of your subsistence allowance, outlined in paragraph 2 of my letter of the 4th August are agreeable to you. I have asked the Governor to let me know when telegraphing the news so that I can let you see it and make an announcement in the local press. \n\nDetails of the issue of your allowance will be made when I receive the Governor's reply.\n\nYour Sincerely,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592776, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 64, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## 17. Tong Kong\n\n`54228/1/47`. 7.9.47.\n\nScheme D.759: Visit of town planning expert. Supplementary free grant of £350.\n\n64\n\nAgreed; the Treasury being shown an advance copy of `C.D.V.A.C. No. 953`(38).\n\nScheme No. D.759A.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592777, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 65, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## 2000 1.29 VALOT EIT AD WELFARE ACTS, 1940 AND 1945.\n\n65\n\nExtract from note of discussion with Treasury on 7.8.47", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592778, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 66, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# C.D.W.A.C. No.953\n## HONG KONG\n### Visit of Town Planning Expert\n#### Application for a supplementary free grant not exceeding £350 under Scheme D.759\n\nIn Scheme No. D.759 approval was given for a free grant not exceeding £900 to cover expenses in connection with a visit to Hong Kong by Professor Sir Patrick Abercrombie.\n\n2. That scheme was drawn up on the assumption that a visit of 3 weeks' duration would suffice, but further discussions which, before his departure, the Governor of Hong Kong had at the Colonial Office with Sir Patrick Abercrombie showed clearly that, in fact, the latter will need to spend about 6 weeks in Hong Kong in order to carry out his mission, for which the following terms of reference have been agreed:\n\n3. \"To advise the Governor of Hong Kong on the general lines and principles to be followed in planning the future development of the port and urban area of the Colony: to outline general plans for this purpose; and to advise on what such plans would involve and in particular what planning organisation would be required\".\n\nSir Patrick Abercrombie is willing to devote this extra time to his task, and having regard to the importance of his visit in the planning of the future development of the port and urban area of Hong Kong, the undisputed second... of Sir Patrick Abercrombie in this field, and the distances involved, it is clearly desirable that the maximum benefit should be derived from his experience and advice.\n\n4. It is accordingly desired that supplementary provision not exceeding £350 should be made under Scheme No. D.759 in accordance with the attached Financial Summary.\n\nColonial Office, \n11th August, 1947.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592779, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 67, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# 67\n\n## FINANCIAL SUMMARY\n\n1. Administering Authority \n2. Allocation \n3. Description of scheme \n4. Period \n5. Colonial Development and Welfare assistance required \n6. Estimate by financial years \n\n| Description | Amount |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) Fees | £787.10.0 |\n| (b) Subsistence allowance at usual Treasury rate, viz. 25/- per noctuem of say, 42 nights | £52.10.0 |\n| (c) Return passage by air | £306.0.0 |\n| (d) Local Travelling Expenses | £50.0.0 |\n| (e) Contingencies | £54.0.0 |\n| **TOTAL** | **£1250.0.0** |\n\nLess free grant under `D759` | £390.0 |\n| --- | --- |\n| **Supplementary grant now required** | **£350** |\n\nVisit of Town Planning Expert. 8-9 weeks (including travelling). Free grant not exceeding £1250. Secretary of State for Hong Kong.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592780, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 68, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## 68 \n## 38 \n\nPopes detached \n\nMay! \n\nWt. 29446/552 9/46 50m. S. & S. Ltd. \n\nC. O. \n\nMr. Galsworthy \n\n1/8/47 \n\nBryant at $187 47 Mr. Harding 6/8. Mr. Butters. 6/6 \n\nMr. \n\nIn the Ting 6/8 alma. \n\n54298/1/47 \n\nPermt. U.S. of S. \n\nCic \n\nplie \n\nParly. U.S. of S. \n\nSecretary of State. \n\nC.D.W.A.C. No.953.. \n\n**DRAFT. REVISED C.D.W APPLICATION. FURTHER ACTION.** \n\n(17) \n\n**HONG KONG** \n\n**Visit of Town Planning Expert** \n\n**Supplemented Application for a free grant not exceeding £1250 $350** \n\nScheme D759 \n\n1. In Scheme No.`D.759` approval was given for a free grant not exceeding £900 to cover expenses in connection with a visit to Hong Kong by Professor Sir Patrick Abercrombie. \n\n2. That scheme was drawn up on the assumption that a visit of 3 weeks' duration would suffice, but further discussions which, before his departure, the Governor of Hong Kong had at the Colonial Office with Sir Patrick Abercrombie showed clearly that, in fact, the latter will need to spend about 6 weeks in Hong Kong in order to carry out his mission, for which the following terms of reference have been agreed:- \n\n3. \"To advise the Governor of Hong Kong on the general lines and principles to be followed in planning the future development of the port and urban area of the Colony: to outline general plans for this purpose; and to advise on what such plans would involve and in particular what planning organisation would be required.\" \n\nSir Patrick Abercrombie is willing to devote this extra time to his task, and having regard to the importance of his visit in the planning", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592781, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 69, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## planning of the future development of the port and urban area of Hong Kong, the undisputed eminence of \nSir Patrick Abercrombie in this field, and the distances \ninvolved, it is clearly desirable that the maximum \nbenefit should be derived from his experience and advice.\n\n4. It is accordingly desired that Scheme No. `D.759` \nbe cancelled and replaced by a further scheme in \naccordance with the attached **Financial Summary**.\n\nby male humblay \n\n**Colonial Office, \nAugust, 1947.**\n\n(1) \n## FINANCIAL SUMMARY \n\n| Administering Authority | (2) Allocation | (3) Description of Scheme | (4) Period | (5) C.D. & W. assistance required | (6) Estimate by financial years |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Secretary of State | | Hongkong | Visit of Town Planning Expert. | 8-9 weeks (including travelling). | Free grant not exceeding £1250. | |\n| | | Hong Kong | | | | 1947-48 |\n| | | | | | | £787-10-0 |\n\n(a) Fee (including subsistence) allowance at naval rate for say 42 nights. £900 \n(b) Return passage by air | £350 \n(c) Local Travelling Expenses | £50 \n(d) Contingencies | £54 \n**TOTAL** | **£1250** \nLess fee grant under `D.759` | £0759 \n**Supplementary grant now required** | **£491**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592782, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 70, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# 51/98/1/47\n7036.\n\n**Colonial Office, Downing Street**\nS.W.1.\n9th August, 1947.\n\nIn your letter of the 8th July, you suggested 750 guineas as the fee for your visit to Hong Kong of 6 weeks later on this year, and that in addition hotel accommodation should be included in your expenses.\n\n2. On this latter point I find that it is not the practice for us to cover the actual cost of hotel accommodation in the case of such visits, but it is usual to pay, in addition to the fee, and whilst actually in the colony, a subsistence allowance at rates and in accordance with conditions laid down by the Treasury for visitors abroad generally. In the case of Hong Kong the allowance is at the rate of 25/- a night, but if official hospitality were extended to you for any part of the visit a reduction by two-thirds would be necessary. No allowances are payable en route where the fare covers cost of accommodation, meals, etc. In order to save time, we have gone ahead and applied to the Treasury for a Colonial Development and Welfare grant to cover expenses in connection with your visit on the basis of a fee of 750 guineas plus subsistence allowance at the above rate. I should be most grateful if you would kindly confirm that this arrangement would be satisfactory from your point of view. I will let you know as soon as we have the Treasury reply to our application. The Accountant, Colonial Office, will let you have some notes on financial matters before you leave. Perhaps you would care to contact him direct at 15, Victoria Street, as he may be able to assist you in your arrangements?\n\n**Professor Sir Patrick Abercrombie, M.A., M.D., F.R.I.B.A.**\n\nPage 70\nPage 71", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592783, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 71, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "### with regard to your terms of reference, we quite understand the point of your suggestion that the phrase \"to outline plans for this purpose\" should more properly read \"to outline general plans for this purpose\". No reason to suppose that your suggestion will not be entirely acceptable to Sir Alexander Grantham; and I am sending him copies of this correspondence so that he will be quite au fait with developments.\n\n### with Mr. I am very glad you are already in touch. If there is any assistance we can give you here on these technical matters, I feel sure you will let me know.\n\n(N.L. Mayle)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592784, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 72, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "54298/1/47.\n\nWt. 49614/485 3/46 50m. S. & S. Ltd.\n\nC. O.\n\n3147\n\nMr. Galsworthy, 1.8.47.\n\nBryant. Marding. 6/8\n\nMr. Maylo. 9.8.47\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\n**FOR MR. MAYLE'S SIGNATURE.**\n\n**DRAFT. LETTER.**\n\nPROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE,\nM.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.\n\n(Address in 32)\n\nAugust, 1947.\n\nIn your letter of the 8th July, you suggested 750 guineas as the fee for your visit to Hong Kong of 6 weeks later on this year, and that in addition hotel accommodation should be included in your expenses.\n\n2.\n\nOn this latter point I find that it is not the practice for us to cover the actual cost of hotel accommodation in the case of such visits, but it is usual to pay, in addition to the fee, and whilst actually in the colony, a subsistence allowance at rates in accordance with conditions laid down by the Treasury for visitors abroad generally. In the case of Hong Kong the allowance is at a night rate of 25/- per night, but if official hospitality were extended to you for any part of the visit a reduction by two thirds would be necessary. No allowances are payable en route where the fare covers cost of accommodation, meals, etc. I trust you will consider this arrangement satisfactory.\n\n**FURTHER ACTION.**\nCopy of `32` and of this draft to Sir A. Grantham,\nCopy to your office.\n\nThe Accountant, Colonial Office", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592785, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 73, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "The Accountants, Colonial Office, will let you have some notes on financial matters before you leave and it is suggested that you should contact him direct at 15, Victoria St., as he may be able to assist you in your arrangements.\n\nIn order to save time, we have gone ahead and applied to the Treasury for a Colonial Development and Welfare grant to cover expenses in connection with your visit on the basis of a fee of 750 guineas plus subsistence allowance at the above rate. I should be most grateful if you would kindly confirm that this arrangement would be satisfactory from your point of view. I will let you know as soon as we have the Treasury reply to our application.\n\n### \n\n3. With regard to your terms of reference, we quite understand the point of your suggestion that the phrase \"to outline plans for this purpose\" should more properly read \"to outline general plans for this purpose\". We see no reason to suppose that your suggestion will not be entirely acceptable to Sir Alexander Grantham; and I am sending him copies of this correspondence so that he will be quite au fait with developments.\n\n4. I am very glad you are already in touch with Mr. Hill. If there is any assistance we can give you here on these technical matters, I feel sure you will let me know.\n\nYours sincerely,\n73", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592786, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 74, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT. CODE TELEGRAM\nGOVERNOR, HONG KONG.\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\n(34) No 1269\n\nYour unnumbered telegram of 28th July. Abercrombie.\n\nRevised application has been made for free grant not exceeding £1250 from Hong Kong's C.D. & W. allocation to cover 6 weeks' visit. I will telegraph as soon as revised scheme is approved, so that local announcement may be made.\n\nNOT COPIED\nRECEIVED 10 AUG 1947\nIn Te. C.D.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592787, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 75, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## INWARD TELEGRAM\n34\n75\n\n**AMENDED COPY (No. ≈ added)**\n**Code**\n\nFROM **HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)**\nTO **S. OF S. COLONIES.**\n\nD. 28th July, 1947.\nR. 28th\n\n* No. 1228\n11 14.35 hrs.\n\nMy telegram No. 969. (27)\nAbercrombie.\n\nGrateful to know earliest when firm arrangements made for visit, in order to make public announcement here.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592788, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 76, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## C.O. \n**DRAFT AND RECORD COPY** \n**REGISTERED No.** \n\nMR. \nMR. \nMR. \n\n**LETTER** \nSENT \nDRAFT \nMayle \n\n**ENCLOSURES** \n7633 \n\nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, \n**DATE.** \n10th July, 194...\n\nDear Sir Patrick,\n\nMany thanks for your letter of the 8th July regarding your visit to Hong Kong. I will go into the matters discussed in your letter and send you a further reply as soon as possible.\n\nYours sincerely,\nSgd. (H.L. Hallo)\n\nTo \n**FURTHER ACTION** \n\nSIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, MA, FRIBA,\n\n[4556C] Wt. 26930/440 50m. 9/45 C.N.Ld. 748 \nTPL", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592789, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 77, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE \n\nM.A. F.R.I.B.A. M.T.P.I.\n\n33, WELBECK STREET LONDON, W.1 \nTELEPHONE: WELBECK 1681-2\n\n8th July, 1947.\n\nN.L. Mayle Esq., Colonial Office, Downing Street, LONDON. S.W.1.\n\nDear Mr. Mayle,\n\nFurther to my letter of the 27th June, I enclose my reply to Mr. Stanley O. Hill, together with a list of headings for the most comprehensive of the surveys. I would also send you his letter, if you care to see it?\n\nWith regard to the terms of appointment, I agree to these. The only point to raise is the expression \"to outline plans for this purpose\" - this is the uncertain element in my work; e.g., in the case of Cyprus, I am only sending in a written Report at this stage.\n\nIf, however, for Hong Kong you wish this work carried out further for general sketch plans, you will see that this involves draftsmanship and consequently office expenses, and I should have to make a special arrangement, unless the fee covers such a contingency. Perhaps if the word \"general\" were put in front of \"plans\" to read \"to outline general plans\" this would make the position clear?\n\nIn the case of Cyprus, I charged 500 guineas, plus travelling expenses, but not hotel accommodation when I was there. I think this ought to be included in my expenses for Hong Kong. I was three weeks on the Island of Cyprus, and rather more than a week getting there and back.\n\n(Over", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592790, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 78, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nthere. Would you think £750 guineas would be too much for Hong Kong, which will take longer and require some general sketches?. \n\nYou will of course, realise that the working up of a Report when one is back home is a pretty laborious business; for example I have given ten solid days on my Cyprus Report and it is about one third completed at present.\n\nThe fee that I generally charge for consultative work is 15 guineas a day including travelling, and you will see that this will work out, including time spent after my return, something in the neighbourhood of this figure.\n\nYours sincerely, \nPaturi \n\nEnclosures:- \n- Copy of letter to Mr. S. O. Hill. \n- List of Classification of Land Use.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592791, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 79, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE.\n\n33 Welbeck Street, W. 1.\n\n79 Stanley Hill Sq., Town Planning Officer, Town Planning Office, Public Works Department, HONG KONG.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n8th July, 1947.\n\nThank you very much for your further letter, which I have read with the greatest interest.\n\nIt appears to be a great deal of information available already. I am enclosing, however, a somewhat detailed list of classifications of land use, not by any means suggesting that they should all be shown on a single plan, but to give you a pretty full list from which you could extract the most suitable uses to show.\n\nWith regard to population, the important point there is the size of the districts in which the numbers of persons are counted and also whether land put to non-residential use has been extracted in arriving at the density. As you will have seen from **The County of London Plan**, we give a clear definition between gross and nett residential density.\n\nYour industrial information seems to be in the form of a report.\n\nWould it be possible to show the five categories of industries which you list, or possibly the first four on a plan?", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592792, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 80, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \n\nDear W. Jooja,\n\nWith these indications and the list I enclose, you should be able to provide me with the data which I require.\n\nI am looking forward to meeting you.\n\nYours sincerely,\n**(Signed) PATRICK ABERCROMBIE.**\n\nEnclosure: List of Classifications of land uses.\n\nPage 80\nPage 81", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592793, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 81, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## GROUP I Dwellings\n\n### 25 INCH LAND UTILISATION BAY\n#### List of Classifications of Land Use.\n\n| Detail | Classification |\n| --- | --- |\n| Flats (over 2 storeys) High Density. | I |\n| Houses (self contained). | I |\n| Flats (up to 2 storeys, low Density). | I |\n| Bungalows & Mixed - Predominately of Bungalow Type. | I |\n| Shops (a) Main Street | II Commercial |\n| (b) in Stores | II Commercial |\n| (c) Suburban Shopping Centre | II Commercial |\n| (d) Back Street Shops | II Commercial |\n| (e) Markets. | II Commercial |\n| Business Offices & banks. | II Commercial |\n| Cinemas, Theatres, Dance halls, Billiard Saloons, Ice Rinks. | III Industry & Commercial |\n| Public Houses. | III Industry & Commercial |\n| Hotels & Boarding Houses. | III Industry & Commercial |\n| Public Conveniences. | III Industry & Commercial |\n| Post Offices. | III Industry & Commercial |\n| Industries Noxious (All above) | III Industry & Commercial |\n| Communications (a) Regional | III Industry & Commercial |\n| (b) Local | III Industry & Commercial |\n| (c) National | III Industry & Commercial |\n| Utilities. | III Industry & Commercial |\n| (h) Railways | III Industry & Commercial |\n| (i) Road Tpt. Bus & Haulage Depots Road Maintenance Depots | III Industry & Commercial |\n| (k) Aerodromes. | III Industry & Commercial |\n| (l) Inland water & wharfin | III Industry & Commercial |\n| Public Parks & Gardens | IV Open Spaces |\n| Private Parks & Gardens | IV Open Spaces |\n| Golf Courses. | IV Open Spaces |\n| Cemetries | IV Open Spaces |\n| Playing Fields, Recreation Grounds, Non-School | IV Open Spaces |\n| Playing Fields, Schools & Colleges. | IV Open Spaces |\n| Agriculture | IV Open Spaces | \nTransport | IV Open Spaces |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592794, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 82, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## GROUP \n### IV Open Spaces conta.\n### DETAIL \nUnused land, moor land.\nSemi-private open spaces.\n\n### V Other Uses.\nSchools & Ancillary Bldgs.\nColleges, University Bldgs.,\nTechnical Colleges, & Institutes.\nStudents Hostels.\nChurches ing. attd. Chapels.\nMuseums, Galleries, Libraries.\nMunicipal & Govt. offices,\nPolice & Fire Stations.\nHospitals Asylums \nInstitutions Clinics.\nPublic Baths, wash Houses.\nClub Institutes \nHistoric Buildings.\nNaval, Military or Air Force.\n\n82", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592795, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 83, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## C.O.\n\n**DRAFT**\n\n83 31.\n\n**DRAFT AND RECORD COPY**\n\nColonial Office,\n\n**REGISTERED No.**\n\nMR. Rayle\n\nMR.\n\nMR.\n\n**ENCLOSURES**\n\n**FURTHER ACTION**\n\nTo\n\n**LETTER SENT**\n\nDowning Street,\n\n**DATE**\n\n28th June, 1947.\n\nDear Sir Patrick,\n\nThank you very much for your letter of the 27th June and for letting me know the position regarding the heads for information. I look forward to hearing from you soon, both on this and on the rest of my letter of the 16th June.\n\nYours sincerely,\nSød. (1.5. Maple)\n\n**PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK A BRICKETT BIN,**\n\n..... \n.P.I. \n`[4264A]` Wt. 11439/415 50m. 5/45 C.N.Ld. 748", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592796, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 84, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE M.A. F.R.I.B.A. M.T.P.I\n\n8430.\n\n33, WELBECK STREET LONDON, W.1\n\nTELEPHONE: WELBECK 1681-2\n\nN. L. Mayle Esq., Colonial Office, Downing Street, LONDON. S.W.1.\n\n27th June, 1947.\n\nDear Mr. Mayle,\n\nThis is a brief note, merely to let you know that I am not neglecting the headings for information.\n\nI had a long letter from Mr. Stanley O. Hill of P.W.D., Hong Kong, giving me the headings of some information which he has. I am sending him some further notes and will let you have the letter I send him, so that you can hand it on to anyone else you think fit.\n\nI have not got all my material for these notes yet, but I will draft my letter in such a form that you can use it with other people.\n\nI will reply to the rest of your letter very soon.\n\nYours sincerely,\nPatrick Abercrombie", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592797, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 85, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE \nM.A. \nF.R.I.B.A. \nM.T.P.I. \n\nYour Ref: `54298/1/47` \n\nN. L. Mayle Esq., Colonial Office, Downing Street, LONDON. S. W. 1. \n\nDear Sir, \n\n33, WELBECK STREET \nLONDON, W. 1 \nTELEPHONE: WELBECK 1681-2 \n16th June, 1947. \n\n**RECEIVED** \n16 JUN 1947 \nC. O. REGY \n\nIn the absence of Sir Patrick Abercrombie, I acknowledge and thank you for your letter to him of the 28th(?) 16th June. I will place this before Sir Patrick on his return to this office towards the end of this week. \n\nYours faithfully, \nNora Wakefield. \nPrivate Secretary.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592798, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 86, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "54298/1/47\n\nDear Sir Patrick,\n\nColonial Office,\nDowning Street,\nS.W.1.\n\n16th June, 1947.\n\n86 Ack(29)\n\nYou will remember that, at our talk with Sir Alexander Grantham last month, we agreed that we would draw up terms of reference for your visit to Hong Kong in the autumn and send them to you for any comment you might wish to make.\n\nAfter consultation with the Acting Governor of Hong Kong, the terms of reference we would propose are as follows:\n\n\"To advise the Government of Hong Kong on the general lines and principles to be followed in planning the future development of the port and urban area of the Colony; to outline plans for this purpose; and to advise on what such plans would involve and, in particular, what planning organisation would be required.\"\n\nThe above is based very closely on the terms of reference mentioned in my letter to you of the 24th of March, with which we understood you to say you were in general agreement. Perhaps you would be so good as to let me know whether you have any comments on the detailed terms of reference now proposed?\n\nAt our meeting with Sir Alexander Grantham it was also agreed that you would let us have your\n\n**SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, M.A.,**\n**F.R.I.B.A., F.T.P.I.**\n\nviews", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592799, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 87, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## 39 BDuo: Moy J2.\n\n70 \nبنار \ndisto \nحمود \nil 20.02] \n87 \n\nviews as to fees, and that you would in due course let us know your requirements in the way of information and assistance, and also the various planning assumptions you would need to be given. It would be of assistance to us if we could have your views fairly soon as to fees, so that firm arrangements for your visit can be concluded as soon as possible. The Acting Governor of Hong Kong is also anxious to make a public announcement in the Colony about your visit as soon as these arrangements have been finalised, as there is very considerable local interest in the subject of town planning.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592800, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 88, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT LETTER\n### PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.\n#### FURTHER ACTION\n\n16th June 1947\n\nYou will remember that, at our talk with Sir Alexander Grantham last month, we agreed that we would draw up terms of reference for your visit to Hong Kong in the autumn and send them to you for any comments you might wish to make.\n\nAfter consultation with the Acting Governor of Hong Kong, the terms of reference we would propose are as follows:-\n\n\"To advise the Government of Hong Kong on the general lines and principles to be followed in planning the future development of the rural and urban area of the Colony; to outline plans for this purpose; and to advise on what such plans would involve and, in particular, what planning organisation would be required.\"\n\nThe above is based very closely on the terms of reference mentioned in my letter to you of the 24th of March, with which we understood you to say you were in general agreement.\n\nPerhaps you would be so good as to let me know whether you have any comments on the full terms of reference now proposed?", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592801, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 89, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "89\n\nAt our meeting with Sir Alexander Grantham it was also agreed that you would let us have your views as to fees, and that you would in due course let us know your requirements in the way of information and assistance, and also the various planning assumptions you would need to be given.\n\nIt would be of assistance to us if we could have your views fairly soon as to fees, so that firm arrangements can be concluded as soon as possible.\n\nThe Acting Governor of Hong Kong is anxious to make a public announcement in the Colony about your visit as soon as the arrangements have been finalised, as there is very considerable local interest in the whole subject question of town planning.\n\nYours sincerely,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592802, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 90, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## INWARD TELEGRAM\n### XI XU I ΠΛ TA IN\n\n**RECEIVED** \nFROM FONG KONG (O.A.O.) \nTO S. OF S., COLONIES.\n\n| Date | Received Time | No. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 9th June, 1947 | 13.50 hrs. | 969 |\n\nYour telegram No. 880. (26) \n**Abercombie.**\n\nI agree with proposed terms of \nreference, subject to urban area of Colony \"cities of Victoria and \nsubstitution of \"and\" for \"areas of Hong Kong Kowloon\".\n\nPage 90 \nPage 91", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592803, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 91, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "54298/1/47\n\n**OUTWARD TELEGRAM**\n\n**TO HONG KONG (O.A.G.)**\n\n**FROM S. OF S. COLONIES.**\n\nSent 2nd June, 1947.\n\n15.30 hrs.\n\nNo.880\n\nYour telegram No.895. Abercrombie,\n\nI will advise you as soon as final arrangements are concluded for visit of person named.\n\n2. Subject to your concurrence, I propose to suggest to person named that terms of reference for his visit should be as follows. Begins - To advise the Government of Hong Kong on the general lines and principles to be followed in planning the future development of the port area of Hong Kong and the cities of Victoria and Kowloon; to outline plans for this purpose; and to advise on what such plans would involve and, in particular, what planning organisation would be required. Ends.\n\n3. Please telegraph your views.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592804, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 92, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "**CODE TELEGRAM**\n(25)\n\n1. \n**ACING GOVERNOR HONG KONG** 3-6\nCoded. Set- 15.30h. 2.6.47\nAni'd (27)\n\nYour telegram No. 895. Abercrombie.\nI will advise you as soon as firm arrangements are concluded for visit of person named.\n\n2. \nSubject to your concurrence, I propose to suggest to person named that terms of reference for his visit should be as follows. Begins. To advise the Government of Hong Kong on the general lines and principles to be followed in planning the future development of the port area of Hong Kong and the cities of Victoria and Kowloon; to outline plans for this purpose; and to advise on what such plans would involve and, in particular, what planning organisation would be required. Ends.\n\n3. Please telegraph your views.\n\n**FURTHER ACTION**\n\nWt. 29446/552 9/46 50m. S. & S. Ltd.\nC. O.\n\n54298/1/47.\n92\n\nMr. Galsworthy. -3075- Mayle\nMr. Permt. U.S. of S. \nMr. Parly. U.S. of S. \nSecretary of State.\nNo 880 DRAFT.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592805, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 93, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## En Clair\n**INWARD TELEGRAM**\n**COPY FOR REGISTRATION**\n\nFROM **HONG KONG (O.A.G.)**\n\n## IN RECEIVED\nTO **S. OF S. COLONIES.**\n\nD. 27th May, 1947 \nE. 27th \n11.05 hrs.\n\nNo.895\n\nYour telegram No.789, (24th May)\n\nAbercrombie,\n\nVery pleased to hear that person named has agreed to visit Hong Kong. Grateful to be notified as soon as firm arrangements have been concluded, so that public announcement may be made.\n\nRevision of financial details noted.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592806, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 94, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "Tel. Copying \n\nX \n\nWould you please \ncopy the telegram \nat No. 24, & for \nusual distribution \n44 \nincluding MR. E. R. Eduardo \nthis T. Klyd, & \nMR. Harding & S. Beattie.\n\nThen runtome \nANS. 2575", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592807, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 95, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# OUTWARD TELEGRAM\n54298/1/47 Clair\n\nTO HONG KONG (O.A.G.)\n\nFROM S. OF S., COLONIES.\n\n**G**\n\nSent 16th May, 1947. 23.00 hrs.\n\nNo.789\n\nMy telegram No.629.\n\n## Abercrombie\n1. You will be glad to know that person named has agreed to visit Hong Kong for about six weeks, probably towards middle of October.\n\n2. As Colonial Development and Welfare scheme referred to in my telegram No.629 was prepared on assumption that visit would be shorter, further financial provision will be required, full details will be communicated to you as soon as possible.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592808, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 96, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT\n**GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM**\n\n(20)\n\n**Secretary of State.**\n\nNO. 789\n\n54298/1/47 .96 24\n\nDraft agreed verbally 17/5/47 with Miss Baxter, Secretary to Mr. Abercrombie 16/5/47 23.00\n\n1. You will be glad to know that person named has agreed to visit Hong Kong for about six weeks, probably towards middle of October.\n\n2. As C.D. & W. scheme referred to in my telegram No. 629 was prepared on assumption that visit would be shorter, further financial provision will have to be made. Full details will be communicated to you as soon as possible.\n\n\"NOT COPIED\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nRefs. & MR. Salomon... \nJeuer...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592809, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 97, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## C.O. \n**REGISTERED No.** 54298/1/47\n\n**DRAFT AND RECORD COPY**\n\nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, \nS.W.1.\n\n**LETTER SENT** 9th May, 194...\n\n**DRAFT**\n\nMR. Mayle \nMR. V/D \n\n**ENCLOSURES** \n**FURTHER ACTION**\n\nI feel that I should have written to you before now recording my understanding of the results of our discussion on the 15th April. Please forgive me for not having done so.\n\nMy understanding is that you will be letting me have a note outlining the information with which you would require to be furnished for the purpose of the enquiry and also the terms of reference which you think might be appropriate. On the latter point, I believe you were inclined to agree with me that the terms should provide for a general appreciation of the problem and advice on the general lines on which development should proceed, leaving the details of the development plan and its execution to be carried out by a planning officer. I believe you were also going to let me know when is the earliest time you would be able to visit Hong Kong.\n\nI have made some enquiries about the climate of Hong Kong, as I promised. The consensus of opinion seems to be that the latter half of the year is the best half from the point of view of the weather, with May, June and some part of July constituting the wet season. However, according to someone just back from Hong Kong, the weather there has been behaving somewhat queerly of late and is less predictable than it used to be.\n\nYou may remember that in the course of our discussion you said that you would like, if possible, \n\n**PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, H.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.**\n\nPage 97 \n23 \n{4264A} Wt. 11439/415 50m. 5/45 C.N.Ld. 748", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592810, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 98, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "to meet the new Governor of Hong Kong. Sir Alexander Grantham arrived here from the United States last Friday and is leaving for Hong Kong on the 12th July. I mentioned to him the possibility of your paying a visit to Hong Kong and he said that he would very much like to meet you. He will be coming to my Office in Downing Street next Wednesday afternoon (the 14th May) and I wonder whether it would be convenient for you to call at, say, 3:30 p.m. on that afternoon to meet him.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(N.L. Mayle)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592811, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 99, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "Tel. No.: Whitehall 1234 \n\n**NATIONAL** \n**DISABLED** \n\nYour Reference: `A(17)9921` \nTreasury Reference: \n\nDear Miss Beaton, \n\nTREASURY CHAMBERS, \nGREAT GEORGE STREET, \nLONDON, S.W.1. \n11th April, 1947. \n\nI write to confirm my agreement to the provision of £900, under C.D.W.A.C. No. 869, for the visit of a Town Planning expert to Hong Kong. We note that should a consultant not of equal standing to Professor Abercrombie be sent you will pay a lower fee than that suggested in the financial summary. \n\nYours sincerely, \n\nMiss M. Beaton, \nColonial Office.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592812, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 100, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT. Telegram\n**RECode (VLO 3)**\n\nGovern **117 APR 1947 C.O. REGY.**\n\n| Code | Sent | No. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1115 hrs. 17/4/47 | 100 | 629 |\n\nYour telegram No. 500\n\n**Town Planning Colonial Development and Welfare**\n\ngrant of £900 has been approved for to cover cost of the visit of NOT COPIED consultant for this purpose. Sir Patrick Abercrombie hoo been approached. hopeful that he visit and his I that he will be prepared to Have Kane, though he may nor be able to leave this country here.\n\nFURTHER ACTION. until Antiumu owing to engagements/ Further telegram will be sent in ther when definite reply is received ford Abercrombie.\n\nSee `(22)` \n\nPage 100 \nPage 101", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592813, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 101, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE M.A. F.R.I.B.A. M.T.P.I\n101 \n33, WELBECK STREET \nLONDON, W.1 \nTELEPHONE: WELBECK 1681-2 \n\n19 \n11th April, 1947. \n(18) \n\nDear Sir, \n\nAs Sir Patrick Abercrombie will not be in this office again until next Monday, I acknowledge and thank you for your letter of the 10th April, enclosing a copy of the Annual Report on Hong Kong, for the year 1946. I will place these before Sir Patrick on Monday. \n\nI have made a note in my diary of the appointment with you, next Tuesday at midday. \n\nYours faithfully, \nN. Wakefield \nPrivate Secretary. \n\nL.L. Mayle Esq. \nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, \nLONDON. S.W.1.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592814, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 102, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## C.O.\n**DRAFT AND RECORD COPY** \n**REGISTERED No.** \n**LETTER** \n**SENT** `102` \n\nColonial Office, \n18 Downing Street, \nS.W.1. \n**DATE** 10th April, 1947. \n\n**DRAFT** \nMR. Mayle. \nMR. \nMR. \n\n**ENCLOSURES** \nCopy of H.K. Annual Report for 1946. \n\nAs promised, I enclose a copy of the Annual Report on Hong Kong for the year 1946, which has just come in from the Colony. I think that the information and illustrations in this report may give you a useful general picture of the Colony. I look forward to seeing you at 12 noon on Tuesday, 15th April. \n\nYours sincerely, \nJaza) \n\n**FURTHER ACTION** \nTo PROFESSOR \n**SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, MA, FRIBA, TPI.** \n`[4556C] Wt. 26930/440 50m. 9/45 C.N.Ld. 748`", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592815, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 103, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# Colonial Office, Downing Street, S.W.1.\n## 10th April, 1947\n\nAs promised, I enclose a copy of the Annual Report on Hong Kong for the year 1946, which has just come in from the Colony. I think that the information and illustrations in this report may give you a useful general picture of the Colony. I look forward to seeing you at 12 noon on Tuesday, 15th April.\n\n**PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, MA, FRIBA, MTPI.**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592816, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 104, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "Please register `104` on `4298/1/47`. The usual two Copies have been sent to the Treasury.\n\n6.17. Hari's.\n\nD. 24.\n\n2.4.47.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592817, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 105, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# FINANCIAL SUMMARY\n\n## Administering authority\n2. Allocation\n3. Description of Scheme\n5. Hong Kong\n\n| Period | Colonial Development and Welfare Assistance required | Estimate by Financial |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| #1 | Visit of Town Planning Expert. 4-5 weeks (including travelling) | Free grant not exceeding $900. |\n| 6 years | 1947/48 | |\n| | (a) Fees (including subsistence) | 525 |\n| | (b) Return Passage by air | 306 |\n| | (c) Local travelling expenses | 30 |\n| | (d) Contingencies | 39 |\n| | TOTAL | $900 |\n\n12 \n105", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592818, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 106, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## C.D.M.A.C. No. 869 \n### 106/17 \n\n# HONG KONG \n## Visit of Town Planning Expert \n### Application for a free grant not exceeding £900 \n\nA Committee has recently been appointed in Hong Kong to assist in the preparation of a comprehensive plan for the development of the Colony. The main development centres round the port and the two cities of Victoria and Kowloon.\n\n2. There was need, even before the war, for the replanning and rebuilding of the old part of Victoria where Chinese housing conditions were recognised as bad. The damage caused by the war offers a notable opportunity for carrying out improvements. The great importance of the port and harbour to Hong Kong must also, of course, be taken into account in any development plan.\n\n3. The Governor of Hong Kong fully shares the Committee's views, and has strongly recommended the engagement of a Town Planning Expert of high repute to pay a visit to Hong Kong and advise generally on the matter. It is considered that the expenses incurred in the visit of such an expert might be met from the Colony's allocation under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act, and an application is submitted accordingly.\n\n4. The Governor has requested that Professor Sir Patrick Abercrombie should be asked to undertake this work. He attaches great importance to securing the services of a man of high reputation. The fee inserted in the attached financial summary is that which was paid to Professor Abercrombie for a comparable visit to Cyprus. Should he or a consultant of equal standing not be available, a reduced fee should be payable.\n\n## Colonial Office. \n### 1st April, 1947.\n\n`GKHK(23)` \n`Scheme D759`", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592819, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 107, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# Draft MEMORANDUM\n\n## CD.W.A.C. NO.869\n\nHong Kong.\n\n### Visit of Town Planning Expert; Application for a free grant not exceeding £900\n\n1. A Committee has recently been appointed in Hong Kong to assist in the preparation of a comprehensive plan for the development of the Colony, and it has been pointed out that the most possible avenues of development centre round the port and the two cities of Victoria and Kowloon.\n\n2. There was need, even before the war, for the replanning and rebuilding of the old part of Victoria where Chinese housing conditions were recognized as bad, and the damage caused by the war offers a notable opportunity for carrying out action in this direction. The importance of the port and harbour to any development of Hong Kong must also, of course, be taken into account.\n\n3. The Governor of Hong Kong fully shares the Committee's views, and as the preparation of any successful plan of development is entirely dependent upon the availability of a Town Planning Expert of high repute, it is recommended that expenses incurred in the visit of such an expert should be met from the Colony's allocation under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act, and an application is submitted accordingly.\n\n4. A comparable visit to Cyprus is at present being made by such an expert, and the total cost is a fee of 500 guineas plus all travelling expenses.\n\n5. Accordingly, application is made for a free grant of £911 to meet the town planning expert's fee and travelling expenses, details of which are set out in the attached financial summary.\n\n### Financial Summary\n\nThe Governor has been requested that Professor Sir Patrick Abercrombie undertake the work. The fee which it is proposed to pay is that which was paid to him for Cyprus. It is considered that a man of high reputation should be available at a comparable consultant's fee. The attached financial summary sets out the details.\n\n| Description | Amount |\n| --- | --- |\n| Fee | 500 guineas |\n| Travelling Expenses | ... |\n\nIt is of great importance & securing the services of a man of high reputation.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592820, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 108, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## Financial Summary\n\n1. Administering authority\n2. Allocation\n | Description | Amount |\n | --- | --- |\n | Hong Kong | 11 |\n | \" | 108 |\n\n3. Description of Scheme\n4. Period\n5. Colonial Development and Welfare Assistance required free grant of 1947/48\n\nVisit of Town Planning Expert. 4-5 weeks (including travelling). Fear of not exceeding grant £911\n\n(a) Fee £525\n\n6. Estimate by Financial Years\n | Year | Description | Amount |\n | --- | --- | --- |\n | 1944/48 | Fee (including subsistence) | £525 |\n | | Return Passage by air | £306 |\n | | Local travelling expenses | £30 |\n | | Contingencies | £50 |\n | | **TOTAL** | £911 |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592821, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 109, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT. Memorandum\n\n**C.D.W.A.C. No 189**\n\nA visit of Town Planning Expert\n\nApplication for Bag grant of £941 (291)\n\n**FURTHER ACTION**\n\n1. A Committee has recently been appointed in Hong Kong to assist in the preparation of a comprehensive plan for the development of the Colony, and it has been pointed out that the avenues of development centre most possibly round the port, and the two cities of Victoria and Kowloon.\n\nThere was need, even before the war, for the replanning and rebuilding of the old part of Victoria where Chinese housing conditions were recognized as bad, and the damage caused by the war offers a notable opportunity for action in this direction. The importance of the port and harbour in any development of Kowloon, must also of course...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592822, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 110, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "Taken into account\n\nGovernor of Mary King fully shares\n\n3.\n\nthe\n\nCommittee's views, and\n\nas\n\nthe preparation\n\n110\n\nof any successful plan of development is entirely\n\ndependent upon\n\nthe availability of Expert of high repute, it is recommended\n\nthat\n\nall\n\nsuch expenses incurred in the visit of\n\nexpert should be met from the\n\nColony's allocation under Colonial Development\n\nand Welfare Act.\n\nA comparable visit to Cyprus is at present being made by such an expert,\n\nand the cost\n\nof\n\nall travelling expenses,\n\na\n\nfee of 500 gns. plus\n\nfor\n\n5. Accordingly application is made\n\nfor free grant of £12911 to\n\nmeet the\n\ntown planning expert's fee and travelling\n\nexpenses,\n\nthe\n\ndetails of which\n\nare set out\n\nin the\n\nattached financial Summary.\n\nPage 110\nPage 111\n`Wt. 29446/552 9/46 50m. S. & S. Ltd.`", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592823, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 111, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT. Financial Summary.\n\n| Description of Schemes | Late of commencement | Period | Estimate by |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Home Kare Visit of Town Planning Expert | As soon as possible | 4-5 weeks (including travelling) | |\n| | | | a) Fee £306 \nb) Return passage \nc) Subsistence \nd) Outward and homeward travelling expenses | \n| | | | TOTAL $30 & 50 911 |\n\n## FURTHER ACTION.\n\nadministering aathenny or acceraction \n\ngrant of £911 1947/48525 Ocenial Revelefiment and Wisher Assistance required \n\n1. I got", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592824, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 112, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE\nM.A. F.R.I.B.A. M.T.P.I.\n\n33, WELBECK STREET \nLONDON, W.1 \nTELEPHONE: WELBECK 1681-2\n\nDear Mr. Mable,\n\nThank you for your letter which reached me here. I am familiar with the idea of ... in Hong Kong and certainly support your suggestion. I hope to return to London next week, probably on Tuesday or Wednesday. It would suit me very well if you could meet me then.\n\nYours sincerely, \n... \n16", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592825, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 113, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE \n## M.A. \n### F.R.I.B.A, M.T.P.I \n33, WELBECK ST \nLONDON, W.1 \nTELEPHONE: WELBECK 1681-2 \n\nYour Ref: `54298/1/47` \nN. L. Mayle Esq., Colonial Office \nDowning Street \nLONDON. S.W.1. \n\n26th March, 1947. \n\nDear Sir, \n\nAs I had expected Sir Patrick Abercrombie to come into this office yesterday afternoon, I did not reply to your letter of the 24th March. Sir Patrick has gone to Scotland for a few days on business, and I will place your letter before him on his return. I have no doubt that Sir Patrick would like to discuss this matter with you, before coming to any decision, and that he will get in touch with you. \n\nYours faithfully, \nNora Wakefield \nPrivate Secretary.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592826, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 114, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# 54298/1/47\n\n4 \n114 \n\n**Colonial Office,** \nDowning Street, \nS.W.1. \n24-3-47 \n\nMay I introduce myself as Head of the Department which deals with Hong Kong, among other territories. \nThe Governor of that Colony has recently asked for the services of a Consultant to advise on the planning and development of the port and two cities of Victoria and Kow Kong, and it has been suggested that on your return from Cyprus you might be willing to consider paying a visit to Hong Kong for this purpose. The main points on which advice is required are (a) what is involved in preparing a plan, (b) the kind of planning organisation most suitable, and (c) an indication of general lines. It is thought that this work would entail spending a few weeks in the Colony. It is proposed to appoint a Town Planner for two or three years to work out a detailed plan. You are no doubt aware that Hong Kong is built on a steep rock, which, I imagine, means that Town Planning there presents problems of considerable interest as well as difficulty. There was need, even before the war, for the replanning and rebuilding of the old part of Victoria where Chinese housing conditions were recognised as bad, and, as in other places, the damage caused by the war offers a notable opportunity, of which we are anxious to take the fullest advantage, for carrying out improvements.\n\n**PROFESSOR SIR P. ABERCROMBIE,** \nF.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.\n\nIt", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592827, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 115, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "It is, of course, also essential that the Colony's natural harbour, and port facilities should be preserved and developed on the right lines, since Hong Kong is the focal point of our trade in the Far East and its entrepôt trade plays a large part in the economy of the territory.\n\nSir Mark Young, the Governor of Hong Kong, is very anxious indeed to secure your services, and I need hardly add that we in the Colonial Office share his hopes. I should be very grateful if you would be good enough to let me know whether you would be able to take this on. If you would like to discuss the matter, I am at your service.\n\nI enclose a franked addressed envelope.\n\n# 115", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592828, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 116, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT Letter\n\n54298/1 \nFor Mr. Mayle's signature; \n116 \n(1/45) [4421B] Wt. 18047/424 50m. 7/45 C.N.Ld. 748 \niss Whyte 27/3. 1r. mayle.\n\n**Permt. U.S. of S.** \n**Parly. U.S. of S.** \n**Secretary of State.**\n\nProfessor Sir P. Abercrombie, \nM.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.R.I., \n33 Welbeck St., \nLondon W.1. \nTel: Welbeck 1681-2 \n\nMay I introduce myself as Head of the Department which deals with Hong Kong, among other territories. The Governor of that Colony has recently asked for the services of a Consultant to advise on planning and the development of the port and two cities of Victoria and Kowloon.\n\nIt was suggested that on your return from Cyprus you might be willing to consider this work, spending, it is envisaged, a few weeks in Hong Kong to advise on what is involved in preparing a plan, the planning organisation most suitable, an indication of general lines to be followed, and to get a firsthand view of the problems.\n\nThe visit would be followed by the appointment of a Town Planner to work for three years to carry out the recommendations.\n\n**FURTHER ACTION.** \n(5)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592829, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 117, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# Lathiks You \n\nKany is built on a steep rock and Maup presents problems of considerable interest. The area is weak which can only be addressed by a well highly-practiced and prefaced town planning. \n\nThere was need, even before the war, for the replanning and rebuilding of the old part of Victoria where Chinese housing conditions were recognised in grave places as bad, and the damage caused by the war offers a notable opportunity for action in this direction. It is also essential that the Colony's natural harbour, and port facilities should be preserved and developed since trade in the Far East is the focal point of our economy and it is at the heart of the territory.\n\nThe town planning to take the fallers in the area that Hong Kong closely depends for its economy. \n\nI should be very grateful if you could let me know at your earliest convenience whether you are in agreement with the proposal. If you are in favour of this proposal, it can be finalised. \n\nA number of considerations have been taken into account. Common Min. have hopes.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592830, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 118, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## INWARD TELEGRAM \n**IMPORTANT** \n\nNo. 500 \n\n5 118 \n\n**COPY FOR REGISTRATION OFFICE** XI \n\nFROM HONG KONG (Sir M. YOUNG) \nTO S. OF S. COLONIES, \n\nReceived 10.20 hrs. \nDated 21st March, 1947. R. 21st March, 1947. \n\nYour telegram No. 433. \n### Town Planning\n\n1. Grateful if you will approach Abercrombie as suggested. I attach great importance to obtaining services of Consultant of this standing. \n\n2. It is suggested that Maxwell Fry, who headed a mission to West African Colonies for similar investigation, might be suitable for consideration with Stewart as Consultant if Abercrombie does not accept. I would agree to appointment of either.\n\n3. Grateful if application may be made for a grant to cover total costs of visit from Colonial Development and Welfare Fund.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592831, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 119, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# IMPORTANT No. 433\n\n## OUTWARD TELEGRAM\n### 119\n\nTO **HONG KONG (Sir M. Young)**\n\nFROM **S. OF S. COLONIES.**\n\nSent 17th March, 1947. \n13.30 hrs.\n\n1. Your telegram No. `1561` of 1946. Town Planning Officer, Ministry of Town and Country Planning advise visit of Consultant to spend a few weeks in Colony and advise on what is involved in preparing a plan, kind of planning organisation most suitable and give an indication of general lines. Visit would be followed by appointment of a Planning Officer for 2 or 3 years to work out detailed plan.\n\n2. Sir Patrick Abercrombie is at present on short visit to Cyprus. I do not know whether he would be prepared to take on Hong Kong enquiry. Cyprus fee is 500 guineas (repeat 500) plus travelling expenses.\n\n3. No other expert of comparable status now available, but Ministry of Town and Country Planning have suggested name of James A. Stewart, M.I.C.E., M.I.M.Cy.E., as suitable consultant. From 1916 to 1941 he was Deputy Chief and later Chief, Engineer to Calcutta Improvement Trust where he did a considerable amount of Town Planning, and has lately acted as an Adviser to the Ministry of Town and Country Planning. He has now retired, and might be willing to undertake this work.\n\n4. Please telegraph whether you wish approach to be made first to Abercrombie and failing him Stewart and an application made for grant from Colonial Development and Welfare Funds to cover total cost of consultant's visit.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592832, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 120, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# DRAFT Telegram\n\n**Governor, Hongkong**\n\n## FURTHER ACTION\n\nYou telegram no. is 61 of 1946.\n\n1. Ministry of Town and Country Planning advise visit of a **CONSULTANT** to spend a few weeks and advise on what is involved in preparing a plan, kind of planning organisation most suitable and give indication of general lines.\n\nVisit would be followed by appointment of a Planning Officer for 2/3 years to work out a detailed plan.\n\n2. Sir Patrick **Abercrombie** is at present on a short visit to **CYPRUS**. I do not know whether he would be prepared to take on Hongkong.\n\n**ENQUIRY**\n\nWe would be glad to know whether he prepares to take on Hongkong. Fee is 500 guineas (repeat 500) plus travelling expenses.\n\nRECEIVED 17 MAR 1947\n\n| | |\n|--------------|--------------|\n| Permt. U.S. of S. | Parly. U.S. of S. |\n| 120 | |\n\nCoded & sealed - 13.3. Tae \n17.3.47 \n\n**Secretary of State** \nNo. 433 \nCode \n\nPage 120 \nPage 121", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592833, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 121, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## 121 \n\n? No other \n\n**OTHER** \n\n3. No \n\n**EXPERT** \n\n**STATUS** \n\n**NOW** \n\nexpert of comparable status now available \n\nThe expert of \n\n**TOWN** \n\n**COUNTRY** \n\nof Town & Country Planning have suggested \n\nbut Ministry of Town & \n\n**NAME** \n\nname \n\nJames H. Stewart, M.I.C.E., M.I.M.Cy.E., \n\nsuitable consultant, \n\nwas Deputy Chief \n\n**IMPROVEMENT** \n\n**TRUST** \n\nM.I.M. \n\nFrom 1916 to 1941 he \n\n**CALCUTTA** \n\nlater Chief, Engineer to Calcutta \n\ndid a \n\n**AMOUNT** \n\nImprovement Trust where he did a considerable amount \n\nof work on Town Planning and has lately acted as an \n\n**LATELY** \n\nAdviser to \n\nthe Ministry of \n\n**Now RETIRED** \n\nand \n\nTown & Country Planning. \n\nHe has \n\nnow retired and might be willing \n\nto undertake this \n\nwork, preferably \n\nif an approach has been made. Fees would \n\nbe met from C.D. & O.W. Funds \n\n**FOR** \n\n**GRANT** \n\nto cover \n\ntotal cost \n\nof consultant's visit. \n\n## PLEASE \n4. Please telegraph whether \n\nyou \n\nwish \n\nan \n\n**APPROACH** \n\nto be made to \n\n**ABERCROMBIE** \n\nor to \n\n**STEWART** \n\nfirst. \nAn application has been made.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592834, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 122, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "John Anderson Stewart.\n\nBorn 30/8/1886.\n\nMember of the Institute of Civil Engineers.\n\nM.I.C.E. of M. and County Engineers. M.I.M.Cy.E.\n\nAddress:-\nLittle Green,\nThe Cliffe,\nKingsdown,\nDeal, Kent.\n\n1903 - 1912 Apprentice Master Asst. Engineer at James Thomas Ltd., Glasgow.\n\n* Railway Construction in India.\n\n1912-1916.\n\n1916 - 1941 Deputy Chief Engineer to Calcutta Improvement Trust. Later, during this time, he did a lot of Town Planning work.\n\nThis salary reached £2600.\n\nAssistant Regional Technical Adviser to Ministry of Home Security. Salary £650 per annum (this job was only taken as a contribution to the War Effort).\n\nMinistry of Town and Country Planning. Post was Town Planning Inspector (salary £800) though he was actually employed as adviser at H.Q. in view of experience.\n\nMr. Stewart apparently has private means and wishes to settle in South Africa... so may not wish to go to Hong Kong.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592835, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 123, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT. Note\n### Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Visit to Cyprus. FURTHER ACTION.\n\nIn the last few years there have been lengthy discussions on placing in Cyprus, and in 1945 a proposal was put forward, to be financed under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act, for the appointment of a permanent Town Planning Adviser to the Cyprus Government.\n\nThere was considerable delay in the appointment of such an officer, but in the year a young Cypriot Architect studying in this country, and working in Sir Patrick Abercrombie's office on a Council Scholarship, aroused the latter's interest in Town Planning in Cyprus, and made the suggestion that Sir Patrick should be invited to visit Cyprus to draw up a general Report.\n\nSir Patrick is at present engaged on a Plan for the West Midlands, but it has been agreed that he...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592836, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 124, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## absent himself from the country for several weeks at a time. He therefore accepted an invitation to visit Cyprus and the appointment of a Town Planning Adviser has been deferred until after the visit.\n\nThe fee is to be 500 guineas plus travelling expenses only, and this is being met from the Colony's revenue, although the suggestion was made that it could come from C.D.&W. funds. This fee includes the visit and the writing of a Preliminary Report with some diagrams but no Town Planning Maps; the Report will be made with a view to deciding what is the best way of preparing a General Regional Plan and a series of Local ones.\n\nIn the case of Cyprus it is understood that, if the Report is acceptable, Sir Patrick's Office will wish to be responsible for the ensuing work.\n\n## 124\n\n(see (26) and `90281/45-4b`)\n\nSir Patrick left by air on 15th February and intends to have about three clear weeks in the Colony; he is accompanied by his daughter, who is his private secretary, but whose expenses are paid separately and privately.\n\nIn addition to Cyprus, he has done, or is doing, Hull, Warwick, Plymouth, the Aldershot area, Addis Ababa, Colombo, Wolverhampton, and sites in Venezuela.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592837, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 125, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "55/29.\n\n125\n\n**MINISTRY OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING**\n32, St. James's Square,\nLondon, S.W.I.\n\n10th March, 1947.\n\nDear Rogers,\n\nI am sorry that an answer to your letter of the 19th February (ref. `54298/1/46`) has been delayed.\n\nThe general view is that the job at Hong Kong is one that should be done, in the first instance, by a consultant, who would spend a few weeks there to advise the authorities on what is involved in preparing a plan; give an indication of general lines; and to assess the situation and advise on the kind of planning organisation most suitable.\n\nIt is extremely difficult to suggest the name of an authoritative person for this job. There are only one or two real experts in the country, and they will be heavily involved for some years in dealing with the mass of work here. In particular, both Abercrombie and Holford are excessively busy. We could, however, suggest the name of Mr. J. A. Stewart, who was associated with Professor Abercrombie on the London Plan and is regarded by us as capable of doing the job if he were willing to go. His long and varied experience includes that of Chief Engineer to the Calcutta Improvement Trust. He has now retired from the service of the Department but might be prepared to undertake the work. We could not advise you about fees, and should suggest negotiating them direct with the consultant when the scope and duration of the work has been agreed. We should, however, be very ready to give you a second opinion at any stage.\n\nWhen", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592838, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 126, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "126 \n\nWhen this part of the work is completed, no doubt a Planning Officer should be appointed, and a name suggested to us is that of Clifford Holliday, who has acted in similar capacities in Haifa, Ceylon and Gibraltar. (He is believed to be in Gibraltar now.) Max Lock is also a possibility. He is relatively young and unmarried, and might like to do a tour of two or three years. The remuneration would probably be the equivalent of about £1,500 to £2,000 in this country.\n\nIf you would like further information about J. A. Stewart, we should be glad to supply it. You probably have some information about Holliday yourself.\n\nP. Rogers, Esq., \nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, \nS.W.1.\n\nYours sincerely,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592839, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 127, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT Telegram\n\nWt. 29446/552 9/46 50m. S. & S. Ltd.\n\nC. ❤. \n\nMe as Whyte 20/2 Mr. Mayle/ation\n\nGovernor,\n\n54298/1\n\n2 Drafts.\n\n127\n\n8\n\nPermt. U.S. of S. | Parly. U.S. of S. | Secretary of State.\n---------|---------|---------\nNo | 371 | \n | poping | 23.30\n | 1/3147 | \n\n(1) `jone teleqians` os. 1561 of 1946 \n(7) and 346.\n\nTown Planning officer, Hongkong.\n\n**MATTER UNDER DISCUSSION**\n\nunder discussion with Ministry of Town and Country Planning\n\n**HOPE TO REPLY SHORTLY** \n\nfor further action.\n\nNOT COPIED", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592840, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 128, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## En Clair\n**INWARD TELEGRAM**\n128\n7\n**COPY FOR REGINATION**\nFEB 26 XIX 1947\n\nFROM HONG KONG (Sir Mark Young) \nTO S. OF S., COLONY \n\nIN REQ \nD. 25th February, 1947 \nK. 25th \n11 \n\nNo. 346. \n(of 1946.) \n07.00 hrs. \n\nMy telegram No. 1561. \nPlanning Officer. \nGrateful early reply.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592841, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 129, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "54298/1/46.\n\nColonial Office,\n\n129 Downing Street,\nS.W.1.\n\n19th February, 1947.\n\nDear Wiltshire,\n\nWe should be grateful for your advice in the following connection. The Governor of Hong Kong has asked in a telegram, of which I enclose a copy, for a Town Planning expert of high repute to advise on development round the port and the two cities of Victoria and Kowloon.\n\nThere was need, even before the war, for the replanning and rebuilding of the old part of Victoria where Chinese housing conditions were recognised as bad, and the damage caused by the war offers a notable opportunity for action in this direction. As you will gather from the Governor's telegram, however, there are the reactions of the various interests concerned to be considered in selecting a man for this job. The importance of the port and harbour in any development of Hong Kong must also, of course, be taken into account. Sir Mark Young apparently envisages a visit by a highly qualified expert, presumably a consultant, if that is the right expression, rather than the appointment at this stage of a Town Planner for working out a detailed plan.\n\nWe should be very glad to know whether, in the light of your experience and knowledge of what is required in the way of town planning advice, you consider that the visit of a consultant would be the most appropriate way of approaching the problem in\n\nM.M.T. WILTSHIRE, ESQ.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592842, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 130, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "the first instance, or whether a Town Planner should be appointed straight away for a period of perhaps 18 months or 2 years to work out a detailed plan of development.\n\nWe should also be most grateful if you could suggest the names of any suitable persons whom we might approach in either case, and give us some indication of what remuneration they would be likely to expect. We should not, of course, wish anybody to be sounded at present.\n\nMy Secretary of State is taking a personal interest in this appointment which he regards as of considerable importance at the present time. Consideration of it has unfortunately, for a number of reasons, had to be delayed at this end and I would therefore very much appreciate an early reply.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n**(Sgd.) P. ROGERS**\n\nPage 130\nPage 131", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592843, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 131, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "Wt. 29446/552 9/46 50m. S. & S. Ltd.\n\n54298/1/46\n\nC. D.\n\n19FED\n\nMass whyte 15/2\n\nMayle\n\nMr. Mona\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nS. 2.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\n6131\n\n**DRAFT LETTER**\n\nE.M.T. WILTSHIRE, ESQ.,\nMINISTRY OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING\n32 ST. JAMES' SQUARE,\nS.W.1.\n\n**FURTHER ACTION**\n\nRewe ummate (8.24)\n\nFor Mr. Rogers' signature\n\nDear Wiltshire,\n\nFebruary, 1947.\n\nWe should be grateful for your advice in the following connection. The Governor of Hong Kong, in a telegram of which I enclose a copy, has asked for a Town Planning expert of high repute to advise on development round the port and the two cities of Victoria and Kowloon.\n\nThere was need, even before the war, for the replanning and rebuilding of the old part of Victoria, where Chinese housing conditions were recognised as bad, and the damage caused by the war offers a notable opportunity. As you will gather from the Governor's telegram, however, there are the reactions of the various interests concerned to be considered in selecting a man for this job. The importance of the port and harbour in any development of Hong Kong must also, of course, be taken into account. Sir Mark Young apparently envisages a visit by a highly qualified expert, presumably a consultant, if that is the right expression, rather than the appointment at this stage of a Town Planner for working out a detailed plan.\n\nWe should be very glad to know whether, in the light of your experience and knowledge", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592844, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 132, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "132 \n\nof what is required in the way of town planning advice, \nyou consider that the visit of a consultant would be \nthe most appropriate way of approaching the problem in \nthe first instance, or whether a Town Planner should be \nappointed straightaway for a period of perhaps 18 months \nor 2 years to work out a detailed plan of development.\n\nRemuneration \nWe should also be most grateful if you could suggest \nthe names of any suitable persons whom we might approach in \neither case, and give us some indication of what salary \nthey would be likely to expect. We should not, of course, \nwish anybody to be sounded at present.\n\nMy Secretary of State is taking a personal interest \nin this appointment which he regards as of considerable \nimportance at the present time. Consideration of it has \nunfortunately been delayed at this end and I would \ntherefore very much appreciate an early reply.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592845, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 133, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## DRAFT LETTER\n\n### 3.H.T. WILTSHIRE, ESQ., MINISTRY OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, 32 St. James's Square, S.W.1.\n\n#### FURTHER ACTION\n\nWe should be grateful for your advice in the following connection. The Governor of Hong Kong, in a telegram of which I enclose a copy, has asked for the services of a Town Planning Expert of high repute as early as possible. We are not quite sure whether he has in mind a Town Planner to work out a detailed plan of development, in which case presumably it would be necessary to make an appointment for at least 18 months or two years, or whether he is thinking in terms of a short visit by a Consultant who would make a general report and whose visit might possibly be followed by the appointment of a Town Planner.\n\nThere was need for the replanning and rebuilding of the old part of Victoria before the war, where Chinese housing conditions were recognized as bad. The need is now still greater, and the necessity for rebuilding occasioned by the war offers a notable opportunity for radical improvements. As you will gather from the Governor's telegram, however, there are influential vested interests likely to be involved, and account must be taken of the importance of the port and harbour in any development of Hong Kong.\n\nWe should like to know whether, in...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592846, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 134, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "In your experience, the appointment of a Town Planner of standing for such length of time as would enable him to draw up a detailed plan of development or the visit of, in the first instance, a Consultant is likely to be most profitable.\n\nWe should also be very grateful if you could suggest the names of any suitable persons who might be approached in either capacity and give us some indication of what salary they would be likely to expect.\n\nWe have considered telegraphing to the Governor and seeking a clearer definition of his requirements but think it is probable that he does not himself know what would be best and wishes advice from this end. We should be most grateful for any help that you can give us. My Secretary of State is taking a personal interest in this appointment which he regards as of considerable importance at the present time. Consideration of it has unfortunately been delayed at this end and I would very much appreciate, therefore, an early reply.\n\n134", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592847, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 135, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "Wt. 29446/552 9/46 50m. S. & S. Ltd.\n\nc/o Miss Ruston. Mr. Mayle\n7.2.47\n54298/1\n\nMr. Permt. U.S. of S.\nMr. Parly. U.S. of S.\nMr. Secretary of State.\n\n135\n**DRAFT. TELEGRAM**\n**GOVERNOR, HONG KONG.**\n**FURTHER ACTION. IMPORTANT**\n\nYour telegram No. 1561 of 28th November. I am not sure whether you have in mind the appointment of a Town Planner to draw up a detailed plan of development or a short visit by a Consultant who would make a general report. In the first case it seems probable that the services of a Town Planner would be required for a period of at least two years. Although the implementation of his plan would be carried out under the supervision of the local authorities he would work out the plan in some detail. The alternative arrangement would be a brief visit of a month or two only by an Adviser and might be followed by the appointment of a Town Planner.\n\n/Please", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592848, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 136, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \nPlease indicate length of visit you have in mind and salary. Appointment of Town Planner for Borneo on 3 years contract has been approved at rate of £1,500 per annum. Cost of expert of comparable status to Sir P. Abercrombie would of course be much higher.\n\nThere is no objection in principle to the cost of either scheme being met by an allocation under C.D. and W.\n\nPage 136", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592849, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 137, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# REGISTERED No.\n\n**DRAFT**\n\nSaugeru \n\nMRiss Ruston \n\n32/1/47 \n\nMR. \n\nMR. \n\nTo \n\n## ENCLOSURES \n\n## FURTHER ACTION \n\n| LETTER SENT | DATE |\n|-------------|------|\n| | 31/1/47 |\n\n65. January, 1947. \n\n... is a copy on record of official debate ...\n\nIT. with a draft referred to ...\n\n... evelopment raianeo 1. \n\nI ... dat he be sent to ...\n\nSpies of the ... lotter are being ...\n\n[4264A] Wt. 11439/415 50m. 5/45 C.N.Ld. 748 \n\n137", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592850, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 138, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## Development \n\nA.Rich I \n\n**Colonial Office,**\nDowning Street, \n\n...th \n3.\n\n(Sgd) A. M. RUSTON \n\n138 \n1947.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592851, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 139, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## MINISTRY OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING \n32, St. James's Square, \nLondon, S.W.1. \n**23125 C.R.** \n\nSir, \n21.1.47. \n\nI have received a letter from Hong Kong asking for information about pre-war planning proposals. I have replied giving such information as I can, and saying that I would ask you to be good enough to forward the enclosed draft ordinance together with the following: \n- Scott Report \n- Barlow \n- Uthwatt \n- New Towns Bill \n- New Town and Country Planning Bill and explanatory Memorandum. \n\nThe enclosed draft ordinance was prepared in anticipation of my return to Hong Kong. I intended to have it typed but when I found that I was not returning to Hong Kong I did nothing further about it. It embodies the recommendations of the Uthwatt Committee and anticipates the new town planning bill, with of course the necessary adaptations to local conditions.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592852, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 140, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "I feel that it might be useful to the Hong Kong Authorities as a foundation to work on.\n\nI am, etc.,\n\n(sgd) J.H. Owen\n\n## Page 140\n## Page 141\n\n**C.O.**\n\n**LETTER**\n\n**NT**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592853, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 141, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# DRAFT AND RECORD COPY\nREGISTERED No. **4 141**\n\nDATE: **30th January, 1947**\n\nMR. MSS Ruston \nMR. \nMR. \nIs \nENCLOSURES `/1/47` \nFURTHER ACTION \n\nCory & cappy Rowery clelle. \n23425 \nWOD, \n\nYour official letter of the 21st January enclosing a draft Development Ordinance for our perusal has come to me. \nThank you very much for letting us have it. We are sending it out at once to Hong Kong together with a copy of your letter. I am sure that it will be of the utmost value in all the town planning that will necessarily be done and we are most grateful to you for making it available.\n\nYours sincerely, \n**(Sgd) A. M. RUSTOM**\n\nTo \n`[4556C] Wt. 26930/440 50m. 9/43 C.N.Ld. 748`", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592854, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 142, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## Miss Ruston\n\nThe issue was to waive ... for the purpose of a certain dispatch regarding communities ok.\n\nThe Country planning world would not be appropriate on it, and Finance Department have not hitherto dealt with that subject.\n\n4.Ataron; 29", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592855, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 143, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# No text to proofread\n\nThe input appears to be a jumbled collection of characters, words, and phrases from various languages, likely resulting from a failed or corrupted OCR process. There is no coherent text to proofread.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592856, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 144, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "**REGISTERED**\n\n3\n\nMINISTRY OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING,\n32, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE,\nLONDON, S.W.I.\n\n23125 C.R.\n21. 1.47.\nEx161\nSu.\n144\n\nI have received a letter from Hong Kong asking for information about planning proposals. I have referred them to such information as I can, I shall ask you that I would be good enough to forward the enclosed draft ordinance together with the following: Scoll. Repod Barlow Willwat \"New Towns Ball (ufend mig) New Town Hornity Planing Bill\" and an explanatory Memorandum.\n\nThe enclosed draft ordinance was prepared in anticipation of my return to Hong Kong. I intended to...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592857, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 145, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# \n145\n\nhave it typed but \nwhen I found this I was not returning to though. \nand nothing further about it. \nIt embodies the recommendations \nThe new town planning bill, with adaptations to local conditions. \nto the Colony Authorities to \nfoundation to work on \n\nI am \nYour obedient Servant \nW. Owen.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592858, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 146, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# 53247/46 \n## C.D.W.A.C. No. 819 \n### 146 2 \n\n1. **NORTH BORNEO** \n## Appointment of Town Planner \n## Application for a grant of £4,700 \n\nThe towns and smaller centres in North Borneo have been devastated by enemy action and our own bombardments to a greater extent than anywhere else in the Empire. An estimate of the percentage of destruction in the main towns is as follows:-\n\n| Town | Percentage of Destruction |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sandakan | 95% |\n| Jesselton | 75% |\n| Kudat | 95% |\n| Beaufort | 60% |\n| Labuan (Victoria) | 100% |\n\nAfter a tour of North Borneo, the Governor General reported \"...With the almost complete destruction that has occurred, we have an opportunity which must not be missed to reconstruct the urban centres of North Borneo on model lines. My proposal is to engage an expert town planner of high reputation 'to come to Borneo for a period of at least two years'.\"\n\n3. The Acting Governor has been consulted and would welcome the early appointment of a well-qualified town planner with, if possible, architectural qualifications in addition.\n\n4. Application is accordingly made for a free grant of £4,700 to meet a town planner's salary for two years, return passages, and consequential expenditure. Details are shown in the financial summary attached. It is possible that the work may take longer than two years, in which case a further application will be submitted. A salary of £1,500 per annum is proposed, in order that well-qualified candidates may be attracted for this difficult and important task.\n\n**Colonial Office.** \n31st December, 1946.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592859, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 147, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## FINANCIAL SUMMARY\n\n| Dependency: | Appointment of expert town planner. |\n| --- | --- |\n| scheme: | As soon as approved and selection made. |\n| Date of commencement: | |\n| Period: | Two years in first instance. |\n| Total cost: | £4,700 |\n\n### Breakdown of Costs\n\n| Description | Cost |\n| --- | --- |\n| Salary | £3,000 |\n| Outfit Allowance | £60 |\n| Two return passages | £340 (for town planner and wife) |\n| Office assistance and subsistence | £500 |\n| Travelling (at local rates) | £500 |\n| Contingencies | £300 |\n| **Total** | **£4,700** |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592860, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 148, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## 304선 \n\nConnver \n\n148 \n\nموض ثالك من \n\nRuston \n\n5/5 win with \n\nprate with min \n\nПе \n\nshows, this. He is \nagainst paying a high \nfee for Lin PA. \n\nFRE", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592861, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 149, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## INWARD TELEGRAM\n**COPY FOR**\n\nFROM HONG KONG (Sir M. Young) \nTO S. OF S., COLONIES. \nD. 28th November, 1946. R. 28th \n09.10 hrs. \nNo. 1561 \n\nThe Committee which has been appointed to assist in the preparation of a comprehensive plan for the development of the Colony has pointed out that as the most possible avenues of development centre round the port and the two cities of Victoria and Kowloon, it is most necessary that the services of a Town Planning Expert of high repute should be made available as early as possible.\n\nI fully share the Committee's views and should be grateful if you would consider the possibility of arranging for a visit by such an expert, who should have had experience in planning port areas, including reclamation development schemes, as well as ordinary town planning of large cities. As the preparation of any successful plan of development is entirely dependent on such an appointment, it seems to me that there is a very strong case for meeting all expenses connected with the visit from the Colony's allocation under Colonial Development and Welfare Act and I should be grateful if this could be considered.\n\nI imagine that it is unlikely that Sir Patrick Abercrombie would be willing to undertake this task, but it would be an advantage if an expert of comparable status could be selected, as his proposals would be less likely to meet with opposition from the various interests affected than would recommendations by a comparatively unknown Town Planner.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592862, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 150, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## Miss Whyte\n\nAccording to our Hong Kong folio `150`, a `3P.N.` was despatched on 19.5.47 under same ref. by GPO mail. We can safely assume this, I think, is the case referred to now. I agree.\n\n| Stana and RM6 | 2576.47 |\n| --- | --- |\n| R. 204 | please register |\n\n1. B. Whyte 25%\n\nPage 150\nPage 151", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592863, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 151, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## \n\nMin Steven 8151 \nX216 \n\nNot returned nishay, ia \nafund \nresort tome es to \nMudson \n\nYou please \nwhatha \nyou \nhave bad \n\nthe enclosures to this \n3/3.4. returned toyen? \nThese enclosures done up in a bundle, were sent out of Secretary's office w/o by Miss Whyte & sent with draft to M.S. 31 for copying, about 15 May \nM.S. 31 has not seen them, \nwhether was the Returning so the Messengers cannot trace. It is thought they may be returned to Sterans. \n\nYou. \nR. 216 may", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592864, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 152, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# Page 152", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592865, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 153, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## COLONIAL OFFICE\n153 \n54298/1 \n\nThe Under Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his compliments to the Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, and with reference to the Secretary of State's savingram No.65, has the honour to transmit the under-mentioned documents.\n\n| Subject | Date |\n| --- | --- |\n| Report on Land Utilisation in Rural Areas | 1942 |\n| Commission on Distribution of Industrial Population | 1940 |\n| Committee on Compensation and Betterment (Interim Report) | 1941 |\n| Committee on Compensation and Betterment (Final Report) | 1942 |\n| New Towns Bill (with amendments) | 1946 |\n| Town and Country Planning Bill (with Financial Memorandum) | 1947 |\n| Town and Country Planning Bill (as amended by Standing Committee D) | 1947 |\n| Explanatory Memorandum on Town and Country Planning Bill | 1947 |\n\nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, \nS.W.1. \nMay, 1947.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592866, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 154, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "## 54298/1\n\nThe Under Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his compliments to the Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, and with reference to the Secretary of State's savingram No.65, has the honour to transmit the under-mentioned documents.\n\n| Subject | Date |\n| --- | --- |\n| Report on Land Utilisation in Rural Areas | 1940 |\n| Commission on Distribution of Industrial Population | 1942 |\n| Committee on Compensation and Betterment (Interim Report) | 1941 |\n| Committee on Compensation and Betterment (Final Report) | 1942 |\n| New Towns Bill (with amendments) | 1946 |\n| Town and Country Planning Bill (with Financial Memorandum) | 1947 |\n| Town and Country Planning Bill (as amended by Standing Committee D) | 1947 |\n| Explanatory Memorandum on Town and Country Planning Bill | 1947 |\n\nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, \nS.W.1. \nMay, 1947.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592867, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 155, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# 155 \n\n54298/1 \n\nThe Under Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his compliments to the Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, and with reference to the Secretary of State's savingram No.65, has the honour to transmit the under-mentioned documents.\n\n| Subject | Date |\n| --- | --- |\n| Report on Land Utilisation in rural areas. Commission on Distribution of Industrial Population. | 1940 |\n| Committee on Compensation and Betterment (Interim Report) | 194. |\n| Committee on Compensation and Betterment (Final Report) | 1942 |\n| New Towns Bill (with amendments) | 1946 |\n| Town and Country Planning Bill (with Financial Memorandum) | 1947 |\n| Town and Country Planning Bill (as amended by Standing Committee D) | 1947 |\n| Explanatory Memorandum on Town and Country Planning Bill. | 1947 |\n\nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, \nS.W.1. \nMay, 1947.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592868, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 156, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "156 \n54298/1 \n\nThe Under Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his compliments to the Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, and with reference to the Secretary of State's savingram No.65, has the honour to transmit the under-mentioned documents.\n\n| Subject | Date |\n| --- | --- |\n| Report on Land Utilisation in rural areas, Commission on Distribution of Industrial Population | 1940 |\n| Committee on Compensation and Betterment (Interim Report) | 1941 |\n| Committee on Compensation and Betterment (Final Report) | 1942 |\n| New Towns Bill (with amendment) | 1946 |\n| Town and Country Planning Bill (with Financial Memorandum) | 1947 |\n| Town and Country Planning Bill (as amended by Standing Committee D) | 1947 |\n| Explanatory Memorandum on Town and Country Planning Bill | 1947 |\n\nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, \nS.W.1. \nMay, 1947.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592869, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "page_number": 157, "title": "CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947", "content_text": "# 157\n\n54298/1\n\nThe Under Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his compliments to the Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, and with reference to the Secretary of State's savingram No.65, has the honour to transmit the under-mentioned documents.\n\n## Subject\nJute\n\n| Document | Year |\n| --- | --- |\n| Report on Land Utilisation in rural areas Commission on Distribution of Industrial Population | 1942 |\n| Committee on Compensation and Betterment (Interim Report) | 1940 |\n| Committee on Compensation and Betterment (Final Report) | 1942 |\n| New Towns Bill (with amendments) | 1946 |\n| Town and Country Planning Bill (with Financial Memorandum) | 1947 |\n| Town and Country Planning Bill (as amended by Standing Committee D) | 1947 |\n| Explanatory Memorandum on Town and Country Planning Bill | 1947 |\n\nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, \nS.W.1. \nMay, 1947.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-2 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 28-11-1946 - 5-12-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592870, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 1, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## 1948 \n54298/1 \n\n**Previous** \nCLOSED UNTIL 1979 \n54298,1/4+7 \n**Subsequent** \n1948 \n\nHONG KONG and PACIFIC 54298/1 \nHONG KONG \n`16.0.1029/0/14/3` \nAppointment of Town Planner \nVisit of Sir Abercrombie \n`Co 129/614/3` \n54298 +4 \n\n**FILE A** \nH531 \n`Wt. 24416 D5807 1,000 8/51 W.&A. Ltd.` \n147 Gp. 617", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592871, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 2, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## C.IN.\n\n1. Liv P. Abercrombie\n2. Sir P. Abercrombie\n\nMr Bryant.\n\n4-1-48.\n\n5-1-48.\n\nWe shall be grateful for your comments on Professor Abercrombie's letter at 1.\n\nAs a matter of subsistence, would it apply to Malayan in Hong Kong?\n\nBR w Rapfad 20/\n\nWe cannot justify £4-12-6; 125 and 12-10.0 without further justification from the rate of interest that has been payable (Eastern) Mars 12.1.48 on expenditure.\n\nI saw Sin Patiek. I understand that his departure was due to his assistant, Allovnard, not calling on him as arranged, so that the regimental matters were not explained to him. I think Kai Li was critical of the first instalment.\n\nI can hold no hope of expecting a significant upward change if it is mechanical. If it is considered, it will be at the expense of pocket.\n\nHis having appeared against the adjustment of the night, having dissolved, is my guess at the accommodating nodding, why not? Ky of dy aud Bahuck.\n\n3. Sir P. Abercrombie\n\nAs I am near; fuel misin. allovnala OhAshu Beyond w... 27.118. 29-1-48", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592872, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 3, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## \n4. Six P. Abercrombie \n5. Liv P. Abercrombie \n\nTo: D.M. MacDougall \n\nWhen P. Abercrombie \n\nMr. Sisten \n\nWe discussed (7). \n\n1-2-48 \n3 \n5-2-48 \n-17 \n17245 \n27-8-48 \n\nDraft & firm Stick Abercrombie herewith \n\nBring with min 10 days \n\n8. Liv P. Abercrombie \n\n9/9 all \n\nLir P. Abercrombie \nPar Sidel Man \n\n9-9-48 \n11-9-48 \n\nFee _55.) the 1946-4). five \n\n1. Am Praming mt in. mie Dies en kohdilition Fina 10/Si P. über cremitie \n\n1619 \n1579 \n16.946", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592873, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 4, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "11 to D.M. Macdougall - w/c of \"Beling. Planning hop. 76 Cyprus - July 1997\" (Abercrombie) and (9)\n\n12. Sir P. Abercrombie\n\nMu. Siddhisthän\n4\nUndated\n\nWe had ... and bre... (12). Two chapt... herewith 2815. Then open with Parker straples with On Cam lahen with off. It is possible to prothallichin.\n\nJBL\nRemiquikly to m. W... Wallare 129/9% ah. Why may mis...\n\n旧\n\n17 Sir P. Abercrombie\n29.9.48\nto D. M Macdougall 15k of (12-13) furth. to (11) Cons. 29.18.48\n\n16.1.48\n15 D.M. Macdougall\nM Wallace\n\nI have hear...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592874, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 5, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "through Sir Patrick Abercrombie's \n\n5 \n\nnoting the corrigenda proposed \n\nReport noting by H.K. \n\nand \n\ncan \n\nsuggest \n\nother \n\namendments \n\nwhich ought \n\nto be \n\nmade \n\nbefore \n\npublication. \n\nA. \n\ndraft so \n\nletter to \n\nMacDonnell \n\nBlanyard \n6/1 \n\naim \n\nthis \n\nsorry \n\nfile \n\nway \n\nheld for so \n\nlong in \n\nAccounts Branch without my \n\nendeavouring \n\nA also \n\nK \n\nsecure t \n\nReturn \n\n&c.) \n\nsubmit \n\ndraft letter : the Colonial Building Liaison offices in accordance with the instructions given in H' Rogers' minute of 28th August 1948 on the subject of Building Research. After action this file might circulate to S.S. \n\nwho if they think it desirable draws the attention of the Housing Dept. B. might", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592875, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 6, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "**wide E.O.D.** not an \n\nand Town Planning Adviser to \n\nNo. 2097 30/12/48 Patrick Abercrombie's Report. \n\nBR. 7/1 \n\nI have side-lined in red the amendments in the list behind (15) which are of importance. \n\npurposed draft of Mr. Radford's minute 17/1 \n\n1. Gh. Atkinson \n8. M. Macdonald \n17 \n\nN' 1 Conchley Please \n\n10.1.49 \n10-1-49 \n\nminute of 7/1", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592876, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "whether lesson with the 7 you Town Planning Adossi vesponsibility. Blasford", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592877, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 8, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "54298/1/48\n\nColonial Office,\nThe Church House\nGreat Smith Street,\nS.W.1.\n\n10th January, 1949.\n\nYour Ref. 51/4841/48\n\nThank you for your letter of 16th November, 1948, about Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Report.\n\n2. We have looked through the Report and noted the suggestions made in your list of corrigenda. There are no other points which we wish to raise and provided Sir Patrick is agreeable to the alterations you propose we see no objection to publication of the Report.\n\nD.M. MACDOUGALL, ESQ., C.M.G.\n\nJ.B. Sidebotham", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592878, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## \n(2/46) [16] Wt. 19126/754 50m. 7/48 C.N.Ld. 748 \n54298/1/48 \n9 \nC. O. \nMr. Radford 611 \nMr. Wallace 10/1 \nMr. Sidebotham 0/1 \nMr. Permt. U.S. of S. \nMr. Parly. U.S. S. \nMinister of State \nSecretary of State \nYour Reference... 51/4841/485 \n\n**DRAFT** \n\nD.M. MacDougall, Esq; C.M.G., \nColonial Secretary, \nHong Kong \n\n## FURTHER ACTION \n\nAlso mention for Mr. Sidebotham's signature \n\nThank you for your letter of 16 November, 1948, about Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Report. \n\n2. We have looked through the Report and noted the suggestions in your list of Corrigenda. There are other points which we wish to raise with Sir Patrick and we have provided alterations you propose. If you are agreeable to the alterations, we see no objection to publication of the Report.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592879, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 10, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "54298/1/48\n\n## Colonial Office\nThe Church House\nGreat Smith Street, \nS.W.1.\n\n10th January, 1949.\n\nDear Atkinson,\n\nMay I introduce myself as the body in the Hong Kong and Pacific Department of the Colonial Office nominated to keep you informed of town planning activities in the territories coming under that Department?\n\nIt has occurred to me that you may be interested to know that Sir Patrick Abercrombie visited Hong Kong towards the end of 1947 to advise on planning and that he has recently produced a preliminary Planning Report for the Colony.\n\nThis Report is registered on file `54293/1/48` which should at present ordinarily be available if you wish to consult it.\n\nW. I. J. Wallace\n\nG.A. ATKINSON, ESQ., B.A., A.R.I.B.A.\n\nPage 10\nPage 11\n\n(2/48) [16] Wt. 19126/754 50m. 7/48 C.N.Ld. 748", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592880, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 11, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "54298/1/48\n\n\"C. O.\"\n\nRadford 7/1\n\nMr.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nMr. Wallace 10/1 Hs\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nDRAFT. S...\n\nlette\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\n**Minister of State**\n**Secretary of State**\n\nFor I. Wallace's signature\n\nYour Reference\n\nDren Atkinson.\n\nG.A. Atkinson, Esq., B.A., ARI.B.A.\nDepartment of Scientific and Industrial Research,\nBuilding Research Station,\nGarston, Watford,\nHerts.\n\n**FURTHER ACTION**\n\nMay I draw your attention to the fact that it is my responsibility to keep you informed of town planning activities in the territories coming under the Hong Kong and Pacific Department of the Colonial Office? It has occurred to me that you may be interested to know that Sir Patrick Abercrombie visited Hong Kong towards the end of 1947 to advise on town planning and that he has produced a Preliminary Planning Report for the Colony. This Report is registered on file `54248/1/18`, on which it is in action at present. Ordinarily, it should be available... I wish you to... result it... com...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592881, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 12, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "No: 51/4841/485\n\n1215\n\n**COLONIAL SECRETARIAT**, Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong.\n\n16th November, 1948.\n\nDear Sidebotham,\n\n(14)\n\nThank you very much for your letter No.54298/1/48 of the 29th September about Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Report.\n\n2.\n\nWe have not yet had time to go into it on the policy side, but the text has been carefully examined and I enclose a list of corrigenda which I have also sent to Sir Patrick in Australia. I have asked him to let me know if he agrees to these changes being made.\n\n3.\n\nYou will see that most of our suggestions cover typing errors and the spelling of place names, but there are some omissions which we wish made for political or security reasons.\n\n4.\n\nUnless there are other points which you wish to raise, we propose publishing the report as soon as we hear from Sir Patrick that he is agreeable to these alterations.\n\n5.\n\nMeanwhile, we are having \"working copies\" made incorporating the amendments proposed for use in the Departments concerned. These will remain confidential until publication can be arranged.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nD.M. MacDougall.\n\nJ.B. Sidebotham, Esq., C.M.G.,\nColonial Office,\nThe Church House,\nGreat Smith Street,\nLONDON, S.W.1.\n\nEnclosure.\nDCB:IS", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592882, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 13, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## CORRIGENDA\n### PART I\n- Para. 2 line 7 page 1: \"forsee\" should read \"foresee\".\n- Para. 5 line 28 page 2: \"peninsular\" should read \"peninsula\".\n- Para. 6 page 2 - omit \"that for the purpose of the Development Plan the New Territories are retained; but\" and substitute a comma for the semicolon in line 4.\n\n### PART II\n- Para. 8 page 3:\n - line 1: \"straightened\" should read \"straitened\".\n - line 2: \"Tai wan\" should read \"Tai Wan\", \"Tan Ka Sine\" should read \"Tan Ka Tsing\", \"May You Tong\" should read \"Ma Yau Tong\", \"You Ma Tai\" should read \"Yau Ma Tei\".\n - line 5: \"You Ma Tai\" should read \"Yau Ma Tei\".\n- Para. 11 page 3 line 1: the comma at the end of the line should be a dash.\n- Para. 15 page ↳: last 2 lines; omit \"Objections, other than those of Planning, were made to this suggestion.\"\n- Para. 18 page 5: \n - A. \"Ho Mun Tin\" should read \"Ho Man Tin\".\n - B. \"Kowloon (ty\" should read \"Kau Lung Tsai East\".\n - I. “Overspill at Kai Tak\" should read \"Overspill north of Kai Tak\".\n- Para. 20 page 6 line 1: \"proceding\" should read \"preceding\".\n- Para. 21 page 6: amend \"45 per person\" and \"325 per family\" to read \"45 square feet per person\" and \"325 square feet per family\".\n- Paras. 28 and 29 foot of page 7: \"504 dwellings per acre\" should read \"504 persons per acre\".\n- Para. 37 page 9: \"Ilenessy\" should read \"Hennessy\".\n- Para. 38 page 10: \n - line 2: \"struts\" should read \"streets\".\n - last sentence: It is observed that the recommendation regarding Kai Shek Mi (which should read Kap Shek Mei) conflicts with that in paragraph 18, wherein \"Kowloon Tong west\" which includes the same place, is suggested as a housing area to accommodate 78,500. It is therefore suggested that the sentence beginning \"Iyin between the northern extension\" should be deleted.\n- Para. 40 page 10: \n - It is suggested that the words \"Northern harbour frontage\" should be amended to \"Island harbour frontage\".\n - \"Yau Mati\" should read \"Yau Ma Tei\".\n - The Town Planning Officer remarks \"There is an offensive trade area at North Point which Sir Patrick agreed to retain;", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592883, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 14, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## Para.45 \nPage 11 line 6 \nalso other trade \"zones\", It is accordingly suggested that these lines should be revised to read \"The only three sites for noxious industry are at the extreme west at Belcher Bay for the slaughterhouse only at North Point, and at the extreme east for a small fish curing area at Sau Ki Wan\".\n\n## Para.45 \nPage 11 line 14 \n\"Henessy\" should read \"Hennessy\".\n\n## Para.48 \nPage 11 \n3rd last line \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.49 \nPage 12 line 3 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.50 \nPage 12 line 1 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.51 \nPage 12 line 7 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.52 \nPage 12 line 9 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.55 \nPage 13 lines 6-7 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.55 \nPage 13 line 9 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.56 \nPage 13 line 6 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.58 \nPage 13 lines 6 and 12 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.63 \nPage 14 line 5 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.66 \nPage 14 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.67 \nPage 14 line 7 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.68 \nPage 15 line 3 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.70 \nPage 15 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.71 \nPage 15 last line \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.72 \nPage 15 line 1 \nNo text provided.\n\n## Para.74 \nPage 16 \n\"antasy\" should read \"an easy\". \n\"principle\" should read \"principal\".\n\n## Para.77 \nPage 16 line 7 \n\"Henessy\" should read \"Hennessy\". \n\"Shan Ki Wan\" should read \"Sau Ki Wan\".\n\n## Para.77 \nlast 6 lines \n\"Henessy and Kings\" should read \"Hennessy and King's\". \n\"the best approach to Tai Tak (the new satellite)\" should be amended to \"the best approach to the new satellite north of Kai Tak.\" \n\"Kwa Tan\" should read \"To Kwa Wan\", \n\"Ho Mun Vin\" should read \"Ho Man Tin\". \n\"supercede\" should read \"supersede\". \n\"Tsim Sha Tsai\" should read \"Tsim Sha Tsui\", \n\"Yau Ma Ti\" should read \"Yau Ma Tei\".\n\n## Other Corrections\n* \"chinese\" should read \"Chinese\".\n* \"Kau Lung Tong\" should be \"Kau Lung Tong\".\n* \"cross the existing Tai Tak aerodrome\" should be amended to \"cross north of the existing Kai Tak aerodrome\".\n* \"ferries\" should read \"Services\".\n* \"Queens street\" should read \"Queen's Road\".\n* \"Fai Tak\" should read \"Kai Tak\".\n* \"siezed\" should read \"seized\".\n\n## Para.85 \nItem 1 (Dispersed Small Playgrounds) \nPage 18 line \nomit \"窿 the military to the south and naval to the north of the village of Stanley\". \nomit last two sentences (beginning \"The alternative proposal\").", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592884, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 15, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "# \nPara.85 Item 3 (Ratt Parka) should refer to page 18 last line and page 19 line 11. Corrections for this section include:\n- \"Belchers\" should read \"Belcher's\"\n- \"l'ave\" is unclear but should be corrected to its proper form if possible.\n- \"King's Road\" was misspelled as \"Kings Road\".\n\nCorrected text for Para.85 Item 3 should read properly with the above corrections.\n\nPara.85 Item 4 (Wider Open Spaces) on page 19 line 9 has related corrections on the last line of the page:\n- \"Funiculaire\" should read \"Peak Tramway\"\n- \"Harlech Walk\" should read \"Harlech Road\"\n- \"beeches\" should read \"beaches\"\n\n## \nPara.87 on page 20 line 13:\n- \"Plovers Cove\" should read \"Plover Cove\".\n\n## \nPara.93 Item (iv) on page 22:\n- Omit \"directly accessible from the new aerodrome\".\n\n## \nPara.96 foot of page 22 line 2:\n- \"sepcially\" should read \"specially\".", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592885, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 16, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "54298/1/48\n\n16\n14\n\n**THE CHU CH HOUSE, GREAT SMITH STREET - LONDON, S.W.1.**\n29 September, 1948.\n\nDear MacDougall,\n\nSir Patrick has certainly been stirred to activity. In my letter of the 16th to you I hoped his Report would be forthcoming next month. Actually an advance copy has arrived here and you will, I suppose, have received your copy by the time this reaches you.\n\nI enclose copy of Sir Patrick's letter to me forwarding the Report and of my reply.\n\nAs regards possible alterations of a factual nature, we would of course leave it to you to settle these with Sir Patrick. As regards possible alterations on matters of \"high policy\" perhaps the best thing would be if you would let us have for comment any suggestions you might have from your end. We would then reply to you and leave it to you to take them up with Sir Patrick. We shall, of course, await with the greatest interest, your official comments on the report.\n\nD. M. MacDOUGALL, ESQ., C.M.G.\n\n(J.B. Sidebotham) \n3", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592886, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 17, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## DRAFT\n\nYour Reference.\n\nDear D..MacDOUGAL, ESQ., C.M.G., \nCOLONIAL SECRETARY, \nHONG KONG.\n\nDear MacDougall,\n\nSir Patrick has certainly been stirred to activity. In my letter of the 16th to you I hoped his Report would be forthcoming next month. Actually it has arrived here already and you will, I suppose, have received your copy by the time this reaches you.\n\nI enclose copies of Sir Patrick's letter to me forwarding the Report and of my reply.\n\nAs regards possible alterations of a factual nature, we would of course leave it to you to settle these with Sir Patrick. As regards possible alterations on matters of \"high policy\", perhaps the best thing would be if you would let us have for comment any suggestions you might have from your end. We would then reply to you and leave it to you to take up with Sir Patrick. For shall, of course, mail with the greatest interest, your official comments on the entire report.\n\nFor Mr. Sidebotham's signature.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592887, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 18, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "54298/1/48\n\nTHE CHURCH HOUSE,\nGREAT SMITH STREET,\nLONDON, S.W.1.\n\nSeptember, 1948.\n\n29 Sep\n\nDear Sir Patrick,\n\nMany thanks for your letter and the copy of your long Hong Kong report, which we shall read with interest. As regards alterations (supposing such were thought to be desirable) we would not in any case propose to suggest any from here until we had received the Governor's comments on your report and even then we should prefer, so as to avoid any danger of 'crossing the wires', to leave it to the Governor to communicate any such suggestion to you, informing you to this effect.\n\nI hope you will have a good trip to Australia and have noted your address there. I much enjoyed a visit to Sydney a year ago last spring.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nwith renewed thanks for sending the report.\n\nC/o D. M. Macdonell\n\nJ. B. SIDEBOTHAM\n(J.B. Sidebotham) \n\n(14)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592888, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 19, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## CAO.\n\nMr. Wallace \n2879 \nMr. Sidebotham \nMr. Permt. U.S. of S. \nParly. U.S. S. \nMinister of State \nSecretary of State \n\n### Your Reference.\n\n2 DRAFTS \nsiz. \nFor Mr. Sidebotham's signature, \n19 \n\n### SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, (12) FURTHER ACTION. (12)\n\nDear Sir Patrick,\n\nMany thanks for your letter and the copy of your Hong Kong Report, which we shall read with interest. As regards alterations (supposing such were thought to be desirable) we would not in any case propose to suggest any from here until we had received the Governor's comments and even then we should prefer, so as to avoid any danger of crossing the wires, to leave it to the Governor to communicate all such suggestions to you. We are informing the Governor to this effect.\n\nI hope you have a good trip to Australia and have noted your address there. I much enjoyed a visit enlivening Agron a last spring.\n\nWith renewed thanks for sending the Report.\n\n'R C. SIDEBOHAM", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592889, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 20, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "Blewbury \n207. \n**RECEIVED** \n27 SEP 1948 \nRed House, Aston Tirrold, \nC.O. REGY \n\nDear W. Tidebotham \n\nI enclose a copy of my Hong Kong Repat. I have at the same time sent copies to Stanley Hill for the planning fee, H.K., and to the Colonial Office. I have said that, before release for publication, it might be desirable to make some omissions (but not necessarily in my view): the matter of fact (0) applies to the matter of high importance which came in.\n\nPage 20\nPage 21", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592890, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 21, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## \nleaving in early October for Antinglia (J & Britain Committee)\n\nI have written that if Muratin is wanted, the request could be made in writing to them. In the case of Spitfire reference to the Jewish camps! (Thank you for sending the Epstein Report (`E.R.`)). I have intentionally kept the Report brief and here neither marshalled all the evidence nor included sketch plans.\n\nTime in H.K. with the Planning Office, who were wired on these things naked with me continuously entailing discussions of all types. I have sought to be fairly definite but always against a background of full information, specially prepared reports and recorded interviews. Tunnel is wanted - on the Admiralty should have Queen Rd., it is the result of very full discussions with the most directly concerned. Only in the (all-important) case of Finance, have I not met the London official who deals with the Imprest Treasury so far as H.K. is concerned.\n\nyour", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592891, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 22, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "54298/1/48\n\nYour ref: `L.M.G. 6856`\n\n**Colonial Office,**\n**The Church House,**\n**Great Smith Street,**\n**London, S.W.1.**\n\n16th September, 1948.\n\nF.a.(14) 22\n\nRec'd 03 11am 17\" Sept.\n\nOn receipt of your letter of the 27th August I wrote to Sir Patrick Abercrombie, and I enclose a copy of his reply. It looks as though the report should be forthcoming next month.\n\nI also enclose a copy of the Cyprus report, to which Sir Patrick refers in his letter, so that you may see the style of publication he favours.\n\n**D.M. MacDOUGALL, ESQ., C.M.G.**\n**SIDEBOTHAM**\n(J.B. Sidebotham)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592892, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 23, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## Mr. Secretary of State\nYour Reference `LMG 6856`.\n\n**DRAFT**\n\nMr. Minister of State \nParly. U.S. S. \nPermt. U.S. of S. \nAM 19.6.\n\n**FURTHER ACTION (7)**\n\nThe ... i active. Jol scum ie, and chred outherning evvreldpe) yprus fee SIDECOTHA A", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592893, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 24, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "54298/1/48\n\n24 10\n\nThe Church House,\nGreat Smith Street,\nLondon, S.W.1.\n\n16th September, 1948.\n\nMany thanks for your letter of the 11th, and for so promptly replying to mine. We are letting Hong Kong know what you say. I have obtained a copy of your Cyprus report and propose to send this to Hong Kong so that they may see the style of publication you favour.\n\nI shall, of course, be very glad to have an advance copy of your report as you so kindly suggest.\n\n**(J.B. Sidebotham)**\n\n**PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592894, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 25, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## DRAFT\nFURTHER ACTION\n\nIn this matter I have to ask for your guidance as to further action.\n\nYour Reference........ \n\nMr. Willan IS \nPermt. U.S. of S. \nParly. U.S. S. \nMinister of State \nSecretary of State \n\n54298/1/48 \nD-15 10 \nfidelthum 16/9 \n\n25 \n\n:) \n(9) \n5^ \n9 \n/ \nA \nJ \nI \n... \nAnd \nfo \na \nJe me \nletting Hig \nlinda pro toy cyprus \nthe style of wallie m \nthei \nbeeg. \nI here \nto Mandily support. \nMr. Evans", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592895, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 26, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "Blewbury \n\nhow \n\n207. \n\nDear \n\n1 \n\nhas \n\nRed House, Aston Tirrold, \nDidcot. \n\ntham \n\nLyt 48 \n\nexpecting this! \n\n& how \n\n1 \n\nthe end of this month \n\n1 \n\ncopy \n\n\" \n\nyou \n\nOften D.M. Macdougall (11) \n\nwas \n\nhard at work done before \n\nto have the report \n\nand proposing \n\nCol. Sec. in \n\nHak. \n\nto and \n\nthe Planning Office (with whom \n\n1 \n\nand who has all the details which \n\ncorrelated most closely \n\nout together). \n\nwe worked out \n\nthat intended to do this report after Xmas", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592896, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 27, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "but return in Conference called in June \n\nIt must be completed before then. Your summary \n\nP.S. It would be pleasant if my report were produced in similar form to the three. Meanwhile you can see Gaiman may make some omission before publication.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592897, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 28, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "54298/1/48 \n\n28 \n\nThe Church House, \nGreat Smith Street, \nLondon, S.W.1. \n9th September, 1948. \n\nDear Sir Patrick, \n\nMay I introduce myself as Mayle's successor in charge of Hong Kong affairs at the Colonial Office? I note from your letter to Mayle of the 4th January that you then hoped that maps and documents being sent to you for use in writing your Hong Kong report had arrived in London. \n\nI know, of course, how extremely busy you are, but I should be most grateful if you could give me some idea when your report will be ready for the Hong Kong Government. The reason I ask is so that I can pass the information on to the Governor. Hong Kong are, of course, holding up their urban development plans until your report can be taken into consideration, and they have asked us once or twice whether we have any information as to when your report is likely to be ready. \n\nYours sincerely, \nJ.B. Sidebotham, \nPROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592898, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 29, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## DRAFT\n\nMr. Wellon \n819 Sidebottom \n\nfor Sathish Abercrombie \n(address at (1)) \n\nPermt. U.S. of S. \nParly. U.S. S. \nMinister of State \nSecretary of State \n\nYour Reference..... \n\nIcar für Patien \n\nRay I introduce \nIn the fishothen is sequence \nmy reply \n\nMayle's \nAng Kay offices I note from \nSuccessor in charge of Amy \n\nSpier? \nof the Elmial \n\n(1) In letter & Magle \nyou them hoped \nbeing \n\nIf the t fan und \nmaps and documents \n\nIn writing \nso \nAmy Kay report had anord in honden. \ncomere how \nrendly my \nwir Ihned be justipe of \nidea \none when when you \n\nIn me \ncould fir \nAng Kay \nSa report \niee \nready \n\nIn the Tong kay Sat. \nThe reason \nark in that I can pers the informaton \n\nTome frumor \ntony Kay \nweben development plans \nare fishes, \n\nFURTHER ACTION \nthen \nholding up \nuntil zu repot \nzm \nCarm \nbe Chen \nWhen ing \n\nconsiduation \nросл \non tivice whether wor \ninformation \nlikely obe ready. \nand they \nhave asked \nhave \namy \nfor when \nIm \nreport", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592899, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 30, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "**Mr. Wallace**\n\n7\n30\n\nI think this had better be registered. We must then consider what, if anything, we can do. I don't know if we have, in any way, come into this question of Sir Patrick Abercrombie's report up to the present, and, if not, it would seem a little difficult for us to 'barge in' now, except this bars on one official request, 6.9.1948.\n\nPage 30\nPage 31", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592900, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 31, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "No: L.M.G.6856\n\nDear Sidebotham,\n\n**SECRET**\n\n31\n\n**COLONIAL SECRETARIAT**, Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong.\n27th August, 1948.\n\nIt is now about eight months since Sir Patrick Abercrombie left Hong Kong and his original intention was to send us his report within three months of his departure. Last month we heard indirectly that he was working on it.\n\n2. We are very anxious to have the recommendations as soon as possible since we have felt compelled to hold up decisions in a number of important matters in order to have the benefit of his advice. We are particularly anxious to push forward with schemes which may qualify for a Colonial Development and Welfare allocation, but have so far had to confine ourselves to applications relating to schemes for the New Territories which will not be affected by Sir Patrick's report.\n\n3. You may consider that it would be inadvisable to attempt to hurry Sir Patrick, but if there is anything you judge can usefully be done to extract the report a little more quickly, we would be very grateful.\n\nJ.C. Sidebotham Esq., C.M.G.,\nColonial Office,\nThe Church House, Great Smith Street, LONDON, S.W.1\n\nYours sincerely,\n...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592901, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 32, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "DRAFT: Mr.Field, 17.2.40.\n\n54298/1/48 H.K.\n\nColonial Office,\n15, Victoria Street,\nLondon, 3.1.1.\n\n32 6\nFebruary, 1948.\n\nDear Sir Patrick,\n\nMayle has passed on to me his correspondence with you regarding the incidental expenses of your recent trip to Hong Kong.\n\nPending the receipt of a claim from the Hong Kong Government for expenditure incurred on your behalf, I am not quite clear whether you did in fact draw the subsistence allowance of 25/- a night in Hong Kong or whether it is to be paid to you here.\n\nIf the latter, would you be good enough in replying to give the times and dates of your arrival in, and departure from, Hong Kong? I will then arrange early payment of the subsistence allowance due to you.\n\nYours sincerely,\n(G.J. Lunnon)\nAssistant Accountant.\n\n**PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE**, M.A.,\nP.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.C.S., M.T.P.I.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592902, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 33, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "# Colonel Vale 1009 \n\nChurch House, \n33 Great Smith Street, \n4.-7.1. \n5th February, 1948.\n\n5\n\nThank you very much for your letter of the 1st February. I note that you do not wish to proceed any further with regard to the incidental expenses, and I will pass this on to the financial people.\n\nFor my sins, I also look after the Borneo territories, and, as I think you know, we are very anxious to get hold of Mr. Concannon for our town planner in North Borneo. I believe that Mr. Concannon is in touch with you and I hope you may feel able to recommend him to accept our offer for North Borneo, if he should seek your advice.\n\nSyd. (M.L. Hays) \nPROFESSOR \n**SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592903, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 34, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## Step 1\nThe given text appears to be a jumbled and incomplete output from an OCR process, containing fragments of words and numbers without clear context or sentence structure.\n\n## Step 2\nTo proofread this text, we need to identify any recognizable words or phrases and attempt to reconstruct sentences or paragraphs based on the given rules.\n\n## Step 3\nThe text contains \"34\", \"her. 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While \nво \nм \nzin \nhara 2. \nwien \nLu \nMr Mayle \nIntuich Gch \n4/2 \n4/", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592904, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 35, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "**DRAFT LETTER**\n## PROFESSOR \n### 35 \n#### 5 \n\n**Secretary of State:** \n\nDeep. 5/2. \n**Your Reference..** \n\n5th February, 1948. \n\n**SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.** \n### FURTHER ACTION. \n#### Register min conf \n\nThank you very much for your letter of the 1st February. I note that you do not wish to proceed any further with regard to the incidental expenses, and I will pass this on to the financial pundits. \n\nFor my sins, I also look after the Borneo territories, and, as I think you know, we are very anxious to get hold of Mr. Concannon for our town planner in North Borneo. I believe that Mr. Concannon is in touch with you and I hope you may feel able to recommend him to accept our offer for North Borneo, if he should seek your advice.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592905, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 36, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## Dear M. Magle\n\nThanks for your letter of 29 Jan.\n\nI do not propose to proceed any further with regard to the incidentul exprum to the Treasury [Accountant] Knar that the suhiilience a Maranee is sufficent for cabiilima.\n\nThe £3 unne is not actually of the remainder arrived at by deducting all the expens. The remaindu han punnana of my note of... which kept a pent unavidally in Hane Kay.\n\nDon't worry an reproach gaumlf. I have explained thex details to N.L. Magle and pleen don't hav hav's m Ponni Hamankie.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592906, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 37, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "37 \n\n3 \n\n54298/48 \n\nDear Sir Patrick, \n\nColonial Office, \nChurch House, \nGreat Smith Street, \nS.W.1. \n\n29th January, 1948. \n\nAnsid (4) \n\nI have now had the advice of our Chief Accountant about your letter of the 4th January regarding the expenses of your recent visit to Hong Kong. \n\n2. In the first instance, apart from your subsistence allowance, which is calculated at £42 and covers approximately your hotel expenses (not including tips, which are not normally admitted), we can meet your incidental expenses provided they are itemised and vouched as far as practicable or covered by a personal certificate of expenditure. We could not hope, therefore, to be able to secure authority to reimburse you the following items in your statement, without further information:-\n \n| £ | S. | d. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| (1) Journey out from London to Hong Kong, incidental | 4 | 12 | 6 |\n| (4) Daily expenses at £1 per day, 35 days | 35 | 0 | 0 |\n| (6) Return journey to London, incidental | 2 | 10 | 0 |\n\n3. Do you think you could let me have an itemised list covering these three sums, so that \n\n**PROFESSOR, \nSIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592907, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 38, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "we can go into the matter further and also consider the point which you raise in your letter as regards the inadequacy of the allowance.\n\n4. I am sorry that it was not possible to explain these details of our financial procedure to you before your departure for Hong Kong.\n\nYours sincerely,\n**Søyd.** (N.L. Mayle)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592908, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 39, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "Wt. 23364/665. 8/47. 50,000. S. & S. Ltd.\n\n54c98/48 Hong Kong.\n\n3 zi\n\nC. O.\n\nMr. Lunnon\nMr. Bryant\nMr. Male\n\n19/1148 20/1148\n26/1/48,\nPermt. U.S. of S.\nParly. U.S. S:\nDesp. 291. zali\nW maglin synachist\n\nSecretary of State,\nYour Reference...\n\n**DRAFT**\n\nDear Sir Patrick,\n\nProf. Sir Patrick Abercrombie, M.A., FrR.I.B.A.\n\n(1)\n\n29th January 1948.\n\nI have now had the advice of Our Chief Accountant about your letter of the 4th January regarding the expenses of your recent visit to Hong Kong.\n\n2. In the first instance, apart from your subsistence allowance of £42, which is calculated at 24/- and which covers approximately your hotel expenses (not including tips, which are not normally admitted), we can meet your incidental expenses provided they are itemised and vouched as far as practicable or covered by a personal certificate of expenditure.\n\nWe could not hope, therefore, to be able to secure authority to re-imburse you the following items in your statement without further information.\n\n| Item | £ | s | d |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. Journey out from London to Hong Kong, instalment | 4 | 12 | 6 |\n| 4. Daily expenses at £1 per day, 35 days | 35 | 0 | 0 |\n| 6. Return journey to London, incidental | 2 | 10 | 0 |\n\n3. Do you think you could let me have an itemised list covering these three items, so that we can go...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592909, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 40, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## \nthe point which you consider us syndrome and also in the with into the matter further \n\n4. \nI am sorry for the inadequacy of the allowance. It was not possible to explain the magnitude of the details of this matter to you before your departure for Hong Kong, but it was intended that this should be done.\n\nDo you have made contact with the Chief Accountant, as suggested in letter of the 9th August last. You were apparently prevented from doing this before you left.\n\n### \nPage 40\nPage 41\n\n**C.O.** \n**REGISTERED No.** \n**DRAFT** \n**MR. Mayle** \n**MR.**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592910, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 41, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "# DRAFT AND RECORD COPY \n\n**LETTER SENT** \n\nDear Sir Patrick, \n\nColonial Office, \nChurch House, \nGreat Smith Street.\n\n**DATE** \n5th January, 1948.\n\n## ENCLOSURES \n\nThank you very much for your letter of the 4th January. I had, of course, seen from the Press that you have returned from Hong Kong and am very glad to hear that you had a successful visit. I should very much like to have a talk with you when you are next in town, if you can spare the time.\n\nI will certainly see whether anything can be done about your expenses and I will not overlook your reference to the `1.9`'s who were visiting the Far East. From previous experience, however, I am afraid I cannot hold out much hope of a refund of the excess of your actual expenses over the subsistence allowance.\n\nYours sincerely, \nN.L. Dayle.\n\n## FURTHER ACTION \n\nTo \nMERCROMBIE, F.K.I...\n\n`PROF. 230M BIR 2. TRICA` \n`4.P.I.` \n\n[4556B] Wt. 26930/440 50m. 9/45 C.N.Ld. 748", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592911, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 42, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "# PROFESSOR SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE \n\nM.A. F.R.I.B.A. M.T.P.I \n\nTHE RED HOUSE ASTON TIRROLD DIDCOT BERKS \n\n42 \n33 WELBECK STREET, LONDON, W.1 \n\nTELEPHONE: WELBECK 1681-2 \n\n4th January 1942. \n\nDear Mr. Mayle \n\nThanks to my trip from Hong Kong before Christmas, which was a successful visit, I intend to get to work on my report and have heard that the maps and documents that were being sent to me have just arrived in London.\n\nI am enclosing a note of my expenses. You will see that the allowance for accommodation which I wrote to you about from Hong Kong has more than covered my hotel bills, owing to my remaining in the cheapest hotel and eating the strictly standardised food, which was really quite good enough. I was fortunate in not having to pay for many meals, especially in the middle of the day.\n\nOn the whole, I am rather pleased that the estimate that I gave to the bank of my figure of £100 sterling was just about realised.\n\nI do not know whether the Secretary will grant more than the £40 I have already drawn.\n\nIt would be interesting to know if the analysis has been done on the Port's traffic in the years past the country's ... \n\n**Colonial Office** \nDowning Street \nLondon, S.W.1 \n\nYours sincerely, \nPatrick Abercrombie", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592912, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 43, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## HONG KONG VISIT BY SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE.\n\n### 43\n\n#### Ortahan\n\n#### P\n\n#### November/December 1947\n\n### Note of Travelling Expenses\n\n1. Journey out from London to Hong Kong\n - Incidental expenses\n - Accommodation at Govt. House, \n - 31 days at Royal Naval Hotel £65.50\n - Any Peninsular Hotel (no drinks)\n\n| Category | Days | Rate | Amount |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Daily Dinner at Govt. House Hotels | 25 | | |\n| Office (Afternoon etc.) | | | |\n| A.C. | | | 35.0 |\n| Petty Cash | | | 35.0 |\n| Cables | | | 150.4 |\n\n2. Return journey to London\n - Incidental expenses\n - Government Allowance: 32 days @ £.../_\n - 2/12...\n\n### Total Expenses\n\n| | £ | s. | d. |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Total Expenses | 100 | 10 | 0 |\n\n### Certified correct by Patrick Abercrombie\n\n#### 3 Jan 1948\n\n| | £ | s. | d. |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Balance | 50 | 5 | 6 |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592913, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 44, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "**ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE**. OPEN by cutting Label instead of tearing Envelope. FASTEN Envelope by gumming this Label across Flap.\n\nSir Patrick Abercrombie's Report `Wti 539 79 3/44` 44 (LAB LARGE) 8. K & 8. Ltd.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592914, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 45, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "# 9. The Services Removal\n\n45\n\n71.\n\nThe most discussed proposal in the Colony is the removal of the Naval and Military quarters from the centre of Hong Kong: the removal from Kowloon, though less urgent, would follow on a new location being found for those located in Hong Kong. It was somewhat surprising to find that there was less difference of opinion between the Civil and Service views, than might have been expected. Naturally, the Services were only prepared to move to quarters which would prove equally or more serviceable. It was agreed that these could be found: the only outstanding question was that of finance: a balance sheet could not be prepared at this stage; there is no doubt that the value of the central service land is very high, but not all of it could realise its full market value as a considerable amount would be required for public purposes. The cost of re-instatement of the services on a new site would presumably be met, in part at least, from Imperial Sources.\n\n72. The removal of the Services from the block of land on either side of Queen's Road in the centre of Hong Kong is an absolute essential to the continued prosperity of the Colony. The central administration and business area would be almost doubled in size; and although some faint hopes were expressed that a tunnel might create a business extension at Kowloon, all planning experience is against such a possibility.\n\n73. By a fortunate chance, the Naval and Military Services, in considering the possibility of an alternative location, had both hit upon the same neighbourhood: this would greatly help in the provision of necessary access, housing, and ancillary works. There was, however, this important difference: the Naval removal would have to be a single operation, whereas the Military one could be done in stages. Both services welcomed the ampler space which a new site could provide.\n\n74. The position selected is in the neighbourhood of Tai Tam Bay. Very tentative plans have been prepared, but sufficient to show that the area is suitable from the essential points of view.\n\n75. Whereas the Naval exit from the dockyards at Hong Kong and Kowloon would be complete, the military authorities stated that headquarters on a reduced scale would be required at Victoria or Garden Road Barracks and at Gun Club Hill at Kowloon, as well as access to water at Wellington and Sham Shai Po. But Whitfield Barracks and the major area overlooking Queen's Road could be given up. The Naval Establishment on Stonecutters Island could also be abandoned if this scheme for removal went through.\n\n76. The use to which these vacated lands could be put will be described in later sections. It has already been stated (in Section 3) that a \"New Town\" of about 30,000 would be required for the workers in the Naval Dockyard and Barracks: this could be located somewhere in the neighbourhood of the existing village of Stanley (whose present residential character would be completely changed). This new Town should combine with the workers' quarters, a joint recreational area, properly segregated for the personnel of the Navy and Army.\n\n☛ using this word in the widest sense to include certain cultural buildings.\n\n77.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592915, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 46, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "77. The Stanley Prison would have to be removed; but its new buildings could be put to some useful purpose. A similar agreement for a permanent Service Aerodrome was not reached. The Kai Tak site is agreed to be a bad one and even worse was that selected sometime ago in the New Territories. If the Naval and Military arms go to Tai Tam Bay, the Kai Tak site would be useless for combined action.\n\n45A\n\n45", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592916, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 47, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "Milton Courts Hotel, London \n\n48 \n14th August 1949\n\nDear Kiskars,\n\nMany thanks for the Joan Abercrombie Export which I have found most interesting. You will subsequently hover... \n8.a.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592917, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 48, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "(Zile \nHONG KONG \nno. \n54298/1/49) \n## PRELIMINARY PLANNING REPORT \n1 9 4 8.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592918, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 49, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "# HONG KONG PRELIMINARY PLANNING REPORT 1948\n\n## PART 1 SCOPE OF THE REPORT\n\n1\n\nPlanning proposals, whether for a whole country, a region, a town or a village are usually and naturally divided into short and long term: there are certain obvious reforms or reconstructions which should be put in hand at once and for which a limited fund of money may be made available: these proposals usually take the form of actual works to be done and are not concerned with that sort of planning which governs the lines of the natural growth of the community. Thus the Colonial Office under the Colonial Development & Welfare Scheme of 1945 allotted one million pounds to Hong Kong, which was to cover developments prepared over a period of ten years.\n\nThe present Report, however, was not to be limited in this way, and was intended to cover long term policies as well as short, including the direction given to private enterprise in order that its operations may fall into some general and agreed form of planned development. It is usually accepted that 50 years ahead is as far as any plan can be expected to foresee, and it may be taken that the short term will comprise the first ten years of this period: but under a Development plan the works executed during this first stage will not be limited to Government and State-aided schemes. It should also be remarked at the outset that the most recent theory of planning does not assume a final and finite plan passed in all its details as a Town Planning Scheme (as was the case under the 1932 Town Planning Act), but a plan of 'Development' using the word in its strict sense and allowing for revision from time to time in the light of changing requirements and technical accomplishment.\n\n3\n\nThis Report is necessarily limited to some general suggestions or indication of general lines towards the making of such a Development Plan for the Colony, which may take 2 or 3 years for its completion. But during this time the works proposed under the first or short term period can go ahead, with the assured feeling that they are the initial stage of a long term policy. The general suggestions herewith, which are based upon preliminary Surveys prepared by the Town Planning Office and are the results of some weeks' study of the site, many interviews, and scouting of proposals, must be fully tested by more intensive Survey, especially into Housing Conditions, Office Floor area, Industrial location, and Road Traffic: sample Surveys may be sufficient for preliminary proposals, but final plans must be based upon complete information.\n\n5\n\nOne of the most attractive features of a planning visit to Hong Kong is the wealth of ideas for improvement that is available. Most of them, it is true, deal with one or several cognate aspects: no list of these has been attempted, or authors given, or even acknowledgements made, for all possible proposals seem to have been made by some one or another at some time or another. In few places can so many eager brains have been at work. Perhaps it will not be invidious to single out two contributions of outstanding value:", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592919, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 50, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "49\n\nMr. W.H. Owen's appendix to the Housing Commission's Report, 1935, and his Draft Ordinance, and Sir David Owen's report on the Port (more particularly the physical proposals). But almost equally fertile and practical suggestions have been made for Roads, Air, Railways, Open Spaces, General Health & Welfare, Water Supply, Industrial Location, expansion of the Business Zone, Tunnels, and the New Territories.\n\n5 In comparing Hong Kong with many other places, two special characteristics of its problems at once emerge, neither of them perhaps unique, but each present to a highly intense degree: firstly, the shortage of land for any sort of urban expansion or quarter; secondly, an unlimited reservoir of possible immigration. The combined presence of these two characteristics does indeed produce something like a unique result.\n\nNot to waste time on too elaborate comparisons, it may be remarked of the Western Countries, such as England, that if one centre of population becomes too great, it may or should be possible to encourage migration within the land and so regroup the population (this is what is proposed to do on a regional scale for London). On the one hand, land is available; on the other, the population (allowing for statistical increase or the contrary) can be anticipated.\n\nIn the case of a nearer parallel, for example, Ceylon, some attempt can be made to regulate the size of the Capital in relation to the rest of the island. But there does not appear to be any limit to the number of people who could pour into Hong Kong from the mainland (beyond, of course, the New Territories). Thus, it has been stated that if, on the analogy of the Greater London plan, New Towns were built on the limited suitable land of Kowloon or on the much less limited land of the New Territories, they would at once be filled up from this unplumbed reservoir on the mainland. The New York solution (where the shortage of space is limited to a peninsula, whereas there is plenty of adjacent land) of building skyscrapers for business and population as well does not commend itself for Hong Kong. The only policy as to numbers appears to be an artificially restricted population and some form of rigid transference from over-crowded areas into new quarters as and when they are prepared to receive them. There must be also a rigidly enforced standard of maximum density and imposed limitation upon industrial expansion. Both these will be difficult to enforce: the population has become used to densities which, over large areas (not in small black spots), must be some of the highest in the World; industry is seeking a refuge in Hong-Kong, and it is hard to deny it entrance. As a recent writer has said, \"the prosperity of this tiny British Colony stands out like a beacon. This is mainly due to the fact that the stability of British administration has afforded a refuge to commercial interests which have fled from the chaos prevailing elsewhere.\" \n\nThe same tendency to flock to Hong Kong exists for people as well. Here then is the problem: to provide for this immigrant prosperity with so little space to offer it.\n\nIt has been assumed, throughout this Report, that for the purpose of the Development Plan, the New Territories are retained, but that the major urban activities should be confined to Hong-Kong Island and Kowloon, and that the location of the Defence Services should have a preference for the Island. The natural barrier of mountains North of ...\n\nA.S. Comyns Carr, K.C., *Times*- 20th July, 1948.\n\nPage 50\nPage 51", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592920, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 51, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "Kowloon reinforces the former: and both preferences are related to the fundamental fact of the Colony, which must never be lost sight of, that its foremost function is an Entrepot Port.\n\n## PART II. GENERAL PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPMENT\n\nSo\n\n1. **The Harbour**\n\nOne of the first objects of Harbour proposals for town planning is to obtain more land without impairing the Port. Sir David Owen's report is here a useful guide,* but his recommendations have not all been followed.\n\nOn \n\n8 \n\nThe head and sides of Kowloon Bay are straightened, on the west as far as Tai Wan on the east to Tan Ka Sing, with a boat building yard at Mau Yau Tong. Hung Hom Bay is reclaimed, leaving only a harbour entrance for Hung Hom. The west of Kowloon Yau Ma Ti Typhoon harbour is filled in, also the rectangular area at Cheung Sha Wan. Extensive reclamations are also possible at Gin Drinkers Bay and Tsun Wan. These combined reclamations on the Kowloon side of the harbour give a very considerable increase of Territory. Much less is possible on Hong Kong Island itself. Starting from the western end, there is a narrow strip at Kennedy Town, the bay from Yaumati Ferry to Murray Road (in front of Chater Road) and the more debatable strip along the front of Connaught Road. There is next the Naval Dock, Causeway Bay, and a narrow strip east of North Point. A small reclamation in Sau Ki Wan Bay has also been suggested, but requires further investigation.\n\nThree new Typhoon shelters will be required by these coastal changes: they have been tentatively located (a) at the head of Kowloon Bay (in front of Kai Tak) (b) in front of Sham Shui Po (c) in front of Causeway Bay (reclaimed), using Kellett Island.\n\n10 \n\nNew Piers are proposed at Kowloon Docks (absorbing the old Coaling Camber) and on the east side of Kowloon Bay at Ngau Tau Kok. The rebuilding of the Connaught Road piers, which is due on structural grounds, is debatable, not from the Harbour angle, but by reason of the congestion and mixed zoning in the area behind. It has been contended that much of the coastal trade could be located elsewhere: this requires further investigation. Up to Western Street Godowns, Shops, Hotels, and Tenements are completely mixed and almost indistinguishable in building. West of Western Street, the Godown and Commercial element predominates. Somewhere on this north coast, a Coal depot should be located.\n\n2. **Population, size and Grouping**\n\nIf the possible population given unlimited land is an incalculable quantity, the existing number of inhabitants are sufficiently difficult to calculate, concentrated on a limited area. It may, however, be assumed that at the beginning of 1948 the population of the Colony was as follows:\n\n| Category | Population |\n| --- | --- |\n| Normal Urban Population of Hong Kong and Kowloon | 1,000,000 |\n| Floating Junk and Sampan | 200,000 |\n| New Territories | 300,000 |\n| **Total** | **1,500,000** |\n\nAlso, of course, the development Report of 1947.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592921, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 52, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## 12 \nIt was decided to find out what was the maximum additional population that could be accommodated in Kowloon, allowing also for an area large enough to take the overspill from overcrowded areas. This is the opposite to the usual method which consists in making a forecast based upon local increase plus immigration. Where the ground is limited, it is at any rate useful to find out what is the maximum which it will take. In making these calculations there must be, of course, agreement upon the maximum densities permitted in existing developed and in proposed areas; this will be discussed in the next section on Housing.\n\n## 13 \nFrom the somewhat tentative survey of the sites and working on an assumed density, it appears that Kowloon could absorb an additional population of about 500,000, as well as about 100,000 which should be taken out of the overcrowded areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon (and which consequently in the above table are still included in the Million Urban population of Hong Kong and Kowloon).\n\n## 14 \nThis would, therefore, give a grand total of two Million inhabitants for the Colony as a whole and would enable industrial and post expansion to be regulated accordingly.\n\n## 15 \nThere are two factors which would vary this figure. Firstly if a lower Density standard were adopted: the land being strictly limited, the total population would equally be decreased. The Colony may be faced with this alternative between a larger population or a better standard of living. (It need hardly be explained that in a town with unlimited land, e.g., Karachi, the lower density does not curtail population, but means a more extensive urban area covered.) The other varying factor, operating in the opposite direction, allows the urban population to pass beyond the mountain barrier into the New Territories. A New Town of 100,000 inhabitants could be developed with its own industrial trading estate, and increased road rail connection with the harbour. Objections, other than those of Planning, were made to this suggestion.\n\n## 16 \nIt is very necessary to have some general figures of this sort in view, as the whole scale of improvements and provision of public services must be based upon them. Water Supply, for example, might become a limiting factor as severe as that of land: and the areas required for offices, shops, car parks, streets, open spaces etc., must be based upon some ultimate population.\n\n## 17 \nThe following table gives an indication as to where these additional 500,000 persons could be accommodated in and near Kowloon and the acreage required. It also provides for the rehousing of the 100,000 overspill from the overcrowded areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon. (The positions and their rough areas were worked out with the Town Planning Officer.)\n\n(Table given on Page 5)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592922, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 53, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## Suggested location and acreage required in Kowloon to accommodate an additional population of 500,000 and an overspill of 100,000.\n\n| District | Population to be accommodated | Acres |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| A. Hill District East of Ho Man Tin | 57,000 | 200 |\n| B. Kowloon City | 92,700 | 325 |\n| C. Kau Lung Tsai East Kowloon Tong west | 78,500 | 275 |\n| D. Castle Peak Road area | 35,600 | 125 |\n| E. Kun Tong Reclamation | 50,000 | 176 |\n| F. Hung Hom Reclamation | 75,000 | 150 |\n| G. Gin Drinkers Bay | 57,000 | 200 |\n| H. Tsun Wan | 55,000 | 193 |\n| **Total Population & Acreage** | **500,300** | **1,643** |\n| I. Overspill at Kai Tak north of ... | 100,000 | 350 |\n| **Total** | **600,200** | **1,993** |\n\nSay: 600,000 or 2,000 acres.\n\nWith the exception of Hung Hom, the net density of 500 persons per acre is reduced to 285 per gross acre; this is explained in the following section.\n\n## 3. Housing: density and redistribution.\n\nThe Housing conditions of Hong Kong present the most serious problem in the Colony. Density to the extent of 2,000 persons per acre, and not confined to small patches, in buildings which are of entirely obsolete design but which under present powers cannot be condemned, is something unknown in European Countries.\n\nAfter considering many alternative suggestions both as to numbers of the average family, floor area per person and number of building units per net acre, the type recommended by Mr. Owen, which gives 504 persons per net acre has been adopted for the purposes of making the ...\n\nAn extreme but not unusual case given by Dr. Fekily shows 2,268 persons per acre.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592923, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 54, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "53\n\nThe calculations given in the preceding section result in a density that is considerably lower than what has been adopted for certain post-war rebuilding at Kowloon. It is, however, very high compared with European standards, especially when recalling that the 200 persons per acre recommended for a very limited area in the London Plan received serious criticism from housing and town-planning reformers.\n\n21. The figures adopted (slightly modified from Mr. Owen's) are:\n| Category | Value |\n| --- | --- |\n| Persons per family | 7 |\n| Dwellings per building unit | 3 |\n| Building units per acre | 24 |\n| Persons per acre | 504 |\n| Persons per family | 3254 (per family, likely a typo and should relate to density) |\n| Dwellings per acre | 504 |\n\nIt was generally felt that this standard should be tried out in building before adopting it. Alternative figures for general distribution have been prepared for a reduction to 300 per acre. Before making a final decision on the target to be aimed at, it is strongly urged that this lower density should also be worked out, both in detail for housing accommodation and in its effect upon the total population the area will accommodate at this density. The Medical Officer's Report on his trial survey, the incidence of Tuberculosis in high densities, and the Social Workers' and Welfare evidence should be fully investigated and correlated before a decision is made as to whether the target should be 300 per net acre or 500; the former is, of course, preferable, and every effort should be made to realize it.\n\n22. In allocating acreage for housing purposes, a 'gross' acre must be considered to allow for all communal purposes, e.g., Community Centre, Shops, Clinic, Schools, local playgrounds (but not major open spaces); additional acreage should be allowed for those purposes. Thus, the 500 persons per net acre (which includes house plots and roads) will be reduced to 285 persons per gross acre. It is recognized, however, that in existing overcrowded areas, this target will be difficult to achieve, except under complete rebuilding, which should eventually take place. Open spaces, local playgrounds, and other community needs must be found as near as possible to the population to be served. Accordingly, in the calculations, the reduction of existing populations is taken at 500, but the siting for new populations (with the exception of Hung Hom, which has open space nearby) is taken at 285.\n\n23. This additional acreage introduces the principle of 'Community' Planning, which has not been developed in Hong Kong so far. It is acknowledged that it will take a long time to introduce a community structure into the monotonous building of 3-storey tenements. But a beginning should be made so that any new public or quasi-public building can be located with reference to this structure; and, of course, it must be introduced from the start in the layout of new areas.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592924, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 55, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## \nIt is suggested that there should be a threefold division.\n| Level | Population |\n|--------------|------------|\n| Community | 100,000 (or 2 @ 50,000) |\n| Neighbourhood| 10,000 |\n| Group (family or similar) | 500/54/25 |\n\nMuch further research is required into this aspect of Housing; but already considerable thought has been given to the subject, and 200 neighbourhood centres have been suggested. It would be of the greatest value as an object lesson if the P.W.D. could prepare a plan and model for a Neighbourhood unit, which would demonstrate how the decentralised overspill would be disposed upon a new site.\n\nThe possibility of the transfer of the overcrowded population (in every Country a delicate matter) has been considered and it is believed that it might be possible for new areas developed at Kowloon to attract from and reduce overcrowding in Victoria (and Kowloon) if:\n(a) Work in the form of new industry etc., were available;\n(b) First-rate conditions of houses, shops, play spaces, clinics and schools were offered;\n(c) A rigorous allotment of houses to bona-fide Hong Kong residents was made, with preference to those who could show that they came from overcrowded areas.\n\nRegulations against overcrowding in the vacated areas would have to be simultaneously enforced.\n\n## \nThe rebuilding of the obsolete types of Tenements and the structures in a condition of decay will require new powers in order to avoid the dangers and drawbacks of piecemeal reconstruction. It should be possible to declare whole areas obsolescent and ripe for rebuilding on a new layout, as is provided for under the English 1944 Act (Section 9). The only satisfactory way in which this can be done is by acquisition of the designated area and in this connection it would be useful if powers were obtained to allot the 'Life' of a building according to its condition and design: this will have a direct bearing upon the cost of acquisition.\n\n## \nA Survey which has been prepared indicates the areas in which the highest densities prevail: and it is interesting to remark that these are not always the oldest quarters (e.g., the District 2A, between Hennessy and Gloucester Road). It is estimated that 156,670 should be taken out of Hong Kong and 29,250 from Kowloon, in order to realise the maximum density of 500 per acre.\n\nTaking the Hong Kong figure, it is possible to relieve the Hennessy Road area by the removal of the families who at present work in the Naval Dockyard and Barracks (see Section 9 of Report): this would take out about 30,000 and leave the 3 districts 1A, 2A and 2B at the appropriate density.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592925, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 56, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## \nThere is also a hillside area above North Point of approximately 100 acres which could take 50,000 from the overcrowded parts of Hong Kong generally and provide homes for the workers at Tai Koo. These two figures will thus reduce the numbers of Hong Kong who would have to seek land in Kowloon: thus \n\nHong Kong overcrowding 156,670 requiring removal. \nLess 80,000 Naval workmen & New Point Area. \nHong Kong balance 76,670 \nKowloon overcrowding 29,250 \n## \n105,920 to be housed in new Satellite in Kowloon. \n\nA careful scrutiny has failed to discover any extensive areas available in the Island of Hong Kong. The Dairy Farm at Pok Fu Lam has been suggested; but apart from its present valuable use, it is not very suitable. The flat land east of Aberdeen has also been considered; but if it changes its present use it will probably be for water supply. A tunnel through Mount Cameron would not be justified. The site of the Aerodrome at Kai Tak appears to be the most suitable and easily developed site for a short-term policy, to eliminate over-crowding from Hong Kong and Kowloon; it would comfortably take the 106,000 people involved and could be planned as an object lesson. \n\n## \nIt is not intended for a moment to minimise the extreme difficulty of reducing and moving the Victoria population which clings obstinately to familiar localities; these very generalised ideas are intended to show the magnitude of the work and to indicate the lines upon which a change may take place, whose pace will depend upon the legal powers conferred. \n\n### 4. Shops and Workshops. \nIt would be pedantic for the planner to condemn the practice which obtains in Hong Kong (and indeed is common in the East) of giving up the entire ground floor of the Residential area to Shops, Workshops, Warehouses, Stores etc. There appears to be demand for this continuous bazaar on the ground floor, which has the drawback of creating a narrow fronted dark tenement above. Mr. Owen has shown in his report (`Type B Plan 3`) how a wider frontage and a set back above the ground floor can produce much better living quarters. \n\nIf a new Community is planned from the beginning, it might be worth while attempting to provide shopping centres at appropriate places (in conjunction with neighbourhood centres) and to set aside other areas for workshops and stores, as it were 'Domestic factory zones'. But there may be danger in interfering with a settled method of living and working, provided the workshops are kept within the domestic range of size and type of work.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592926, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 57, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "56\n\nIt may also be pointed out that this type of home workshop also largely obtained in the East End of London, though the division between work and living was not so sharply defined as it is in Hong Kong: one of the aims of the plan for London has been to break down this tradition and group the workrooms in what are called 'tenement factories' in close proximity to but distinct from the home. The provision of power, the containing of noise and dust, and the greater ease of inspection are among the advantages of this method.\n\n## 5. Industrial Location and Zoning\n\n35 A considerable amount of zoning for industry has already been carried out, there being three major groups (**a**) Noxious (**b**) Intermediate (**c**) Light Industry. In the main this zoning has followed existing trends and has sought to confine what is already there rather than to direct development. A large scale scheme of harbour reclamation, the proposal to rebuild and enlarge certain harbour works, and finally the possible full development of land for residential purposes in Kowloon, with the proposed reduction of population in Hong Kong Island, call for a revision of these industrial zones.\n\n36\n\nIn a number of places additional and more detailed surveys are required in order to find out how far industrialisation of certain areas has gone - this applies to the long strip behind Connaught Road; East Point near Causeway Bay and the Ma Tau Kok area on the East of Kowloon. One or two areas which have been already zoned for industry, under the proposed conditions might well revert to residential, but without attempting to remove existing industries: an example of this is the area immediately south of the old Kowloon city. It is proposed to zone a very large area from Shek Chan, northwards, including Ma Tau Kok as a Trading Estate, which should be given positive encouragement; this would become the major industrial zone in this part of Kowloon (but the Noxious area should be eliminated, including ultimately the Cement Works). This links up with Tai Wan and Hung Hom and will be one of the most important shipping and industrial zones in the Colony.\n\n37 On the western side of the Kowloon peninsula much readjustment of the existing industrial zoning is necessary, owing to the proposed alteration of the coastline. A slaughterhouse and ancillary trades are located at Lai Chi Kok; from thence there is an Intermediate Industry Frontage as far south as Prince Edward Road, with a residential hinterland. The present Noxious zone at Tai Kok Tsui should not extend eastwards of Tong Mi Road. The filled-in Typhoon anchorage could be zoned for light industry and commercial, but the existing Noxious zone eastwards should be eliminated. The Kowloon wharves, as already mentioned, may be supplemented with new enclosing piers.\n\n38 The long strip town on either side of Nathan Road is a mixed zone, predominantly commercial and residential: its continuation northwards is by Cheung Sha Wan Road:", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592927, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 58, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "-10-\n\nThese form a fine backbone to Kowloon, whose boldness of conception is marred by the side streets entering at every block and continuous frontages (a treatment normal to the period); conditions might eventually be improved for through traffic. Lying between the northern extension of this strip town and the Railway is the agricultural area of Kep Shek Mu, which if possible should preserve its character.\n\n39 On the Eastern side of Kowloon Bay, there is an opportunity for a large industrial and shipping frontage, with additional piers (the rail connection will be dealt with later). Here the Oil Storage is located.\n\n40 \n\nThe Northern harbour frontage from Belcher Bay to Sau Ki Wan requires detailed study, particularly with regard to the depth of the coastal industrial strip.\n\n57 \n\nA clear break is, of course, essential from the Yau Ma Tei Pier (or further west) to the beginning of Gloucester Road. The only sites for Noxious industry are at the extreme west at Belcher Bay - for the Slaughterhouse only - at North Point, and at the extreme East for a small fish curing area at Sau Ki Wan. This latter is the same type of special area allowed for Aberdeen and its island.\n\nIt will be seen from the above brief description that, with the exception of a narrow strip of harbour frontage, including the ship repairing at Tai Koo, on Hong Kong Island, the large and continuous industrial areas of various types are all located at Kowloon: they will thus provide the workplaces for the increased population of half a million which can be placed there.\n\n42 \n\nThe Light Industrial zones (which approximate to the 'Domestic' workshops under the Tenements) should take into consideration (a) their relation to the surrounding Residential areas, (b) provision for loading and other requirements of Industry, (c) the avoidance of obstruction of traffic on main roads. If these conditions are observed, there is no objection to a wide distribution of these industrial zones, so as to minimise the distance between home and work. And they will allow regulations to be imposed prohibiting any further conversion of houses into partial factories.\n\n43 \n\nTo sum up, there should be four broad types of Industrial location.\n\n(a) Noxious\n(b) Intermediate\n(c) Light\n(d) Home or domestic\n\nOf these, (a) should have no houses whatever within the zone: (b) should be in properly planned 'Trading Estates' in which a limited number of houses may be allowed: (c) will require individual decisions on each site in relation to traffic and houses. The Lands Department must beware of snatching quick profits through leasing factory sites without regard to surrounding conditions.\n\n6. Roads.\n\n44 \n\nThe existing roads of Hong Kong are sharply divided according to hillside and level ground. The latter is exclusively gridiron in pattern; the former a free landscape treatment dictated by contours; there has", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592928, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 59, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## -11- \n\n58 \n\nA \n\nHowever, there has been some attempt, as is so frequent elsewhere, to apply gridiron planning to irregular sites. At the same time, there has been a tendency to start levelling rocky ground to produce a level site for a piece of gridiron layout. This has led at times to most expensive site works, through insufficient study of the geological formation, the decomposed granite being irregular in its appearance. \n\n45 \n\nThe layout of level ground has been dominated by the Gridiron mentality; indeed, when once roadmakers and property developers are inoculated with this pattern, it is extremely difficult to throw it off. Squared plots on level ground are so simple and effective for leasing and building (especially with standardised Chinese tenements) that they appear inevitable (as has happened with millions of acres in U.S.A.). But this method, in which crossroads occur merely as boundaries of blocks or as coverage for sewers and stormwater, is directly at variance with traffic requirements which seek to canalise main routes and avoid cross currents. Nor does the gridiron reflect any of the changing emphasis of community grouping. The main backbone through roads of the Island, Des Voeux, Queens, Hennessy, and the much finer Nathan Road of Kowloon are rendered ineffective as main traffic routes by reason of these cross roads and the continuous riparian frontages. \n\nThe Hillside roads in Hong Kong Island display an exuberance of construction that is quite astonishing: there appears to have been no limit to the length of road in relation to buildings or through traffic. There was apparently in the past no charge for road making made to the developer. In the future (and a considerable amount of new hillside development is to be anticipated for larger houses), it is recommended that the developers roughly form the roads, which are then to be made up by the Government and charged to the developers: they will then be maintained by the P.W.D. Alternatively, when it is intended to encourage development (and by individual housebuilders), it may be worth while for the Government to form and make up the roads and then lease off individual plots at 'Developed estate' values. In no case in the future should the Government make miles of expensive hillside roads leading to a single house or to a small group of bungalows by the seashore. \n\nRoad improvements in a closely built-up area, such as the coastal strip of Hong Kong and the tip of Kowloon, are not easy to get carried out: major proposals, indeed, are dependent upon two external changes which it will be assumed are to take place: the removal of the Naval Dockyard in Hong Kong and the alteration to the Railway in Kowloon. \n\nThe urbanised part of Hong Kong consists of one long ribbon through which passes traffic to and fro: there are insignificant traffic exits at each end - Kennedy Town and Sau Ki Wan - and two intermediate exits over the mountain barrier at Garden Road and Stubbs Road (branching as they get higher up). There is a short length on the level, between the Naval Yard and the Barracks, where the whole of this urban ebb and flow passes along a single road. If the Naval Yard and Barracks were removed, this bottle-neck could be relieved by duplication: but the solution is not an easy one, as the Business Town Centre would wish to extend over any area that is freed, and it would not, consequently, be helpful to cut the area up with traffic routes.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592929, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 60, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## 59 -12-\n\nIn the western larger urban area, what is wanted is to make one of the three longitudinal Roads, Connaught, Des Vœux, and Queens, the principal traffic artery. Des Vœux (with its break connected up) would seem the best for this purpose, leaving Connaught for dockside and Queens for local shopping traffic. But it is of no avail to label a road 'traffic artery' unless something is done for this purpose; and the only way in which Des Vœux Road can be made to serve as the traffic artery of this part of Hong Kong is by closing as many as possible of the side roads opening on it and by prescribing a slower speed along Connaught and Queens Road and introducing further police control.\n\nEast of the Dock Yard, Henessy Road appears the most suitable for the same function, continuing with a new road across Causeway Bay to join up with King's Road. It cannot be pretended that these are very remarkable improvements, but it must be remembered that strictly speaking, there is no through traffic - it is all engendered within the urban ribbon. The Tunnel entrance (see next section) will certainly concentrate traffic at the centre point, but there will be vacant ground for this to be properly distributed. It is unfortunate that the landward roads, on the higher level, which, with some minor improvements (e.g., Kennedy Road to Bowen Road), can make excellent and attractive 'cornice' roads, continuous from Bonham Road near the University site to Stubbs Road, overlooking the racecourse, cannot be of much service as a bypass for commercial traffic: this cannot be persuaded to mount up the steep roads, at right angles to the contours, to join it.\n\n## 51\n\nThough the traffic at either end of the urban strip, Kennedy Town and Sau Ki Wan, is, as stated, comparatively insignificant, improvements are nevertheless needed. At the west end, if Des Vœux is to be the main road, it will require a better connection to the Pok Fu Lam Road: there is also the possibility of considerable suburban development at Mount Davis. At Sau Ki Wan, the country road beyond will become the main approach to the new developments (see Section 9) at Tai Tam. Steps must be taken to ensure that no ribbon building continues along this road.\n\nAt Kowloon, there is much more opportunity for road improvement. The only 'through' traffic of the Colony, which is in this case Approach Traffic from Canton, is encountered here, which, with the Tunnel, will link up with the centre of Hong Kong. Obviously, this volume of through traffic from the centre of Hong Kong to China should not pour down Nathan Road, wide though it is. Nathan Road, in fact, should perform exactly the function of Des Vœux, Henessy, and King's Road in Hong Kong, as the central artery of urban traffic: and for this purpose, its northern extension should not be Tai Po Road (reserved for main Approach traffic) but Cheung Sha Wan Road. This latter and Nathan Road should be given all the same aids to efficiency that have been recommended for Des Vœux Road.\n\nFor the Canton-Hong Kong traffic, a complete bypass is possible, which can be treated as a really modern Arterial Road from Tai Po Road near the Service Reservoir to the Tunnel entrance at Tsim Sha Tsui.\n\n*See Sir Alker Tripp's definition.*\n\nPage 60 \nPage 61", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592930, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 61, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "# \n60 north of 54 \n\nThis can be done by utilising the existing Railway. There can be few opportunities in any town of comparable size for so magnificent an Approach Road: and there is hardly a single building to be demolished. The southern portion could run parallel to, but at a different level to, Lower Chatham Road (which will be retained for riparian building and also to give access to the reclaimed land in Hung Hom Bay).\n\n55 \n\nThere is not much road improvement otherwise required in Kowloon, which has an excellent number of wide roads, laid out, owing partly to topography, on a free bold pattern. Several important, but minor matters will of course have to be settled, e.g., the approach to the new Railway Station; the best approach to Tai Tak (the new satellite) through the Ma Tau Kok Trading estate; Kai Tak (the central Kowloon City Road, or the two bounding Roads, Ma Tau Wei or Kowloon Roads).\n\nA \n\nThe chief difficulties will be found at the intersections. The large Community units (enumerated in Section 2) have been carefully disposed so that in no case are they invaded by any of the existing or proposed main roads; indeed, their actual size has in several cases been dictated by the bounding lines of existing main roads.\n\nThe hilly district east of Ho Man Tin (the 'A' area of 200 acres) will give an excellent opportunity of showing how it is possible to develop a site, making full use of a detailed Geological survey. There is probably a considerable amount of decomposed Granite here, combined with hard rock: a terraced treatment, making full use of the softer rock but not attempting to quarry away the hard (as is being done at Morrison Hill) should produce an interesting and economic result.\n\nOne of the most important aspects of Road Planning is the provision of Car Parks as the central area is rebuilt. Car Parks should be insisted upon under all new office buildings: the Tunnel entrance would naturally give access to large public Car Parks at both the Hong Kong and Kowloon entrances: these should be operated on the mechanised principle, so as to save space.\n\n## 7. The Tunnel\n\nA Tunnel from the centre of Hong Kong to the tip of Kowloon is the biggest single town planning and engineering feature for consideration in connection with the Development of the Colony. Various opinions have been expressed as to what it would serve, whether, for example, it would supersede to any great extent the transhipment of cargoes by lighters, whether it would facilitate decentralisation from overcrowded Hong Kong, whether it would open up a wider area for high-class residential development, whether it would enable work people to get more easily or quickly to their jobs, whether it would supersede the ferries/etc. The problem of engineering and of cost are also not yet solved.\n\nFrom a general planning point of view, the more intimate connection formed by a bridge or a tunnel must be considered of great advantage in a situation of this sort and with urban areas of the order of one million inhabitants separated by a stretch of water less than a mile wide.\n\ngive accent to open space", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592931, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 62, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## 61 \n-14- \n\nThe case of Liverpool and Birkenhead naturally comes to mind, although there is a great volume of shipping and more through traffic; but it will be remembered that Liverpool, after having for many years a railway (subsequently electrified) tunnel, more recently added a road tunnel and has continued the ferries and docking facilities.\n\nThe engineering problems require to be further investigated and the cost brought into relation with the economic position of the Colony; but sooner or later the tunnel must be constructed.\n\n## 62 \nThe following are some of the planning considerations. There must be facilities for pedestrians as well as motor cars (this is not provided in the Liverpool Tunnel). There should also be electric trains, either on a narrow gauge (like the London Tubes) giving direct access to the general station at Kowloon (on its new location); or, if the main line were electrified, it might be possible to run trains direct from the New Territories into Hong Kong, with great advantage for (a) farm and fishing produce, (b) for recreation from the crowded urban centres.\n\n## 63 \nThe exits will require most careful planning, with escalators as well as the sloping ramp for cars: this will form the real gateway to Hong Kong. On the Kowloon side, it will be desirable to plan a triple entrance (a) for passengers at Tsim Sha Tsui, (b) for the Kowloon Docks, (c) for the underground connection to the new railway station at Yau Ma Ti.\n\n## 64 \nThe tunnel will be something much more than an underground traffic link. It will be the symbol of the unity of interests of the Colony; it is impossible to predict all the effects which it may have, but provided strong planning control both for use of land and for direction of traffic is exercised, it is difficult to see in what way it can be other than beneficial.\n\n## 8. Railway \nThe railway proposals are drastic but can be carried out with a minimum of destruction of property: more detailed investigation of levels will, of course, be required, especially in connection with the goods rail to the Kowloon Wharves.\n\nThe main suggestions are as follows: the elimination of the line from Kak Lung Tong, south of the tunnel, to the main station at the tip of Kowloon. The use to which the abandoned line can be put has already been mentioned.\n\nThe line forks just south of the tunnel, the western arm being carried across Nathan Road, on the angle of Nullah Road, and along the reclaimed front of the Yau Ma Tai Typhoon harbour as far as Public Square Street. Here the new Main Station will be located at something less than ten feet above street level. A station here would be as convenient as at the tip of Kowloon, provided it were connected by rail through the tunnel with the centre of Hong Kong. It would also require ultimately a direct connection with Jordan Road, which can also take a main line railway.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592932, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 63, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "-15-\n\n62\n\nand Nathan Road. It would add very much to simplified operation if the Main Line itself were electrified (with Diesel electric motors) from the New Territories or beyond. It should be possible for a goods line to be carried, parallel to the Station approach line, to ground level for the harbour; this would keep the goods lines to the west of the main part of Kowloon.\n\n68\n\nThe Eastern line of the fork would cross the vacant space in the \"Garden City\" at Suffolk Road over Waterloo Road, cross the existing Tai Tak aerodrome (the possible future satellite) and swing southeast along the proposed reclaimed west front of Kowloon Bay, thus linking up the whole of this important industrial and dock frontage and the oil tank area. Here too there would be space for a Marshalling Yard over a mile long, which could serve the whole of Industrial Kowloon.\n\nIt is needless to say that these large-scale proposals would require not only minute study in themselves, from the angle of railway operations, but also in relation to urban development. But there is now a chance of these combined operations being successfully planned from the start: and there is no doubt that they are all feasible.\n\nOne other addition might be made to the railway in the New Territories – a spur connecting the site suggested for the new Aerodrome. This would need a short length of Tunnel. The line would also be useful as giving a direct connection to Hong Kong of another area of farm and vegetable produce.\n\n9. The Services Removal.\n\nThe most discussed proposal in the Colony is the removal of the Naval and Military quarters from the centre of Hong Kong: the removal from Kowloon, though less urgent, would follow on a new location being found for those located in Hong Kong. It was somewhat surprising to find that there was less difference of opinion between the Civil and Service views, than might have been expected. Naturally the Services were only prepared to move to quarters which would prove equally or more serviceable. It was agreed that these could be found: the only outstanding question was that of finance: a balance sheet could not be prepared at this stage; there is no doubt that the value of the central service land is very high, but not all of it could realise its full market value as a considerable amount would be required for public purposes. The cost of re-instatement of the services on a new site would presumably be met, in part at least, from Imperial Sources.\n\n71\n\nThe removal of the ferries from the block of land on either side of Queen's Street in the centre of Hong Kong is an absolute essential to the continued prosperity of the Colony. The central administration and business area would be almost doubled in size; and although some faint hopes were expressed that a tunnel might create a business extension at Kowloon, all planning experience is against such a possibility.\n\n73\n\nBy a fortunate chance the Naval and Military Services, in considering the possibility of an alternative location, had both hit upon the same neighbourhood: this would greatly ...\n\nThe Oakley valuation would of course require revising today.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592933, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 64, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "# 10. The Central Area\n\n63\n\nhelp in the provision of necessary access housing and ancillary works. There was, however, this important difference: the Naval removal would have to be a single operation, whereas the Military one could be done in stages. Both services welcomed the ampler space which a new site could provide.\n\n74\n\nThe position selected is in the neighbourhood of Tai Tam Bay, the military to the south and naval to the north of the village of Stanley. Very tentative plans have been prepared, but sufficient to show that the area is suitable from the essential points of view.\n\nWhereas the Naval exit from the dockyards at Hong Kong and Kowloon would be complete, the military authorities stated that headquarters on a reduced scale would be required at Victoria or Garden Road Barracks and at Gun Club Hill at Kowloon, as well as access to water at Wellington and Sham Shui Po. But Whitfield Barracks and the major area overlooking Queens Road could be given up. The Naval Establishment on Stonecutters Island could also be abandoned if this scheme for removal went through.\n\n76\n\nThe use to which these vacated lands could be put will be described in later sections. It has already been stated (in Section 3) that a 'New Town' of about 30,000 would be required for the workers in the Naval Dockyard and Barracks: this could be located somewhere in the neighbourhood of the existing village of Stanley (whose present residential character would be completely changed). This new Town should combine with the workers' quarters, a joint recreational area, properly segregated for the personnel of the Navy and Army.\n\n7\n\nThe Stanley Prison would have to be removed: but its new buildings could be put to some useful purpose. A similar agreement for a permanent Service Aerodrome was not reached. The Kai Tak site is agreed to be a bad one and even worse was that selected sometime ago in the New Territories. If the Naval and Military arms go to Tai Tam Bay, the Kai Tak site would be useless for combined action. The alternate proposal to locate this aerodrome on the open site in the New Territories near Deep Bay should be further investigated from the point of view of suitable site and defence. The possibility of using one of the islands south-west of Hong Kong has been considered — but there is no level ground.\n\n78\n\n## 10. The Central Area\n\nThe central area of Hong Kong should provide space for three broad uses: administration*; general business: Shopping. In addition, but of less zoning importance, is space for hotels. The extent to which these three uses can be intermingled or should be kept distinct is a matter of public convenience and of planning technique: but it must never be forgotten that they represent distinct user of the land. it is generally agreed that of the two, shops and offices make the worst combination\n\n* using this word in the widest sense to include certain cultural buildings.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592934, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 65, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "# \n64 \n\nthough, of course, complete segregation is not possible. In Hong Kong there is really no central shopping centre at all: shops are squeezed amongst office buildings, often invading their upper floors. One other general point may be made: the town centre should not be invaded by streams of traffic passing through it; and at the same time, approach traffic should be given every facility for parking. The Official, the businessman, or the shopper should not be regarded as a criminal because he or she wishes to leave a car near their central destination.\n\n79 \n\nIf the Service lands can be taken into the Central area, there will be an opportunity for a complete plan including most of the existing office blocks. These solid-looking and, in some cases, ornate buildings are really obsolescent and are ripe for rebuilding. Their surrounding arcades and lofty rooms were the solution to the problem of high temperatures: today, air conditioning has supervened, and it will be found that with very little increased height, the same ground space will provide considerably more floor area. A careful survey of the present office floor area, its existing inadequacy (put at 300,000 square feet), and the probable demand with the growth of the Colony should be made. The recently published Manual on the Redevelopment of Central Areas (`H.M. Stationery Office 12/6`) should prove of great use with its advocated policy of \"Floor Space Indices\" for the regulation of rebuilding town blocks: width of streets, height of buildings, open space, and car parks, etc., are all included in the requirements. A Floor Space Index should be prescribed for each street block, and the developers required to keep within it.* It is fortunate that a large part of the central business area is in the hands of a single Estate company: this should facilitate a unified scheme of re-development. The new land that will be freed from the services will be Government property.\n\nSee Page 37 of Manual.\n\n80 \n\nIt may not seem necessary to emphasise that the leasing of this newly acquired Government land should be on the basis of a considered plan: but quite recent examples of the Government leasing the most valuable land without regard to its best use, both from the point of view of public buildings and traffic, make it necessary to give this warning.\n\n81 \n\nIn spite of the great increase in land that may become available from the Services, it is probable that most of the level ground will be wanted for Shops and offices, and it is suggested that some of the new public buildings could be placed between Albert Road and Queens Road, including the Murray Barracks and Parade Ground. There is a considerable area of Ground here that might lend itself to picturesque treatment.\n\nIt must be remembered that Hong Kong is perhaps more deficient in public buildings than any other town of comparable size in the World: there is no Town Hall, Civic Hall, Art Gallery, Museum, Public Library, Theatre, or Opera House. The comparison with Towns in India is remarkable; there, there is perhaps an excess of public buildings—Hindu, Mohammedan, Parsees, and British donors have vied with each other...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592935, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 66, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "-18- \n\n65 \n\nState and Municipality have been equally lavish of noble buildings. Alone, almost, the Bank of Hong Kong has realised its responsibilities to the Colony and led the way with a worthy building. There is, it is true, the Supreme Court and a Post Office.\n\nThe reconstruction and creation of a great city Centre should give the opportunity for a fine and coherent architectural treatment which these private buildings should exhibit without attempting to rival the splendour of the Public. A comprehensive scheme for the rebuilding of Central Hong Kong should be got out at once, in order that any part that is carried out in the near future may fall into the completed Plans; this refers particularly to the heights of buildings and the volume of traffic which they will produce.\n\n## 11. Open Spaces\n\nIn no section of planning work must the short and long term policies be more closely combined than in the provision of open spaces. While a broad scheme for Park System is being considered and prepared, there must be no delay in snatching at any small play space or local park that can be preserved from being overrun by the hundred users which in a town are ever ready to grab any vacant plot.\n\nThe following is a rough list of the types of open space that go to make up Park system for Hong Kong and Kowloon.\n\n1. Dispersed small playgrounds: these should be proportioned to the population on a target basis of 1/2 acres per thousand, but in the meantime, every opportunity for a play space should be seized, even to the extent of demolishing obsolete houses, and keeping the site open for a playground. This would incidentally be a beginning of the reduction of site density.\n\n2. Playing Fields: these are difficult to obtain because they need large areas of level ground. The Race course is so used at present and in the proposed building developments at Kowloon, ground for the purpose can be found. A part of the Whitfield Barracks site when released might be levelled for this purpose, but in spite of taking advantage of every site within the urban area of Hong Kong and Kowloon, there will still be a great shortage owing to the small amount of level ground. The most attractive suggestion, which depends upon the Tunnel and electrified Railway, is to provide a large playing field area by the reclamation of Sha Tin Bay. Cheap return fares, including the 'bus fares on Hong Kong Island, would make this area accessible: this practice of obtaining level ground for organised large-scale games at a considerable distance away has been adopted in many European cities.\n\n3. Rest Parks: these are much appreciated by old and young, as can be seen in the gardens above Government House. They can, and indeed are, more attractive for occupying irregular sites, some of them within the built-up area (e.g., military land like Belcher's Fort).", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592936, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 67, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "# 66 \n\n## A \n-19- \n\nIn other cases, adjacent land on the hill slopes could be obtained from the Government without expropriation of leases. Such sites should be earmarked for open spaces before more land is leased for suburban or quasi-suburban building. There is much land in Kowloon which could be used for this purpose, particularly rocky ground which lends itself to the Chinese type of romantic garden design. After allowing for the widening of Canton Road, and providing level ground for games, there will be space left at Whitfield Barracks. Kings Park, already used for playgrounds, can similarly be laid out as a beautiful central park for Kowloon.\n\n4. **Widen Open Spaces**: the familiar concept of a Green Belt cannot be exactly applied to Hong Kong or Kowloon, but the principle underlying it certainly can. The mountain slopes, and catchment areas of Hong Kong Island can be much further opened up by footpaths (and rendered safe for pedestrians); the many special look-out spots can be properly treated for enjoyment of the glorious views. The use already made of the Peak by Tram and the attraction of Harlech views of the leak (without being thought of as an access to buildings) are indications of increased possibilities. On the Kowloon side, the mountain slopes are, if anything, more spectacular; the military roads and fire protection paths might be made considerably more use of by improved, cheap means of access. There are not only the superb views, and the remote quality of the mountain scenery, but the sudden change in atmosphere pleasant at certain seasons.\n\nIn addition to the highlands, there are the beaches which are already in organised use.\n\n5. **New Territories**: The value of these for recreational purposes has already been mentioned, and in connection with possible playing fields at Sha Tin; there are also the Country Club and Golf course; but in addition to these more intensive uses, there is the use of this lovely cultivated land as a countryside, as well as its wilder mountain area. With changes and more frequent means of access, this should increase and would doubtless call for resthouses and tea gardens; nor need there be any interference with agriculture. There are also the coasts for weekend rest, bathing, and boating; the damage done to the 'Mat huts' and more permanent beach houses will, it is hoped, soon be repaired.\n\n6. **Stonecutters Island**: The possible use of this Island for general recreation is more fully described under 'Tourism'.\n\n7. **Parkway Connections**: footpaths and tracks over the mountainous areas have already been mentioned, but the possibility of parkway connections, both pedestrian, bicycling, and motoring, for pleasure as distinct from traffic needs, should not be lost sight of.\n\nIn the new developments at Kowloon, in the placing and planning of neighbourhood groups, there should be opportunities for leaving narrow strips of open space, intervening between the units. These may be planted and used for walks and park strips. This may sound far-fetched at this stage, but the idea can be developed and worked into a pleasant feature of urban layout.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592937, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 68, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## 12. The New Territories\n\nThe New Territories are a subject for a Report in themselves and there was insufficient time to do more than pay a visit to this priceless piece of open country and coastline with its own complete economy of the life of old China. A growing and flourishing life is indicated by the report of the New Territories Committee upon the 10 year plan of Development which appears to be an admirable programme of progress and conservation. The internal economy is based upon:\n\n1. Farming\n2. Fishing\n3. Fishpond cultivation\n4. Forestry\n5. Mining and Quarrying\n\nAs already mentioned, these territories afford to the urban population:\n1. Rural scenery\n2. Village life\n3. Rambling & Mountain Climbing\n4. Week-end visits\n5. Playing fields, Golf Courses\n6. Sailing\n7. Archeology\n8. Water supply\n\nThere are also parts that can be set aside as Nature reserves. There is a most interesting area, at present almost inaccessible, north of Plovers Cove, containing woodlands, streams and waterfalls. This should be kept in its present virgin state: but it is worth considering whether the whole catchment area of 9 or 10 square miles, of the Jubilee Reservoir on the southern slopes of Tai Mo Shan should not be earmarked as a Nature Reserve. Certain parts are being planted by the Forestry Department and at present there are no villages or people permitted to dwell in the area. The relation of this proposal to 'Tourist' development would require careful study.\n\nIt is not felt that anything can be added to the excellent report of the New Territories sub-committee of the Colonial Development and Welfare Committee.\n\nThe possibility of a considerable increase in 'suburban development' in the New Territories, especially if the railway is electrified, must be faced. Suburban scattering and sprawl has been one of the worst features of urban growth in European countries. On the one hand great...\n\n## \n8. Tree-planting: this is here considered not as commercial afforestation (see Section on New Territories) but as amenity planting. The whole Colony has enormously suffered from the wartime cutting down of pine woods. It is much more difficult to restore amenity planting than to preserve it when grown but efforts should be made (and there are excellent examples on certain roads) to restore this characteristic landscape feature of the Colony which no doubt had, in addition, a real value in water conservation and prevention of soil erosion, quite distinct from economic timber growing. There are evident signs that natural regeneration is at work: this can be protected and even stimulated.\n\nThere is an Interim Development Scheme for 5 years of urgent matters requiring prior consideration.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592938, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 69, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "-21-\n\n68\n\nDamage, both direct and indirect, may be done to farming interests: on the other hand, a gradual interpenetration of building may lead to an uneconomic demand for far-flung public services such as water supply. Fortunately for the Colony, the land is owned by the Government, and the areas released for development can be rigidly controlled, but the danger of pressure being brought to bear for the sale of individual plots, each appearing harmless at the time, must be guarded against.\n\nIf the aerodrome is located in the New Territories, this by itself may become a focus of development, possibly of an industrial character.\n\n91\n\nMost interesting proposals, however, were studied for a new Market Town as a centre point of agricultural enterprise. Indeed, the whole of the New Territories appears to be instinct with a combination of old Chinese custom and Fung Shui and a very active interest in modern developments.\n\n92\n\n## 13. Tourism\n\nIt may be considered undignified for a Colony so seriously bent upon its prosperity as a port, an industrial and financial centre, and a strictly agricultural background, to consider developing its attractive sides as a tourist resort. So far, what may be comprehended under the vague term \"amenities\" have been strictly confined to the lighter moments of the inhabitants themselves, snatched from the solid hours given to the world's work, but it is an axiom of planning for prosperity that there should be a diversification of occupation and that one of the main objects of the Plan is to see that different interests do not clash. The Colony of Hong Kong would appear to present first-class opportunities for a tourist industry which should add materially to its prosperity and, incidentally, in providing for the tourist, the inhabitants may receive some benefit they could not have afforded otherwise.\n\nThis is a subject requiring very full investigation; the tourists might well be of two groups: (a) from China and neighbouring countries, and (b) from the world at large. The attractions should be considered to be offered by the Colony as a whole and not by special spots laid out for the purpose. For example, there is no finer night scene in the world than the view of the harbour from points on the Peak or from the hillsides of Kowloon. The following are some of the attractions that can be offered or developed for the purpose.\n\n| No. | Attraction |\n| --- | --- |\n| (1) | Castle Peak Road developed as a 'corniche' road to rival that of the Riviera. |\n| (2) | Tai Mo Shan, not only the peak itself, but a whole mountain district available between the months of September to February. The military road is already there: hotels and golf course and houses could be built. |\n| (3) | The Beaches and Islands for yachting and fishing, starting from the harbour of Hong Kong itself. |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592939, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 70, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## 22. \n\n69 \n\n(iv) Race Course, Golf Course, Country Club etc., in the New Territories (directly accessible from the new Aerodrome).\n\n(v) Chinese village life in the New Territories with its exquisite examples of humanly developed landscape, regulated by the principles of Fung Shui, much of which escaped the War Damage. The popular festivals (e.g., The Dragon Boat) in the Town, (incidentally it may be mentioned that Hong Kong is paradoxically the conservator of the old way of life, town and country, of South China.)\n\n(vi) Stonecutters Island. There is an opportunity for something as locally popular and as world famous as Skansen at Stockholm. It is impossible to conceive anything more attractive and easy to develop for this purpose than this charming island, so accessible by water and surrounded by such lovely views. This is not the place to analyse the functions of a 'Skansen' but this island could be made to afford all of them without losing its essential quality: it should provide amusement and instruction for all types and classes of people.\n\n(vii) A permanent Fair for Industries and other purposes. What has been described as a 'Show Window of the Far East' might well be established here, (Two British Empire fairs held in Kowloon before the War have shown the possibilities), either limited to the British Empire or a mart of World trade.\n\nThe site of Whitfield Barracks (already mentioned as a possible park) has been suggested for this purpose: it is certainly well situated, with an open frontage on Nathan Road, and good access to the Kowloon Docks.\n\n## 94 \n\nThe above are the merest indications of possibilities; most of them would need bold and positive development in order to give this aspect of Hong Kong a positive attraction. Nowhere in the World can there be a greater present opportunity.\n\n## 14. \n## ANCILLARIES \n\n75 The term 'ancillary' has been applied for the purpose of this Report to many features of urban life which, though of absolutely first-class importance, do not so much direct the main lines of planning as fall into the pattern at proper intervals, generally based upon population. As regards detailed planning, such as the design of neighbourhood units, these 'ancillaries' may become directing forces: this is specially the case with the Elementary School, whose optimum size and accessibility may well determine the size and extent of a unit of general population.\n\nAmong these ancillaries of general planning, may be specially mentioned, Schools, Libraries, Clinics, Hospitals, Markets and Public Services. In placing these buildings in proper relation to population grouping regard will naturally be paid to the proposed neighbourhood units, which in their turn should be related to the Ward boundaries of the Municipality. This type of detailed planning can proceed concurrently with the major lines, provided certain general principles of density and zoning are agreed upon.\n\nPage 70 \nPage 71", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592940, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 71, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "-23- \n\n70 \n\nWith a large population of children who are not able to find school accommodation, it is urgent to get the sites for future schools settled in relation to redistribution of the population.\n\nWater Supply, as has been mentioned, may be a determining factor in the size of the population. With improved housing conditions, the consumption per head of the existing population will increase, and there is the future population to be allowed for.\n\nThe position is really serious, and it is extremely desirable that at an early stage, the areas for Catchment are marked out, so that there may be no danger of interference. The Tai Lam Chung Valley scheme appears to be the most practical one for a large increase, but the relation of speed of construction to the demands of increasing population is so close that it may be necessary to delay the installation of flushed W.Cs. until possibly the year 1957.\n\nA drainage scheme would be required simultaneously with the full water supply: it has been suggested that the sewage should be transported clean outside the urban area to the agricultural lands, where it can be made full use of for production purposes.\n\n## PART III. REALISATION\n\nThe matters discussed under the fourteen headings of Part II will give some idea of the general lines which should be followed in preparing a Development plan for Hong Kong, and certain specific suggestions which the Plan might adopt, worked out into more precise form.\n\nAll these positive suggestions were discussed with Mr. S.O. Hill, the Town Planning Officer, and sketches left with him. What has been done in the writing of this Report has been to go over the ground again, in the light of mature reflection, and to come to decisions on many points which were left open while on the visit to the Colony.\n\nIt is now time to prepare and work out a definitive Plan; and for this purpose, the Town Planning Officer will require a considerable staff and a large office. As mentioned in Part I, there are several aspects of survey work on which more detailed information is required; these additional surveys would naturally be prepared by the same staff, with help from other departments, e.g., Medical Office and Welfare Office, Chairman of the Urban Council, P.W.D., and official bodies such as the Chamber of Commerce.\n\nThere will come a certain time in the preparation of this Development Plan when decisions will have to be taken upon major recommendations, especially those involving a financial outlay. Some decisions, indeed, may be made upon the basis of this Preliminary Report. Such a question as the Tunnel will affect central planning on both sides of the Harbour; the question of the evacuation of the Services from Queens Road will affect the planning of the Central Area; the question of an ultimate housing density will affect the area in Kowloon required for rehousing the decentralised population.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592941, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 72, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "-24- \n\n71 \n\nFinally, and perhaps most important of all, a target figure of maximum population should be decided upon. For all these, it will be necessary to produce the statistical and other data (in some cases to be supplemented) upon which the views expressed in this Report are based.\n\nIt has been suggested that for specific features of the Plan, an international Competition might be held (as is being held for one of the features of Stockholm today). This is certainly possible for a localised problem for which all the necessary data can be supplied.\n\nIt is recommended, therefore, that the Development Plan for Hong Kong, when it is completed, will (unlike the Greater London Plan) be a document which has received the general approval of the Government, which can proceed to use it as a basis upon which to prepare its own works of realisation and also upon which permits would be granted to private enterprise to proceed. At the same time, it must be repeated, as is stated in Part I, that the method of a sealed and signed legal document for a Statutory Scheme is not recommended (it has been dropped under the English Town and Country Planning Act 1947); the Plan will be an approved statement of policy and as such subject to revision or expansion from time to time. It will act as a guide to Government and private developer, and decisions taken upon it will be enforceable statutorily.\n\nThe question naturally arises as to under whom this Planning Office will be working, whose approval (apart from the final one of the Government) it must seek. It will, of course, be a section of the P.W.D. and as such under the control of the D.P.W.; but as Town Planning touches so many aspects of community existence, it is tentatively suggested that a special committee under the Chairmanship of the Colonial Secretary should be set up, containing representatives of all the Departments concerned. At the same time, it is strongly advised that the object of the Committee will not be to give approval at frequent intervals to sections of the scheme, but to keep in direct touch with the Planning Officer for the purpose of decisions, when required, and for general guidance, leaving the Plan to be submitted as a whole for final acceptance. The experience, in this Country, of a municipal council (or committee thereof) of laymen calling for the plan in stages or according to sectional subdivision and passing resolutions based upon grounds of temporary expediency (of whatever sort) has not been happy. If a Municipal Council is set up for Hong Kong, it should not be charged with the preparation of the Plan, though of course, it would be free to express its opinion before final approval was given.\n\nIt is also worth considering whether a purely Advisory Committee might not be of great value. The eagerness to help, the value of considered suggestion, and of deep experience (possibly in a limited field) was very marked; a judicious and tactful Planning Officer could gain much from consultation either as a Committee or of Individual members; at the same time, the Committee itself would be a valuable agent in supporting and explaining the Plan when prepared.\n\nWith regard to Planning powers, these will require very careful consideration. Mr. Owen's excellent draft was based upon the 1932 Act. It is recommended that it be re-read and re-drafted in the light of the 1947 Act. The different attitude towards the rigid Statutory Scheme of the former practice has been alluded to. The most", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592942, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 73, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "-25- \n## 72 End\n\nA sensational change in the 1947 Act, the acquisition (or assumption) by the State of Development value in Land will hardly apply to Hong Kong: where all freehold is owned by the state, any increased value of undeveloped land automatically goes to the state: and on leased developed land, the covenants of the leases presumably provide for any increased value owing to change of use or increase in capacity, going to the Crown. But there are many other powers which should be subject to review or amendment under a comprehensive planning ordinance: for example, the basis of compensation for the resumption of Crown lands, required not only for public purposes but for redevelopment by private enterprise; this might contain a definition of obsolete or obsolescent property which might reduce or eliminate compensation altogether. Then again, the Building bye-laws (while possibly still remaining under separate statute) could be made to conform to more modern ideas of estate lay-out; at present they are framed to suit the existing type of Chinese tenement rather than to encourage any new type of estate development. Then again, the cost of road widening requires reviewing: there is the unfortunate principle by which a frontager is paid full frontage value per square foot for setting back, although in many cases he does not reduce his 'floor space index', by reason of using more back land or building higher; indeed, there are many (London) cases where a greatly increased volume has been allowed which, by engendering increased traffic, has taken up the extra width provided for the road. All this type of amendment should be much easier in Hong Kong, through Crown ownership of the freehold, than in many other Countries.\n\nIt will be necessary to break through a mass of existing custom upon which much estate value has depended, owing to the unfortunate number of 191 year leases, and the absence of full building covenants. A bold system of legislation for land and development of land should be introduced, whether or no a fund for 'hardship claims' is provided, as has been done under the 1947 Act. A period of rising prosperity is the moment in which to impose strong powers: these will not hamper private Enterprise in its legitimate field of enterprise, but will provide it with a more efficient machine to operate for the general prosperity of the Colony.\n\natmi \nSeptember 1948", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592943, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 1, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "**CLOSED UNTIL** \nStony Long. \n1980 \n`54298/1` \n\nPrevious \nSubsequent \n\nN 1627 \nNo......... \n**SUBJECT** \n1949 \n`0.0.129/614/4` \n**Town Planning** \nSir. 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From fou \n7 \nI presume you \nhave seen (4) \nThen put y \nCar \n\nI wollen \n2572 \n2 \n\nمنا \n\nfo/u- nothing further dis (4). \n\nMn. from mia \nThere is \nHoldershaw \n1013. \ndespota in from Az. \ndont reposals for moving the Novel Case \nпор \n1 the city \nrefer \n\nThe despatch \nThe Abercrombie Report a draws \nom sa 1 \nstrength therefrom \nthat report \nis with Mr. Holford \nм. \nreport is with \nWild) > \nwind sending him dpt letter I here \nm? \nmur on? рик \nI wollen \n\n1073", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592945, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 3, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## \n223 5 P. Holford \n\n6. Miss M. Lawson \n(5 anoid). \n11-3-49. \n15-3-49. \n3 \n\nSin Patrick's Report has come back from Professor Holford (see 6) and is now being commented on temporarily with `94003/1/49 Dockyard Site`.\n\n7. Col. Sayer \nHmy Kay Naval \n21/4/49 \n3 pm \n23-9-49 \nMr. Wallace \n\nYou may like to know that Prof. Abercrombie's Report is now printed. \nI suggest a copy should be in Hibote, one in the Library, and one in the Reference Section; there, with my file, it will be available for enquirers. \nWe might also leave 2 spare copies to lend to reportable people to find out whether they are to be made available for sale to the public through the Crown Agents.\n\nI agree to keep `KM whims 6/10` when the distribution list is ready, in his room, in which there will remain a copy there for lending.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592946, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 4, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "4. The spares (or spare) in landing hit better be kept in \n\n8710 Jaque. Preceda profond \n\n[ I have kept the copy of the pile for my own use within one \nshould be substituted :) \n/B! 105/10 alin M Shaw \n\nPlease dispose of \ncopies accordingly \nrecipe file to m \nBl 18/10 C.A.; have not \n\nThe yet heard about anything from the sand what it was this report. \nwould exquite to be made available for sale to public leve. by. \n\nAs no draft chen post \nBladford", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592947, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 5, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## \n8 to Hong Kong Govt, 10.977 \nlutiz \n9 for \nSpoke \ntel 883 Sar (Fansid) \nCons \n31-10-49 \n5 \nto Crown Agents, Publications Dept. \n\ndon't expect to sell more than a \nwill send them \nThey dogen; \nwhen \nthey arrive, \nto \n12 copies \nthe rest of this \nabsurdly large an except to be better to \ngo to \nthe Library Except for such copies \nwe can use \nchere \nSend to \nsuch people \nHolford on when consignment \nProf. Abercrombie \nas Prof. Holford himself. \narrives! \n\nKülmun \n124/11 \n10. P. Funnell (YA) \n5.7/9751 \n15-12-49. \n(Rep.9). \n11. P. Funnell (4/4) \n30-12-49 \nws \nF.A dft. !! \nIn Noakes \n1.32/12 \n15/2/12 In Hale \nPlease \nsee \n(9) opposite. \n\nI understand from the Crown Agents that the 200 copies of Professor Abercrombie's preliminary planning report on Hong Kong referred to have been received and are being held for the present by the Crown Agents. A copy is now held by ... \nThe question arises as to how these 200 copies are to be disposed of for the Hong Kong Government. I think it is clear that it is not possible to sell all the copies at the very high price.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592948, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 6, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## Proofread Text\n\nCan fell \nCor furt \nCover price at which it is being sold being sold ($15 6 18/90) some family strentious publicity will have to be indulged in. On the question of cost the H.K. Government appear to want $12 per copy (= 15/-) - see (3) and to this would have to be added freight costs for bringing the 200 copies from H.K. and any charges which the \"Crown Agents might make for undertaking sale; the report could not therefore presumably sell at less than about 17/6 in any case.\n\nI should therefore be grateful for suggestions which you may have as to the possibilities of giving sufficient publicity of various sorts to this report to ensure that as many copies as possible of the 200 copies sell. Possible suggestions are:-\n\n(i) issuing a press hand-out on the report, particularly to suitable technical papers and Journals; \n(ii) persuading various professional Institutes to secure mention in their journals - for example the Town Planning Institute, Geographical Society, Institute of British Architects etc., in both cases indicating that copies are available for purchase from the Crown Agents. Perhaps too a few copies could be sent out to booksellers or at H.M.S.O. shop in Kingsway; copies might be... \n\n## No changes made to the last sentence as it appears to be cut off in the original text.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592949, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "be displayed with other Colonial reports in the Sanctuary Buildings \"shop window\": \n\nPerhaps you would indicate what you think of the above suggestion. I rather hope that some ideas may occur to you. Professor Abercrombie's name may act as a fillip to sales and if by any chance it should sell well (see (9)) further copies are available.\n\nThere is a further point in connection with the report, that it would be useful for it to be as widely known as possible, since it gives some indication of H.M.G's intention to stay in Hong Kong.\n\n17/2/50 \nCom & where two copies (clean quarantine) \n\n2. \nThe Current ... \nH.K. News Branch \n\n1=118/2/50 \nMr Hulten \nWe can certainly make good use of 45 copies for dist. to the pers. They should be accompanied by a handout with news. Branch draft. Brig. Johnstone to see.\n\n18/2", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592950, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 8, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "Am Hall\n\nI\n\n2 Ain Jony again. Please see Suggestions tions as this has been delayed minutes above & various to how the 200 copies of Professor Abercrombie's report which are at present at the C.A's (extension 325 is the relevant phone no: I do not know the name of the person handling them). The problem is how to dispose of the reports at the high price which H.K. are charging for them ($15). I spoke to In Athenson (Building Liaison Officer) about this and he felt that there was no chance of selling at more than cost price (i.e. $9.00). I suggest that we should ask the Council's permission to try to sell at $10 a copy; and as this should cover fright charges for free copies see telegram h/w below.\n\nIf you agree to this then perhaps in the meantime, whilst we await reply, Information Department could prepare publicity for the report. I do not think In Hale's suggestion that 45 copies should be given to the press is very satisfactory; this would just be financial loss as I cannot see circumstances being sufficient for sales in any...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592951, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "at the sort of price that would be necessary, 9 Copies. As to Mr Noakes' suggestion to recoup, I fear that owing to delay we have missed the ideal display; however, perhaps copies could be exhibited with other reports on Colonies in \"the shop window\" in Sanctuary Buildings. I have also spoken to Mr Atkinson on the question of publicity and I think on the whole that publicity should be as follows:- \n\n(i) press hand-out \n(ii) display \n(iii) copies for reviewing in suitable publications, viz:- \n(a) Town Planning Institute \n(b) Royal Institute & British Architects \n(c) Geographical Society \n(d) Colonial Institute \n(e) Liverpool University or Durham University, both of which have, I believe, periodicals which deal with town planning \n(f) other publications dealing with the Far East \n(g) Mr. J. M. Richards, architectural correspondent of the \"Times\" \n\nIn addition, Mr Atkinson himself would like to have a copy of the Report. If these details are agreed, perhaps Information Dept would ask C.A's to send the appropriate number of copies of the Report and go ahead with publicity preparations. When a price is received from H.K., C.A's to be asked to fix Reports at that price for sale on receipt.\n\nAl Fain Clangs \n31/3/50", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592952, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 10, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## Mr Hali \nF.A a/1/12/\n\n1: To bengkong - Saving 367-10\n\nRej (9) _11 APR 1950_\n\nBry. Jolusa,\n\nPerhaps Mr. Welch could prepare the hand-out mentioned at (1) in her Fairclough's min. of 31/3? We also have to be made to obtain 45 copies of the report from the Craven Agents unless you agree with Mr. Fairclough's view that dist. to the press would be a \"dead financial loss.\" I have suggested this because I think it will get much attention from the national press.\n\nArales, 1/4\n\nIn Hall,\nI still think, while I quite see the point about the cost, it would be wiser if we send this report, with our hand-out, to the usual recipients. We certainly ought not to send them our hand-out without a copy of the report. I realise that quite possibly this may not ...\n\nPage 10\nPage 11", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592953, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 11, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## \n\nAttract much (or any) attention. Even that is not certain, for Sir P. Abercrombie is a pretty prominent figure. But here is a good dose of advantage in our keeping fort with all Colonial affairs, government relying for much about what publicity any individual publication is likely to secure.\n\nI'm not quite clear what the case report Hong Kong of when it is proposed to publish. \n\n12-4-50 \nRef: Resolution \nIf Information Dept consider that 165 copies I obtained for the C.A. for distribution, I would post one, however, that although the report has my heart received recently, it is dated Sept 1948 + in the circumstances is hardly \"hot news\".\n\nBris Johnson. \n13/4.\n\nSuggested h/o opposite, that H.K. report at (7). I hope Department will be able to give no definite (A).\n\nI'm Welsh \nto fill space at CRubl \nm \n27/4/50 \n\nYou will have to amend Y in view of projected closing of entry. P2 discusses this point \nwill \nThe Dept \n27/4/50 \nRFJ \n11", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592954, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 12, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## \n\n**Mr. Hall.**\n\nCould you please have the draft opposite amended to agree with the new regulations which are about to come into effect about entry into HK? The information on the internal office report does not really give me enough to go on.\n\nWe could then issue this hand-out as a follow-up story on the day the new regulations are made public. This might give it a little more publicity than it would otherwise get, and might sell some copies.\n\n**M' Welch.**\n\nC. Welch\n\n375\n\nIn Mr Hall's absence I have made a couple of alterations. Perhaps we could speak about them if they do not meet your requirements.\n\nJ.J. Anderson.\n\n12/5\n\nHandout ready for issue at your discretion.\n\nM. Miller\n\n15/5\n\nAs we spoke. You are enquiring about press copies of the recent ...\n\nMr. Fairclough\n\n16/6.\n\nWhen we make...(11)? and then return to me when reply comes in.\n\nChuck...\n\n18/5\n\n...to you.\n\nal774\n\n19-5-50", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592955, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 13, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## Draft\nFile No. `*`\n\n**SAVINGRAM TELEGRAM/** \n\nTo: \nThe word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.\n\n**Gov: Hony Kory** \n\nRepeated to: \n- Mr. Pardough is a tonce \n- Mr.... \n- Mr.. \n- Sir \n- Permt. U.S. of S. \n- Parly. U.S. of S. \n- S. of S. \n\nPriority: \n- Nil. \n- Reply urgently required. Important \n- Immediate. \n- Most immediate. \n\n(12) \nAnjuply please?\n\n| Distribution: | \n|---------------|\n| NO COPY |\n| No reply. |\n| PIED |\n| 18154. |\n\n| Details | \n|--------------|\n| 13/6 5429850 |\n| nopps |\n| Sent. Endais. |\n\nFor transmission: \n- No.. \n- In Clear \n- il hours. 11:00 \n- 19.5.194.50 \n- RA \n\n**Restricted. Confidential.** \n(or other classifications: Secret, Top Secret and Personal.)\n\nMy savingram No 307 of 11th April \nAbercrombie Report \nGrateful for reply by telegram \n\n**RECEIVED** \n19 MAY 1950 \nIn Te \nSECER \n\nFurther action: \n- Recine & Mr Jandbough (#418) topps. \n- #attach to \n - Wt. 20277/474 50m 7:49 & Co. 51/3 \n - Wt. 28261/5326 30m 10.49 Wa. & Co 51/3", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592956, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 14, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## TON PLANNING IN HONG KONG \n### SIR PATRICK ABERCROMBIE'S VISIT\n\nIn the course of a visit to Hong Kong vastly increased population and an acute shortage of land due mainly to the influx of immigrants are the two main difficulties which face Hong Kong's town planners to-day.\n\nSir Patrick Abercrombie, who studied these and other town planning problems, summarises his conclusions in **HONG KONG : TREATMENT, PLANNING A PORT**, published in Hong Kong and now available at the Crown Agents for the Colonies.\n\nSir Patrick is forced to the conclusion that the population of Hong Kong must be artificially restricted, and that people should be transferred as soon as possible from the overcrowded areas to new quarters.\n\nA rigidly enforced standard of maximum density and an imposed limitation on industrial expansion are two other essentials, according to Sir Patrick. \"These,\" he says, \"will be difficult to enforce...\"", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592957, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 15, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "# \n## DRAFT\n\nMr. \n\nThe biggest single project to be considered is a tunnel to link the centre of Hong Kong with the tip of Kowloon. Sir Patrick says this must be built sooner or later, and should provide facilities for pedestrians and motor-cars as well as for public transport.\n\n## FURTHER ACTION\n\n| | Reference |\n| --- | --- |\n| Permt. U.S. of S. | |\n| Parly. U.S. S. | |\n| Minister of State | |\n| Secretary of State | \n\npopulation has become used to densities which, over large areas (not in small black spots), must be some of the highest in the world. \"Industry is seeking a refuge in Hong Kong and it is hard to deny it entrance\".\n\nSir Patrick goes on to discuss these questions in greater detail, and makes proposals affecting the harbour, shops and workshops, housing, industries, roads, railways and open spaces of the Colony.\n\nA proposal which has already been widely discussed in the Colony is the removal of Naval and Military quarters from the centre of Hong Kong. Sir Patrick considers that the removal of the services from the block of land on either side of Queen's Road, a step which would almost double the central business and administration area, is absolutely essential to the Colony's future prosperity. The services have been consulted, and have selected an alternative site near Tai Tam Bay.\n\n### \nUnder the heading \"Tourism\", Sir Patrick states some of the Colony's existing attractions and suggests others that could be developed. He considers that there are first-class opportunities for a tourist industry. Among the suggested developments are corniche roads (which would rival those of the Riviera), new hotels and country...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592958, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 16, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## C. O.\n\nMr.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\n| | |\n| --- | --- |\n| Permt. | U.S. of S. |\n| Parly. | U.S. S. |\n| | Minister of State |\n| | Secretary of State |\n\nYour Reference...\n\nclubs, race courses and golf courses, a pleasure resort on Stonecutters Island modelled on Stockholm's Skansen, and a permanent industrial fair to act as a \"show-window for the Far East\".\n\nSir Patrick also notes that Hong Kong, paradoxically, is the conservator of the old south Chinese way of life in town and country alike, and he suggests that many visitors would like to see Chinese village life in the New Territories, with its exquisitely patterned landscapes, and carnivals such as the popular Dragon Boat Festival.\n\n-end-", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592959, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 17, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "# Saving.\n\n`54-298/1/49`\n\nFrom the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\n**Officer Administering the Government of HONG KONG**\n\n11 April, 1950.\n\nTo ...\n\nDate ..........\n\nNo.....\n\n367 Saving.\n\n2 \n17 \n\nYour own ... \nborder bi-coastal report. \n1945 \n803 of 31st October, 1945.\n\nThere is great difficulty in selling copies of Report at cover price and I think it will be necessary to cut loss. There is not likely to be large sale in any case.\n\n2. Grateful therefore, for your agreement to putting report on sale at equivalent of £10 (repeat £10) and to distributing free small number of copies for publicity purposes.\n\nSTPER", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592960, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 18, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## TELEGRAM\nTo \n* \nDraft \n**SAVINGRAM** \n*The word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.* \n· Hory Kony \n12. 542481 \nFile No. \nSent. 18 \n\nMr. \nMr. \nMr. \nMr. \nSir \n\nGrillough $3 \nPermt. U.S. of S. \nParly. U.S. of S. \nS. of S. \n\nDistribution;— \nFurther action at ar hours \nC. D. \nRepeated to:- \nR. 4- APR \n11 APR 1950 \n194.. \nPriority:- (9) \nRecure fo M' Hale's vide \n415855/746 5m 6-48 Wa. & C. 51/3 \nNil. \n\n| To be transmitted :- | \n| --- | \n| In Clear | \n| Code | \n| Cypher | \n| Ansa on 50 | \n\nYour savingram No. 36Y \n**Restricted.** **Confidential.** **Secret.** **Top Secret and Personal.** \nNo. 883 f \nBist Getober 1949 \n**Abercrombie Report** \n\nThere is anticipated great difficulty in selling copies of the Report at $4, and/or it will be necessary to cut losses. \nThere is not likely to be large sale in any case. \nTherefore, grateful for your agreement on sale at $2, and to distribute equivalent of $10 (repeat $10) distributing free small number of copies for publicity purposes. \n**SECRET**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592961, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 19, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## 54298/1/49\n## 57/9751\n\n19\n\nMr. P. Funnell,\nShipping Department (Sect. 7)\nCrown Agents for the Colonies.\n\nWith reference to your minute of the 15th December about a case containing 200 copies of the Hong Kong Town Planning Report by Professor Abercrombie, I have confirmed with your Publications Department that they will take these Reports into their stock in the first place.\n\n(Lys) D. J. Kirkness.\n(D. J. Kirkness.)\n\nHong Kong and Pacific Department,\nThe Church House,\nGreat Smith Street,\nS.W.1.\n\n30th December, 1949", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592962, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 20, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## C. O.\n\nMr. Kistners 29/12 fl 5429811144\nPermt. U.S. of S. Parly. U.S. S.\n\n| Your Reference | 57/9751 |\n| --- | --- |\n| | DRAFT minute FURTHER ACTION |\n\nRecire: un. P. Funnell Shipping Dept. (Sect:7) Common Agents alt\n\nWith ref. to your min. (10) of the 15th Dec. abrirt a case entarining 200 copies of **Hong Kong Town Planning Report** by Prof. Cibere combie, I have confirmed with your Publication Dept. that they will take these Reports into their Stock in the first place, you at a HK$9 Pac. Dept.\n\nPage 20\nPage 21", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592963, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 21, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "$7/9751.\n\nMr. D.J. Kirkness,\nHong Kong and Pacific Department, Colonial Office.\n\n21 (9)\nYour reference No. 54298/1\n\n**Abercrombie Report**\n\nWith reference to Hong Kong Savingram No.883 of 31st October, 1949, to the Secretary of State, we have been advised that 1 case containing 200 copies of the above Report has been shipped to us in the s.s. \"BRECONSHIRE\", sailed from Hong Kong about the end of November.\n\nWill you please let us know to what address the case should be delivered.\n\nMS Funnell\nSection 7\nShipping Department,\nCrown Agents' Office.\n15th December, 1949.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592964, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 22, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "Colonial Office No.54298/1. Sect. file No.51/4841/49.\n\n**SAVINGRAM**\n\nTo the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nFrom the Governor, Hong Kong.\n\n22 9 Date 31st Oct. 3/ 1949.\n\nNo.883 (8)\n\nYour savingram No.977.\n\n**Abercrombie Report**\n\n200 copies of the above Report will be despatched by surface mail by the first available opportunity to the Crown Agents for the Colonies for delivery to you.\n\n2. For guidance of His Majesty's Stationery Office in fixing a sale price, the cost of the Report is $9.00 per volume. Copies of this Report have been placed on sale to the local public at $15.00 of which Government receives $12.00 but there is little demand locally.\n\n3. If there is found to be a ready sale for this publication I would be prepared to consider releasing further copies to meet demand.\n\nJW:lws.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592965, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 23, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "# Saving.\n\n54298/1\n\nFrom the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nOfficer Administering the Government of\n\n13 October, 1949.\n\nTo ...\n\nDate\n\nNo...\n\n977 Saving.\n\nColonial Secretary's Note No. 315 (51/4841/49) of 23rd September, 1949.\n\nAbercrombie Report.\n\nGrateful to know whether you intend to make copies available for sale to public here through Crown Agents.\n\n**SECRET**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592966, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 24, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "No. 315(51/4841/49)\n\n**Achar (8)**\n\nColonial Secretariat, \nHong Kong.\n7 24\n\nDate: 23rd September, 1949.\n\nThe Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, presents his compliments to Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, London, and has the honour to transmit to him the under-mentioned documents:\n\n| No. | Date | Facts | Subject |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 20 | 1919 | | Report by Professor Sir Patrick Abercrombie - 6 copies. Spares in `H.452`. |\n\n`tmk`\nEnclosures separately", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592967, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 25, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "**WILLIAM HOLFORD, M.A., A.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I., Chartered Architect & Planning Consultant.**\n\nYour Ref: `54298/1/49`\n\nDear Sir,\n\n**BANK BUILDINGS, PRINCES STREET, E.C.2.**\n\n15th March, 1949\n\n(5).\n\nProfessor Holford has been away from London for five days so that, unfortunately, I have not been able to return the Abercrombie Hong Kong Report, as requested in your letter of 11th March. I have now recovered the Report and am enclosing it herewith. I trust the delay has not inconvenienced you. It was re-attached at the back of the 1948 file.\n\nProfessor Holford will himself be writing to you shortly.\n\nYours faithfully,\nMargaret Lawson.\nSecretary.\n\nC. A. Grossmith Esq.,\n15 Victoria Street,\nS.W.1.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592968, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 26, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## Mr. Grossmith \n\nI hesitate to comment on such an admirable report, especially as I have no personal knowledge of Hong Kong, but I put forward the following points, for what they are worth.\n\n### Section 3\n\nparas. 20, 21, and 25. This extraordinary high density of population is a salient feature of the Colony. I agree wholeheartedly with Sir Patrick that the standard maximum density should be studied further and the high figure tried out in properly designed building before general adoption. I therefore support this proposal for research into this aspect of housing and for a model study of a neighbourhood unit. Such a study seems to me almost to come within the category of D. and W. It would, of course, include a study of the small shop and domestic workshop problem (section 4) and would make use, as far as local conditions permit, of the Ministry of Town and Country Planning's \"Redevelopment of Central Areas\" manual (to which Sir Patrick refers).\n\n### Part III. Realisation\n\nAgain, without any local knowledge, I would suggest that the special committee Sir Patrick mentions as advisory in town planning should be thought of as a Central Housing and Planning Authority rather on the lines now adopted in the West Indies at the instigation of Sir Frank Stockdale and Gardner-Medwin. The makeup and working of this Authority are discussed at some length in the \"Housing in West Indies\" bulletin (`C.D.W. No. 13`). In many ways, it does very much what Sir Patrick suggests for this committee, but its ideal makeup is more clearly defined, and I personally believe it is the right organisational approach to this problem and should, with modifications to suit local conditions, be favoured for colonial housing and town planning general.\n\nPerhaps it might be of value to obtain Professor Holford's views on this point, and if you think it worthwhile, bring our comments to Sir Patrick's notice.\n\nI had better discuss this further with you on the 'phone. Incidentally, I think a copy of this report should be available at B.R.S. if possible.\n\n(sgd) A. Atkinson.\n\n22/1", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592969, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 27, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "# HONG KONG PRELIMINARY PLANNING REPORT\nPrice $15.\nProfessor Sir Patrick Abercrombie, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I., 33 Welbeck Street, London. W. 1.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592970, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 28, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "# HONG KONG PRELIMINARY PLANNING REPORT \nProfessor Sir Patrick Abercrombie, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I., 33 Welbeck Street, London. W.1. \n28", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592971, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 29, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "# HONG KONG PRELIMINARY PLANNING REPORT, 1948\n24\n\n## PART I. SCOPE OF THE REPORT\n\n1. Planning proposals, whether for a whole country, a region, a town or a village, are usually and naturally divided into short and long term: there are certain obvious reforms or reconstructions which should be put in hand at once and for which a limited fund of money may be made available. These proposals usually take the form of actual works to be done and are not concerned with that sort of planning which governs the lines of the natural growth of the community. Thus the Colonial Office, under the Colonial Development & Welfare Scheme of 1945, allotted one million pounds to Hong Kong, which was to cover developments prepared over a period of ten years.\n\n2. The present Report, however, was not to be limited in this way, and was intended to cover long-term policies as well as short-term, including the direction to be given to private enterprise in order that its operations may fall into some general and agreed form of planned development. It is usually accepted that 50 years ahead is as far as any plan can be expected to foresee, and it may be taken that the short term will comprise the first ten years of this period. But under a Development Plan, the works executed during this first stage will not be limited to Government and State-aided schemes. It should also be remarked at the outset that the most recent theory of planning does not assume a final and finite plan passed in all its details as a Town Planning Scheme (as was the case under the 1932 Town Planning Act), but a plan of 'Development' using the word in its strict sense and allowing for revision from time to time in the light of changing requirements and technical accomplishment.\n\n3. This Report is necessarily limited to some general suggestions, an indication of general lines towards the making of such a Development Plan for the Colony, which may take 2 or 3 years for its completion. But during this time, the works proposed under the first or short-term period can go ahead, with the assured feeling that they are the initial stage of a long-term policy. The general suggestions herewith, which are based upon preliminary surveys prepared by the Town Planning Office, are the results of some weeks' study of the site, many interviews, and scrutiny of proposals. These must be fully tested by more intensive survey, especially into Housing Conditions, Office Floor area, Industrial Location, and Road Traffic. Sample surveys may be sufficient for preliminary proposals, but final plans must be based upon complete information.\n\n4. One of the most attractive features of a planning visit to Hong Kong is the wealth of ideas for improvement that is available. Most of them, it is true, deal with one or several cognate aspects. No list of these has been attempted, or authors given, or even acknowledgments made - for all possible proposals seem to have been made by someone or another at some time or other. In few places can so many eager brains have been at work. Perhaps it will not be invidious to single out two contributions of outstanding value: Mr. W. H. Owen's appendix to the Housing Commission's Report, 1935, and his Draft Ordinance; and Sir David Owen's report on the Port (more particularly the physical proposals). But almost equally fertile and practical suggestions have been made for Roads, Air, Railways, Open Spaces, General Health & Welfare, Water Supply, Industrial Location, expansion of the Business Zone, Tunnels, and the New Territories.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592972, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 30, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## 5. In comparing Hong Kong with many other places, two special characteristics of its problems at once emerge, neither of them perhaps unique, but each present to a highly intense degree: firstly, the shortage of land for any sort of urban expansion or quarter; secondly, an unlimited reservoir of possible immigration. The combined presence of these two characteristics does indeed produce something like a unique result. Not to waste time on too elaborate comparisons, it may be remarked of the western countries, such as England, that if one centre of population becomes too great, it may or should be possible to encourage migration within the land and so regroup the population (this is what is proposed on a regional scale for London). On the one hand, land is available; on the other, the population (allowing for statistical increase or the contrary) can be anticipated. In the case of a nearer parallel, for example, Ceylon, some attempt can be made to regulate the size of the Capital in relation to the rest of the island. But there does not appear to be any limit to the number of people who could pour into Hong Kong from the mainland and beyond the New Territories. Thus, it has been stated that if, on the analogy of the Greater London plan, new towns were to be built on the limited suitable land of Kowloon or on the much less limited land of the New Territories, they would at once be filled up from this unplumbed reservoir on the mainland. The New York solution—where space is short, being limited to a peninsula, but where there is plenty of adjacent land available for building skyscrapers for business and population as well—does not commend itself for Hong Kong. The only policy as to numbers appears to be an artificially restricted population and some form of rigid transference from over-crowded areas into new quarters as and when they are prepared to receive them. There must be also a rigidly enforced standard of maximum density and imposed limitation upon industrial expansion. Both these will be difficult to enforce, as the population has become used to densities which, over large areas (not in small black spots), must be some of the highest in the world; industry is seeking a refuge in Hong Kong, and it is hard to deny it entrance. As a recent writer has said, 'the prosperity of this tiny British Colony stands out like a beacon. This is mainly due to the fact that the stability of British administration has afforded a refuge to commercial interests which have fled from the chaos prevailing elsewhere.' (1) The same tendency to flock to Hong Kong exists for people as well. Here then is the problem: to provide for this immigrant prosperity with so little space to offer it.\n\n## 6. It has been assumed throughout this Report that the major urban activities should be confined to Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, and that the location of the Defence Services should have a preference for the island. The natural barrier of mountains North of Kowloon reinforces the former, and both preferences are related to the fundamental fact, which must not be lost sight of, that the Colony in its chief function is an entrepot port.\n\n## PART II - GENERAL PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPMENT\n\n### 1. THE HARBOUR\n\n## 7. One of the first objects of harbour proposals for town-planning is to obtain more land without impairing the Fort. Sir David Owen's report is here a useful guide,(2) but his recommendations have not all been followed.\n\n## 8. The head and sides of Kowloon Bay are straightened, on the west as far as Tai Wan, on the east to Cha Kwo Ling, with a boat-building yard at Ma Yau Tong. Hung Hom Bay is reclaimed, leaving only a harbour entrance for Hung Hom. On the west of Kowloon, Yau Ma Ti Typhoon harbour is filled in, as well as the rectangular area at Cheung Sha Wan. Extensive reclamations are also possible at Gin Drinkers Bay and Tsun Wan. These combined reclamations on the Kowloon side of the harbour would give a very considerable increase of territory. Much less reclamation is possible on Hong Kong Island itself. Starting from the western end, there is a narrow strip at Kennedy Town, the bay from Yaumati Ferry to Murray Road (in front of Chater Road), and the more debatable strip along the front of Connaught Road. There is next the Naval Dock, Causeway Bay, and a narrow strip east of North Point. A small reclamation in Shaukiwan bay has also been suggested, but requires further investigation.\n\n## 9. Three new Typhoon shelters will be required by these coastal changes: they have been tentatively located (a) at the head of Kowloon Bay (in front of Kai Tak), (b) in front of Sham Shui Po, (c) in front of Causeway Bay (reclaimed), using Kellet Island.\n\n## 10. New piers are proposed at Kowloon Docks (absorbing the old Coaling Camber) and on the east side of Kowloon Bay at Ngau Tau Kok. The rebuilding of the Connaught Road piers, which is due on structural grounds, is debatable, not from the Harbour angle, but by reason of the congestion and mixed zoning in the area behind. It has been contended that much of the coastal trade could be located elsewhere; this requires further investigation. Up to Western Street, the godowns, shops, hotels, and tenements are completely mixed and almost indistinguishable in building. West of Western Street, the godown and commercial element predominates. Somewhere on this north coast, a coal depot should be located.\n\n### 2. POPULATION, SIZE, AND GROUPING\n\n## 11. If the possible population—given unlimited land—is an incalculable quantity, the existing number of inhabitants is sufficiently difficult to calculate, concentrated on a limited area. It may, however, be assumed that at the beginning of 1948, the population of the Colony was as follows:\n| Category | Population |\n| --- | --- |\n| Normal Urban Population of Hong Kong and Kowloon | 1,000,000 |\n| Floating Junk and Sampan | 200,000 |\n| New Territories | 300,000 |\n| Total | 1,500,000 |\n\n## 12. It was decided to find out what was the maximum additional population that could be accommodated in and near Kowloon, allowing also for an area large enough to take the overspill from overcrowded areas. This is the opposite of the usual method, which consists in making a forecast based upon local increase plus immigration. Where the ground is limited, it is at any rate useful to find out what is the maximum which it will take. In making these calculations, there must be, of course, agreement upon the maximum densities permitted in existing developed areas and in areas proposed for development; this will be discussed in the next section on Housing.\n\n## B. From a somewhat tentative survey of the sites and working on an assumed density, it appears that Kowloon could absorb an additional population of about 500,000, as well as about 100,000 which should be taken out of the overcrowded areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon (and which consequently in the above table are still included in the million Urban population of Hong Kong and Kowloon).\n\nPage 30\nPage 31", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592973, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 31, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## 3. HOUSING: DENSITY AND REDISTRIBUTION\n\n19. The housing conditions of Hong Kong present the most serious problem in the Colony. Density to the extent of 2,000 persons to the acre, and not confined to small patches, in buildings which are of entirely obsolete design but which under present powers cannot be condemned, is something unknown in European countries.\n\n20. After considering many alternative suggestions both as to numbers of the average family, floor area per person and number of building units per net acre, the type recommended by Mr. Owen, which gives 504 persons per net acre has been adopted for the purposes of making the calculations given in the preceding section. This is a considerably lower density than has been adopted for certain post-war rebuilding in Kowloon.\n\nIt is, however, very high compared with European standards when it is remembered that 200 persons per acre recommended for a very limited area in the London Plan, came in for very serious criticism from housing and town planning reformers.\n\n21. The figures which have been adopted (slightly modified from Mr. Owen's) are:\n- 7 persons per family.\n- 3 dwellings per building unit.\n- 24 building units per acre.\n- 45 square feet per person.\n- 315 square feet per family.\n- 504 persons per acre.\n\nIt was generally felt that this standard should be tried out in building before adopting it. Alternative figures for general distribution have been prepared for the reduction to 300 per acre. Before making a final decision on the target to be aimed at, it is strongly urged that this lower density should also be worked out, both in detail for housing accommodation and in its effect upon the total population which the area will take at this density. The Medical Officer's Report on his trial survey, the incidence of tuberculosis in high densities, and social workers' and welfare evidence should be fully investigated and co-related before a decision is arrived at as to whether the target should be 300 per net acre or 500: the former is of course preferable and every effort should be made to realise it.\n\n22. In allocating land for housing purposes, a gross acre must be taken in order to allow for all communal purposes, e.g., community centres, shops, clinics, schools, and local playgrounds (but not major open spaces for which an additional acre per 1,000 persons should be allowed): thus, the 500 persons per net acre, which includes house space and roads only, will be reduced to 285 persons per gross acre. It is, however, recognised that in the existing overcrowded areas this target will be difficult to obtain, except under complete rebuilding which should eventually take place. Open spaces, local playgrounds and other community needs must be found as near as possible to the population to be served. Accordingly, in the calculations, the reduction of existing population is taken at 500, but the siting for new population (with the exception of Hung Hom which has an open space nearby) is taken at 285.\n\n### Suggested Location and Acreage Required in Kowloon\n\n| District | Population to be accommodated | Acreage |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| A. Hill District East of Ho Man Tin | 57,000 | 200 |\n| B. Kau Lung Tsai East | 92,700 | 325 |\n| C. Kowloon Tong West | 78,500 | 275 |\n| D. Castle Peak Road area | 35,600 | 125 |\n| E. Kun Tong Reclamation | 50,000 | 175 |\n| F. Hung Hom Reclamation | 75,000 | 175 |\n| G. Gin Drinkers Bay | 57,000 | 200 |\n| H. Tsun Wan | 55,000 | 193 |\n| Total Population & Acreage | 500,800 | 1,643 (Say: 600,000 on 2,000 acres) |\n| I. Overspill north of Kai Tak | 100,000 | 350 |\n\n(1) With the exception of Hung Hom, the net density of 500 persons per acre is reduced to 285 per gross acre (i.e., over the gross area): this is explained in the following section.\n\n(1) An extreme but not unusual case given by Dr. Fehily shows 2,268 persons per acre.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592974, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 32, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## 23. This additional acre introduces the principle of 'Community' planning which so far has not been developed in Hong Kong. It is acknowledged that it will take a long time to introduce a community structure into the monotonous building of 3 storey tenements. A beginning should be made so that any new public or quasi-public building can be located with reference to this structure; and, of course, it must be introduced from the start in the layout of new areas.\n\n24. It is suggested that there should be a threefold division:-\n| Community | Neighbourhood | Group (family or similar) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 100,000 (or 2 @ 50,000) | 10,000 | 500 |\n\n25. Much further research is required into this aspect of housing; considerable thought has already been given to the subject, and 200 neighbourhood centres have been suggested. It would be of the greatest value as an object lesson if the P.W.D. could prepare a plan and model for a Neighbourhood unit, which would demonstrate how the decentralised overspill would be disposed upon a new site.\n\n26. The possibility of the transfer of the overcrowded population (in every Country a delicate matter) has been considered and it is believed that it might be possible for new areas developed in Kowloon to attract from and reduce overcrowding in Victoria and Kowloon if \n(a) Work in the form of new industry, etc., were available; \n(b) First-rate conditions of houses, shops, play spaces, clinics and schools were offered; \n(c) A rigorous allotment of houses to bona-fide Hong Kong residents were made, with preference to those who could show that they came from overcrowded areas. Regulations against overcrowding in the vacated areas would have to be simultaneously enforced.\n\n27. The rebuilding of the obsolete types of tenements and structures in a condition of decay will require new powers in order to avoid the dangers and drawbacks of piecemeal reconstruction. It should be possible to declare whole areas obsolescent and ripe for rebuilding on a new layout, as is provided for under the English 1944 Act (Section 9). The only satisfactory way in which this can be done is by acquisition of the designated area; and in this connection it would be useful if powers were obtained to allot the 'life' of a building according to its condition and design: this will have a direct bearing upon the cost of acquisition.\n\n28. A Survey which has been prepared indicates the areas in which the highest densities prevail: and it is interesting to remark that these are not always the oldest quarters (e.g. the District 2a, between Hennessy and Gloucester Road). It is estimated that 156,670 should be taken out of Hong Kong and 29,250 from Kowloon, in order to realise the maximum density of 500 per acre.\n\n29. Taking the Hong Kong figure, it is possible to relieve the Hennessy Road area by the removal of the families who at present work in the Naval Dockyard and Barracks (see Section 9 of Report): this would take out about 30,000 and leave the 3 districts 1A, 2A and 2B at the appropriate density.\n\n30. There is also a hillside area above North Point of approximately 100 acres, which could take 50,000 from the overcrowded parts of Hong Kong generally and provide homes for the workers at Taikoo. These two figures will thus reduce the number of Hong Kong residents who would have to seek land in or near Kowloon: thus-\n| | |\n| --- | --- |\n| Hong Kong overcrowding | 156,670 |\n| Less | 80,000 |\n| Naval workmen & North Point area. | |\n| Hong Kong balance | 76,670 |\n| Kowloon overcrowding | 29,250 |\n| | 105,920 |\n| to be housed in new satellite in Kowloon. | \n\n31. A careful scrutiny has failed to discover any extensive areas available on the Island of Hong Kong. The Dairy Farm at Pok Fu Lam has been suggested; but apart from its present valuable use, it is not very suitable. The flat land east of Aberdeen has also been considered; but if it changes its present use it will probably be required for water supply. A tunnel through Mount Cameron would not be justified. The site of the aerodrome at Kai Tak appears to be the most suitable and easily developed site, for a short-term policy, to eliminate overcrowding from Hong Kong and Kowloon; it would comfortably take the 106,000 people involved and could be planned as an object lesson.\n\n32. It is not intended for a moment to minimise the extreme difficulty of reducing and moving the Victoria population which clings obstinately to familiar localities; these very generalised ideas are intended to show the magnitude of the work and to indicate the lines upon which a change may take place, the pace of which will depend upon the legal powers conferred.\n\n## 4. SHOPS AND WORKSHOPS\n\n33. It would be pedantic for the planner to condemn the practice which obtains in Hong Kong (and indeed is common in the East) of giving up the entire ground floor of the residential area to shops, workshops, warehouses, stores etc. There appears to be demand for this continuous bazaar on the ground floor, which has the drawback of creating a narrow fronted dark tenement above. Mr. Owen has shown in his report (Type B Plan 3) how a wider frontage and a set back above the ground floor can produce much better living quarters.\n\n34. If a new Community is planned from the beginning, it might be worth while attempting to provide shopping centres at appropriate places (in conjunction with neighbourhood centres) and to set aside other areas for workshops and stores, as it were 'domestic factory zones'. But there may be danger in interfering with a settled method of living and working, provided the workshops are kept within the domestic range of size and type of work. It may also be pointed out that this type of home workshop also largely obtained in the East End of London, though the division between work and living was not so sharply defined as it is in Hong Kong: one of the aims of the plan for London has been to break down this tradition and group the workrooms in what are called 'tenement factories' in close proximity to, but distinct from, the home. The provision of power, the containing of noise and dust, and the greater ease of inspection are among the advantages of this method.\n\n35.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592975, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 33, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "# 10 INDUSTRIAL LOCATION AND ZONING\n\n35. A considerable amount of zoning for industry has already been carried out, there being three major groups (a) Noxious (b) Intermediate (c) Light Industry. In the main this zoning has followed existing trends and has sought to confine what is already there rather than to direct development. A large scale scheme of harbour reclamation, the proposal to rebuild and enlarge certain harbour works, and finally the possible full development of land for residential purposes in Kowloon, with the proposed reduction of population in Hong Kong Island, call for a revision of these industrial zones.\n\n36. In a number of places additional and more detailed surveys are required in order to find out how far industrialisation of certain areas has gone - this applies to the long strip behind Connaught Road; East Point near Causeway Bay and the Ma Tau Kok area on the east in Kowloon. One or two areas which have been already zoned for industry, under the proposed conditions might well revert to residential, but without attempting to remove existing industries: an example of this is the area immediately south of the old Kowloon City. It is proposed to zone a very large area from Shek Shan northwards, including Ma Tau Kok as a Trading Estate, which should be given positive encouragement; this would become the major industrial zone in this part of Kowloon (but the noxious area should be eliminated, including ultimately the Cement Works). This links up with Tai Wan and Hung Hom and will be one of the most important shipping and industrial zones in the Colony.\n\n37. On the western side of the Kowloon peninsula much readjustment of the existing industrial zoning is necessary, owing to the proposed alteration of the coast line. From Lai Chi Kok there is an intermediate industry frontage as far south as Prince Edward Road, with a residential hinterland. The present noxious zone at Tai Kok Tsui should not extend eastwards of Tong Mi Road. The filled-in Typhoon anchorage could be zoned for light industry and commercial use, but the existing noxious zone eastwards should be eliminated. The Kowloon wharves, as already mentioned, may be supplemented with new enclosing piers.\n\n38. The long strip town on either side of Nathan Road is a mixed zone, predominantly commercial and residential: its continuation northwards is by Cheung Sha Wan Road. These roads form a fine backbone to Kowloon, whose boldness of conception is marred by the side streets entering at every block and continuous frontages (a treatment normal to the period). Conditions might eventually be improved for through traffic.\n\n39. On the eastern side of Kowloon Bay there is an opportunity for a large industrial and shipping frontage, with additional piers (the rail connection will be dealt with later). Here the oil storage is located.\n\n40. The Island harbour frontage from Belcher's Bay to Shaukiwan requires detailed study, particularly with regard to the depth of the coastal industrial strip. A clear break is of course essential from the Yau Ma Ti Pier (or further west) to the beginning of Gloucester Road. The only three sites for noxious industry are at the extreme west at Belcher's Bay - for the slaughterhouse only - at North Point, and at the extreme east for a small fish curing area at Shaukiwan. This latter is the same type of special area allowed for at Aberdeen and its island.\n\n41. It will be seen from the above brief description, that with the exception of a narrow strip of harbour frontage, including the ship repairing yard at Taikoo, on Hong Kong Island, the large and continuous industrial areas of various types are all located in Kowloon: they will thus provide work places for the increased population of half a million which can be placed there.\n\n## 11\n\n42. Consideration of the light industrial zones (which approximate to the domestic workshops on the ground floors of tenements) should include (a) their relation to the surrounding residential areas (b) provision for loading and other requirements of industry (c) the avoidance of obstruction of traffic on main roads. If these conditions are observed, there is no objection to a wide distribution of these industrial zones, so as to minimise the distance between home and work. And they will allow regulations to be imposed prohibiting any further conversion of houses into partial factories.\n\n43. To sum up, there should be four broad types of industrial location.\n| Type | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) Noxious | should have no houses whatever within the zone |\n| (b) Intermediate | should be in properly planned Trading Estates in which a limited number of houses may be allowed |\n| (c) Light | will require individual decisions on each site in relation to traffic and houses |\n| (d) Home or domestic | |\n\nThe Lands Department must beware of snatching quick profits through leasing factory sites without regard to surrounding conditions.\n\n# 6 ROADS\n\n44. The existing roads of Hong Kong are sharply divided according to hillside and level ground. Roads on the latter are exclusively gridiron in pattern; on the former a free landscape treatment is dictated by contours. There has however been some attempt, as is so frequent elsewhere, to apply gridiron planning to irregular sites. At the same time there has been a tendency to start levelling rocky ground to produce a level site for a piece of gridiron layout. This has led at times to most expensive site works, through insufficient study of the geological formation, the decomposed granite being irregular in its appearance.\n\n45. The layout of level ground has been dominated by the \"gridiron mentality\"; indeed when once roadmakers and property developers are inoculated with this pattern, it is extremely difficult to throw off. Squared plots on level ground are so simple and effective for leasing and building (especially with standardised Chinese tenements) that they appear inevitable, as has happened with millions of acres in U.S.A. But this method in which crossroads occur merely as boundaries of blocks or as coverage for sewers and stormwater is directly at variance with traffic requirements which seek to canalise main routes and avoid cross currents. Nor does the gridiron reflect any of the changing emphasis of community grouping. The main backbone of through roads on the Island, Des Voeux, Queens, Hennessy and the much finer Nathan Road of Kowloon, are rendered ineffective as main traffic routes by reason of these cross roads and the continuous riparian frontages.\n\n46. The hillside roads in Hong Kong Island display an exuberance of construction that is quite astonishing - there appears to have been no limit to the length of road in relation to buildings or through traffic and there was apparently in the past no charge for road-making made to the developer. In the future (and a considerable amount of new hillside development is to be anticipated for larger houses), it is recommended that the developers roughly form the roads, which are then to be made up by the Government and charged to the developers: they will then be maintained by the P.W.D. Alternatively, when it is intended to encourage development (and by \n\n## 37", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592976, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 34, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## 47. \nRoad improvements in a closely built-up area, such as the coastal strip of Hong Kong and the tip of Kowloon Peninsula are not easy to carry out; major proposals are indeed dependent upon two external changes which it will be assumed are to take place: the removal of the Naval Dockyard in Hong Kong and the alteration to the railway in Kowloon.\n\n## 48. \nThe urbanised part of Hong Kong consists of one long ribbon through which passes traffic to and fro; there are insignificant traffic exits at each end — Kennedy Town and Sau Ki Wan — and two intermediate exits over the mountain barrier at Garden Road and Stubbs Road (branching as they get higher up). There is a short length on the level, between the Naval Yard and the Barracks where the whole of this urban ebb and flow passes along a single road. If the Naval Yard and Barracks were removed, this bottle-neck could be relieved by duplication: but the solution is not an easy one as the business town centre would wish to extend over any area that is freed and it would not, consequently, be helpful to cut the area up with traffic routes.\n\n## 49. \nIn the western and larger urban area what is wanted is to make one of the three longitudinal roads, Connaught, Des Voeux or Queen's, the principal traffic artery. Des Voeux (with its break connected up) would seem the best for this purpose, leaving Connaught for dockside and Queen's for local shopping traffic. But it is of no avail to label a road traffic artery unless something is done for this purpose; and the only way in which Des Voeux Road can be made to serve as the traffic artery of this part of Hong Kong is by closing as many as possible of the side roads opening on it, by prescribing a slower speed along Connaught and Queen's Road and introducing further police control.\n\n## 50. \nEast of the Dockyard, Hennessy Road appears the most suitable for the same function, continuing with a new road across Causeway Bay to join up with King's Road. It cannot be pretended that these are very remarkable improvements, but it must be remembered that strictly speaking there is no through traffic — it is all engendered within the urban ribbon. The Tunnel entrance (see next section) will certainly concentrate traffic at the centre point, but there will be vacant ground for this to be properly distributed. It is unfortunate that the landward roads on the higher level (e.g., Kennedy Road and Bowen Road) which, with some minor improvements, can make excellent and attractive cornice roads continuous from Bonham Road near the University site to Stubbs Road overlooking the Race Course, cannot be of much service as a by-pass for commercial traffic: this cannot be persuaded to mount up the steep roads, at right angles to the contours, to join them, and use the cornice roads.\n\n## 51. \nThough the traffic at either end of the urban strip, Kennedy Town and Sau Ki Wan is, as stated, comparatively insignificant, improvements are nevertheless needed. At the west end, if Des Voeux Road is to be the main road, it will require a better connection to the Pok Fu Lam Road: there is also possibility of considerable suburban development at Mount Davis. The country road beyond Shaukiwan will become the main approach to the new developments (see Section 9) at Tai Tam. Steps must be taken to ensure that no ribbon building continues along this road.\n\n## 52. \nIn Kowloon, there is much more opportunity for road improvement. The only through traffic of the Colony, which is in this case approach traffic from Canton, is encountered here and this, with the Tunnel, will link up with the centre of Hong Kong. Obviously, this volume of through traffic, from the centre of Hong Kong to China, should not pour down Nathan Road, wide though it is. Nathan Road, in fact, should perform exactly the function of Des Voeux, Hennessy, and King's Roads in Hong Kong, as the central artery of urban traffic; and for this purpose, its northern extension should not be Tai Po Road (reserved for main approach traffic) but Cheung Sha Wan Road. This latter and Nathan Road should be given all the same aids to efficiency that have been recommended for Des Vœux Road.\n\n## 53. \nFor the Canton-Hong Kong traffic, a complete by-pass is possible which can be treated as a really modern arterial road (from Tai Po Road near the Service Reservoir to the Tunnel entrance at Tsim Sha Tsui).\n\n## 54. \nThis can be done by utilising the existing railway line from near the Diocesan Boys' School. There can be few opportunities in any town of comparable size for so magnificent an approach road and there is hardly a single building to be demolished. The southern portion could run parallel to, but at a different level from, Lower Chatham Road (which will be retained for riparian building and also to give access to the reclaimed land in Hung Hom Bay).\n\n## 55. \nThere is not much road improvement otherwise required in Kowloon, which has a number of excellent wide roads laid out, owing partly to topography, on a free bold pattern. Several important, but minor matters will of course have to be settled, e.g., the approach to the new Railway Station; and the best approach to the new satellite north of Kai Tak through the Ma Tau Kok Trading estate (the central Kowloon City Road, or the two bounding roads, Ma Tau Wei or To Kwa Wan Roads). The chief difficulties will be found at the intersections.\n\n## 56. \nThe large community units (enumerated in Section 2) have been carefully disposed so that in no case are they invaded by any of the existing or proposed main roads: indeed, their actual size has in several cases been dictated by the bounding lines of existing main roads. The hilly district east of Ho Mau Tin (the 'A' area of 200 acres) will give an excellent opportunity of showing how it is possible to develop a site, making full use of a detailed geological survey. There is probably a considerable amount of decomposed granite here, combined with hard rock: a terraced treatment, making full use of the softer rock but not attempting to quarry away the hard (as is being done at Morrison Hill) should produce an interesting and economical result.\n\n## 57. \nOne of the most important aspects of road planning is the provision of car parks: as the central area is rebuilt, car parks should be insisted upon under all new office buildings. The Tunnel entrance would naturally give access to large public car parks at both the Hong Kong and Kowloon entrances; these should be operated on the mechanised principle, so as to save space.\n\n## 7. THE TUNNEL\n\n## 58. \nA Tunnel from the centre of Hong Kong to the tip of Kowloon is the biggest single town planning and engineering feature for consideration in connection with the development of the Colony. Various opinions have been expressed as to what it would serve, whether, for example, it would supersede to any great extent the transhipment of cargoes by lighters, \n(1) See Sir Alker Tripp's definition.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592977, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 35, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "# \n\n## 8. RAILWAY\n\n65. The railway proposals are drastic but can be carried out with a minimum of destruction of property: more detailed investigation of levels will of course be required, especially in connection with the goods rail to the Kowloon wharves.\n\n66. The main suggestions are as follows: the elimination of the line from Kau Lung Tong, south of the railway tunnel, to the main station at the tip of Kowloon Peninsula. The use to which the abandoned line can be put has already been mentioned.\n\n67. The line will fork just south of the railway tunnel, the western arm being carried across Nathan Road, on the angle of Nullah Road, and along the reclaimed front of the Yau Ma Ti Typhoon harbour as far as Public Square Street. Here the new main station will be located at something less than ten feet above street level. A station here would be as convenient as at the tip of Kowloon, provided it were connected by rail through the Tunnel with the centre of Hong Kong. It would also require ultimately a direct connection with Jordan Road and Nathan Road. It would add very much to simplified operation if the main line itself were electrified (with Diesel electric motors) from the New Territories or beyond. It should be possible for a goods line to be carried, parallel to the station approach line, to ground level for the harbour; this would keep the goods lines to the west of the main part of Kowloon.\n\n68. The eastern line of the fork would cross the vacant space in the \"Garden City\" at Suffolk Road over Waterloo Road, cross north of the existing Kai Tak aerodrome (the possible future satellite) and swing south-east along the proposed reclaimed west front of Kowloon Bay, thus linking up the whole of this important industrial and dock frontage and the oil tank area. Here too there would be space for a marshalling yard over a mile long, which could serve the whole of industrial Kowloon.\n\n69. It is needless to say that these large-scale proposals would require not only minute study in themselves, from the angle of railway operations, but also in relation to urban development. But there is now a chance of these combined operations being successfully planned from the start: and there is no doubt that they are all feasible.\n\n## 9. REMOVAL OF THE SERVICES.\n\n70. The most discussed proposal in the Colony is the removal of the Naval and Military quarters from the centre of Hong Kong: the removal from Kowloon, though less urgent, would follow on a new location being found for those located in Hong Kong. It was somewhat surprising to find that there was less difference of opinion between the Civil and Service views, than might have been expected. Naturally the Services were only prepared to move to quarters which would prove equally or more serviceable. It was agreed that these could be found and the only outstanding question was that of finance: a balance sheet could not be prepared at this stage. There is no doubt that the value of the central Service land is very high, but not all of it could realise its full market value as a considerable amount would be required for public purposes. The cost of reinstatement of the Services on a new site would presumably be met, in part at least, from Imperial sources.\n\n71. The removal of the Services from the block of land on either side of Queen's Road in the centre of Hong Kong is absolutely essential to the continued prosperity of the Colony. The central administration and business area would be almost doubled in size; and although some faint hopes were expressed that a tunnel might create a business extension in Kowloon, all planning experience is against such a possibility.\n\n72. By a fortunate chance the Naval and Military Services in considering the possibility of an alternative location, had both hit upon the same neighbourhood: this would greatly help in the provision of necessary access, housing and ancillary works. There was, however, this important difference: the Naval removal would have to be a single operation, whereas the Military one could be done in stages. Both services welcomed the ampler space which a new site could provide.\n\n73. The position selected is in the neighbourhood of Tai Tam Bay. Very tentative plans have been prepared, but sufficient to show that the area is suitable from the essential points of view.\n\n14 \n\n40 \n\n59. From a general planning point of view the more intimate connection formed by a bridge or a tunnel must be considered of great advantage in a situation of this sort and with urban areas of the order of one million inhabitants separated by a stretch of water less than a mile wide.\n\n60. The case of Liverpool and Birkenhead naturally comes to mind, although there is a greater volume of shipping and more through traffic there; but it will be remembered that Liverpool after having for many years a railway tunnel (subsequently electrified), more recently added a road tunnel and has continued with the ferries and docking facilities.\n\n61. The engineering problems require to be further investigated and the cost brought into relation to the economic position of the Colony : but sooner or later the Tunnel must be constructed.\n\nThere\n\n62. The following are some of the planning considerations. must be facilities for pedestrians as well as motor cars (these are not provided in the Liverpool Tunnel). There should also be electric trains, either on a narrow gauge, like the London Tubes, giving direct access to the general station at Kowloon in its new location; or, if the main line were electrified, it might be possible to run trains direct from the New Territories into Hong Kong, with great advantage for (a) farm and fishing produce, (b) for recreation from the crowded urban centres.\n\n63. The exits will require most careful planning, with escalators as well as a sloping ramp for cars: this will form the real gateway to Hong Kong. On the Kowloon side it will be desirable to plan a triple entrance (a) for passengers at Tsim Sha Tsui (b) for the Kowloon Docks (c) for the underground connection to the new railway station at Yau Ma Ti.\n\n64. The Tunnel will be something much more than an underground traffic link. It will be a symbol of the unity of interests of the Colony: it is impossible to predict all the effects which it may have, but provided strong planning control both in use of land and in direction of traffic is exercised, it is difficult to see in what way it can be other than beneficial.\n\n15 \n\n41", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592978, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 36, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## 10. THE CENTRAL AREA\n\n74. Whereas the Naval exodus from the Hong Kong & Kowloon Dockyards would be complete, the Military authorities stated that headquarters on a reduced scale would be required at Victoria or Garden Road Barracks and at Gun Club Hill in Kowloon, as well as access to water at Wellington Barracks and Sham Shui Po. But Whitfield Barracks and the major area overlooking Queen's Road could be given up. The Naval Establishment on Stonecutters Island could also be abandoned if this scheme for removal went through.\n\n75. The use to which these vacated lands could be put will be described in later sections. It has already been stated (in Section 3) that a New Town of about 30,000 would be required for the workers in the Naval Dockyard and Barracks: this could be located somewhere in the neighbourhood of the existing village of Stanley (whose present residential character would be completely changed). This new town should combine with the workers' quarters a joint recreational area, properly separated for the personnel of the Navy and Army.\n\n76. The Stanley Prison would have to be removed: but its new buildings could be put to some useful purpose. A similar agreement for a permanent Services aerodrome was not reached. The Kai Tak site is agreed to be a bad one and even worse was that selected sometime ago in the New Territories. If the Naval and Military arms go to Tai Tam Bay, the Kai Tak site would be useless for combined action.\n\n77. The central area of Hong Kong should provide space for three broad uses: administration, general business, and shopping. In addition, but of less zoning importance, is space for hotels. The extent to which these three uses can be intermingled or should be kept distinct is a matter of public convenience and of planning technique: but it must never be forgotten that they represent distinct uses of the land. It is generally agreed that of the two, shops and offices make the worst combination though, of course, complete segregation is not possible. In Hong Kong, there is really no central shopping centre at all; shops are squeezed amongst office buildings, often invading their upper floors. One other general point may be made: the town centre should not be invaded by streams of traffic passing through it; and at the same time, approach traffic should be given every facility for parking. The official, the businessman, or the shopper should not be regarded as a criminal because he or she wishes to leave a car near his central destination.\n\n78. If the Service lands can be taken into the central area, there will be an opportunity for a complete plan including most of the existing office blocks. These so-solid-looking and, in some cases, ornate buildings are really obsolescent and are ripe for rebuilding. Their surrounding arcades and lofty rooms were the solution to the problem of high temperatures: today, air conditioning has supervened, and it will be found that with very little increased height, the same ground space will provide considerably more floor area. A careful survey of the present office floor area, its existing inadequacy (put at 300,000 square feet), and the probable demand with the growth of the Colony should be made. The recently published Manual on the Redevelopment of Central Areas (2) should prove of great use with its advocated policy of Floor Space Indices for the regulation of rebuilding town blocks, width of streets, height of buildings, open space, and car parks, etc. A Floor Space Index should be prescribed for each street block, and the developer required to keep within it. It is fortunate that a large part of the central business area is in the hands of a single Estate company: this should facilitate a unified scheme of re-development. The new land that will be freed from the Services will be Government property.\n\n79. It may not seem necessary to emphasise that the leasing of this newly acquired Government land should be on the basis of a considered plan: but quite recent examples of the Government leasing the most valuable land without regard to its best use, both from the point of view of public buildings and traffic, make it necessary to give this warning.\n\n80. In spite of the great increase of land that may become available from the Services, it is probable that most of the level ground will be wanted for shops and offices, and it is suggested that some of the new public buildings could be placed between Albert Road and Queen's Road, including the Murray Barracks and Parade Ground. There is a considerable area of ground here that might lend itself to picturesque treatment.\n\n81. It must be remembered that Hong Kong is perhaps more deficient in public buildings than any other town of comparable size in the world: there is no Town Hall, Civic Hall, Art Gallery, Museum, Public Library, Theatre, or Opera House. The comparison with towns in India is remarkable: there, there is perhaps an excess of public buildings; Hindu, Mohammedan, Parsee, and British donors have vied with each other, and state and municipality have been equally lavish in providing noble buildings. Alone, almost, the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank has realised its responsibilities to the Colony and led the way with a worthy building. There is, it is true, the Supreme Court and a Post Office.\n\n82. The reconstruction and creation of a great city centre should give the opportunity for a fine and coherent architectural treatment, which these private buildings should exhibit without attempting to rival the splendour of the public ones. A comprehensive scheme for the rebuilding of central Hong Kong should be got out at once, in order that any part that is carried out in the near future may fall into the completed Plan: this refers particularly to the heights of buildings and the volume of traffic that they will produce.\n\n## 11. OPEN SPACES\n\n83. In no section of planning work must the short and long-term policies be more closely combined than in the provision of open spaces. While a broad scheme for a park system is being considered and prepared, there must be no delay in snatching at any small play space or local park that can be preserved from being over-run by the hundred users who, in a town, are ever ready to grab any vacant plot.\n\n84. The following is a rough list of the types of open spaces that go to make up a park system for Hong Kong and Kowloon.\n\n1. Dispersed small playgrounds: these should be proportioned to the population on a target basis of acre per thousand, but in the meantime, every opportunity for a play space should be seized—even to the extent of demolishing obsolete houses and keeping the site open for a playground. This would incidentally be the beginning of a reduction in site density.\n\n2. Playing Fields: these are difficult to obtain because they need large areas of level ground. The Race Course is so used at...\n\nPage 42\nPage 43", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592979, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 37, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## 18\n\nPresent and in the proposed building developments in Kowloon, ground for the purpose can be found. A part of the Whitfield Barracks site when released might be levelled for this purpose, but in spite of taking advantage of every site within the urban area of Hong Kong and Kowloon, there will still be a great shortage owing to the small amount of level ground. The most attractive suggestion, which depends upon the Tunnel and electrified railway, is to provide a large playing field area by the reclamation of Sha Tin Bay. Cheap return fares, including 'bus fares on Hong Kong Island, would make this area accessible: this practice of obtaining level ground for organised large-scale games at a considerable distance away has been adopted in many European cities.\n\n### 3. Rest Parks\n\nThese are much appreciated by old and young, as can be seen in the gardens above Government House. They can be, and indeed are, more attractive for occupying irregular sites, some of them within the built-up area (e.g., military land like Belcher's Fort). In other cases, adjacent land on the hill slopes could be obtained from the Government without expropriation of leases. Such sites should be earmarked for open spaces before more land is leased for suburban or quasi-suburban building. There is much land in Kowloon which could be used for this purpose, particularly rocky ground which lends itself to the Chinese type of romantic garden design. After allowing for the widening of Canton Road, and providing level ground for games, there will be space left at Whitfield Barracks. King's Park, already used for playgrounds, can similarly be laid out as a beautiful central park for Kowloon.\n\n### 4. Wider Open Spaces\n\nThe familiar concept of a Green Belt cannot be exactly applied to Hong Kong or Kowloon, but the principle underlying it certainly can. The mountain slopes and catchment areas of Hong Kong Island can be much further opened up by footpaths (and rendered safe for pedestrians): the many special look-out spots can be properly treated for enjoyment of the glorious views. The use already made of the Peak by means of the Peak Tramway and the attraction of Harlech Road (without being thought of as an access to buildings) are indications of increased possibilities. On the Kowloon side, the mountain slopes are, if anything, more spectacular: the military roads and fire-protection paths might be much more used if there were improved cheap means of access. There are not only the superb views and the remote quality of the mountain scenery, but the sudden change in atmosphere would be pleasant at certain seasons. In addition to the highlands, there are the beaches which are already in organised use.\n\n### 5. New Territories\n\nThe value of these for recreational purposes has already been mentioned in connection with possible playing fields at Sha Tin: there are also the Country Club and Golf course: but in addition to these more intensive uses, there is the use of this lovely cultivated land as a countryside, as well as its wilder mountain area. With changes and more frequent means of access, this should increase and would doubtless call for resthouses and tea gardens: nor need there be any interference with agriculture. There are also the coasts for weekend rest, bathing, and boating. The damage done to the matsheds and more permanent beach houses will, it is hoped, soon be repaired.\n\n## 44\n\n## G.\n\n## T\n\n## 19\n\n― \n\n### Stonecutters Island\n\nThe possible use of this Island for general recreation is more fully described under Tourism.\n\n### 7. Parkway Connections\n\nFootpaths and tracks over the mountainous areas have already been mentioned, but the possibility of parkway connection, both pedestrian, bicycling, motoring, for pleasure as distinct from traffic needs, should not be lost sight of. In the new developments in Kowloon, in the placing and planning of neighbourhood groups, there should be opportunities for leaving narrow strips of open space, intervening between the units. These may be planted and used for walks and park strips. This may sound far-fetched at this stage, but the idea can be developed and worked into a pleasant feature of urban lay-out.\n\n### 8. Tree-planting\n\nThis is here considered not as commercial afforestation (see Section on New Territories) but as amenity planting. The whole Colony has enormously suffered from wartime cutting down of pine woods. It is much more difficult to restore amenity planting than to preserve it when grown: but efforts should be made (and there are excellent examples on certain roads) to restore this characteristic landscape feature of the Colony, which no doubt had, in addition, a real value in water conservation and prevention of soil erosion, quite distinct from economic timber growing. There are evident signs that natural regeneration is at work: this can be protected and even stimulated.\n\n## 12. THE NEW TERRITORIES\n\n85. The New Territories are a subject for a Report in themselves, and there was insufficient time to do more than pay a visit to this priceless piece of open country and coastline with its own complete economy of the life of old China. A growing and flourishing life is indicated in the report on the 10-year plan of development of the New Territories sub-committee of the Colonial Development & Welfare Committee, which appears to be an admirable programme of progress and conservation. The internal economy is based upon:\n\n86. As population:\n\n1. Farming\n2. Fishing\n3. Fishpond cultivation\n4. Forestry\n5. Mining and Quarrying\n\nAlready mentioned, these territories afford to the urban population:\n| i. | Rural scenery |\n| ii. | Village life |\n| iii. | Rambling and Mountain climbing |\n| iv. | Week-end visits |\n| v. | Playing fields, Golf courses |\n| vi. | Sailing |\n| vii. | Archaeology |\n| viii. | Water supply |\n\nThere are also parts that can be set aside as nature reserves. There is a most interesting area, at present almost inaccessible, north of Plover Cove, containing woodlands, streams, and waterfalls. This should be kept in its present virgin state: but it is worth considering whether the...\n\n(1) There is an Interim Development Scheme for 5 years dealing with urgent matters requiring prior consideration.\n\n## 45", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592980, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 38, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## 13. TOURISM\n\n91. It may be considered undignified for a Colony so seriously bent on its prosperity as a port, as an industrial and financial centre and with a strictly agricultural background, to consider developing its attractive sites as a tourist resort. So far, what may be comprehended under the vague term \"amenities\" have been strictly confined to the lighter moments of the inhabitants themselves, snatched from the solid hours given to the world's work: but it is an axiom of planning for prosperity that there should be a diversification of occupation and one of the main objects of the Plan is to see that different interests do not clash. The Colony of Hong Kong would appear to present first-class opportunities for a tourist industry which should add materially to its prosperity and, incidentally, in providing for the tourist, the inhabitants may receive some benefit they could not have afforded otherwise.\n\n92. This is a subject requiring very full investigation; the tourists might well be of two groups (a) from China and neighbouring countries (b) from the world at large. The attractions should be considered to be offered by the Colony as a whole and not by special spots laid out for the purpose. For example, there is no finer night scene in the world than the view of the harbour from points on the Peak or from the hillsides of Kowloon. The following are some of the attractions that can be offered or developed for the purpose.\n\n(i) Castle Peak Road: developed as a 'cornice' road to rival that of the Riviera.\n(ii) Tai Mo Shan: not only the peak itself, but a whole mountain district available between the months of September to February. The military road is already there: hotels, a golf course and houses could be built.\n(iii) The Beaches and Islands for yachting and fishing, starting from the harbour of Hong Kong itself.\n(iv) Race Course, Golf Course, Country Club, etc., in the New Territories.\n(v) Chinese village life in the New Territories with its exquisite examples of humanly developed landscape, regulated by the principles of \"Fung Shui\", much of which escaped war damage. The popular festivals like the Dragon Boat Festival. It may be mentioned that Hong Kong, paradoxically, is the conservator of the old way of life, town and country, of South China.\n(vi) Stonecutters Island. There is an opportunity for something as locally popular and as world famous as Skansen at Stockholm. It is impossible to conceive anything more attractive and easy to develop for this purpose than this charming island, so accessible by water and surrounded by such lovely views. This is not the place to analyse the functions of a Skansen but this island could be made to afford all of them without losing its essential quality: it should provide amusement and instruction for all types and classes of people.\n(vii) A permanent Fair for industries and other purposes. What has been described as a \"show window of the Far East\" might well be established here, (two British Empire fairs held in Kowloon before the war have shown the possibilities), either limited to the British Empire or as a mart of world trade. The site of Whitfield Barracks (already mentioned as a possible park) has been suggested for this purpose: it is certainly well situated, with an open frontage on Nathan Road, and good access to the Docks.\n\n93. The above are the merest indications of possibilities; most of them would need bold and positive development in order to give this aspect of Hong Kong a positive attraction. Nowhere in the world can there be a greater present opportunity.\n\n## 14. ANCILLARIES\n\n94. The term 'ancillary' has been applied for the purpose of this Report to many features of urban life which, though of absolutely first-class importance, do not so much direct the main lines of planning as fall into the pattern at proper intervals, generally based upon population. As regards detailed planning, such as the design of neighbourhood units, these ancillaries may become directing forces: this is specially the case with the Elementary School, whose optimum size and accessibility may well determine the size and extent of a unit of general population.\n\n95. Among these ancillaries of general planning may be specially mentioned, Schools, Libraries, Clinics, Hospitals, Markets and Public Services. In placing these buildings in proper relation to population grouping regard will naturally be paid to the proposed neighbourhood units, which in their turn should be related to the ward boundaries of the ... \n\n20 \nwhole catchment area of the Jubilee Reservoir on the southern slopes of Tai Mo Shan, covering 9 or 10 square miles, should not be earmarked as a nature reserve. Certain parts are being planted by the Forestry Department and at present there are no villages or people permitted to dwell in the area. The relation of this proposal to tourist development would require careful study.\n\n87. It is not felt that anything can be added to the excellent report of the New Territories sub-committee of the Colonial Development and Welfare Committee.\n\n88. The possibility of a considerable increase in suburban development in the New Territories, especially if the railway is electrified, must be faced. Suburban scattering and sprawl has been one of the worst features of urban growth in European countries. On the one hand great damage, both direct and indirect, may be done to farming interests: on the other a gradual interpenetration of building may lead to an uneconomic demand for far-flung public services such as water supply. Fortunately for the Colony the land is owned by the Government and the areas released for development can be rigidly controlled but the danger of pressure being brought to bear for the sale of individual plots, each appearing harmless at the time, must be guarded against.\n\n89. If the aerodrome is located in the New Territories, this by itself may become a focus of development, possibly of an industrial character.\n\n90. Most interesting proposals, however, were studied for a new market town as a centre point of agricultural enterprise. Indeed the whole of the New Territories appear to be instinct with a combination of old Chinese custom and Fung Shui and a very active interest in modern developments.\n\n46 \nPage 20\nPage 21\nPage 46\nPage 47", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592981, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 39, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "# PART III - REALISATION\n\n99. The matters discussed under the fourteen headings of Part II give some idea of the general lines which should be followed in preparing a Development Plan for Hong Kong and certain specific suggestions which the Plan might adopt, worked out into more precise form.\n\n100. All these positive suggestions were discussed with Mr. S. O. Hill, who has been the Town Planning Officer, and sketches were left with him. What has been done in the writing of this Report has been to go over the ground again, in the light of mature reflection, and to come to decisions on many points which were left open while on the visit to the Colony.\n\n101. It is now time to prepare and work out a definitive Plan; and for this purpose, the Town Planning Officer will require a considerable staff and a large office. As mentioned in Part I, there are several aspects of survey work on which more detailed information is required: these additional surveys would naturally be prepared by the same staff, with help from other departments, e.g., Medical Office and Welfare Office, Chairman of the Urban Council, P.W.D., and official bodies such as the Chamber of Commerce.\n\n102. There will come a certain time in the preparation of this Development Plan when decisions will have to be taken upon major recommendations, especially those involving a financial outlay. Some decisions, indeed, may be made upon the basis of this Preliminary Report. Such a question as the Tunnel will affect central planning on both sides of the Harbour: the question of the evacuation of the Services from Queen's Road will affect the planning of the Central Area: the question of an ultimate housing density will affect the area in Kowloon required for rehousing the decentralised population. Finally, and perhaps most important of all, a target figure of maximum population should be decided upon. For all these, it will be necessary to produce the statistical and other data (in some cases to be supplemented) upon which the views expressed in this Report are based.\n\n103. It has been suggested that for specific features of the Plan, an international competition might be held (as is being held for one of the features of Stockholm today). This is certainly possible for a localised problem for which all the necessary data can be supplied.\n\n104. It is recommended, therefore, that the Development Plan for Hong Kong, when it is completed, shall (unlike the Greater London Plan) be a document which has received the general approval of the Government, which can proceed to use it as a basis upon which to prepare its own works of realisation and also upon which permits would be granted to private enterprise to proceed. At the same time, it must be repeated, as is stated in Part I, that the method of a sealed and signed legal document for a Statutory Scheme is not recommended (it has been dropped under the English Town and Country Planning Act 1947): the Plan will be an approved statement of policy and, as such, subject to revision or expansion from time to time. It will act as a guide to Government and private developer, and decisions taken upon it will be enforceable statutorily.\n\n105. The question naturally arises as to under whom this Planning Office will be working and whose approval (apart from the final one of the Government) it must seek. It will, of course, be a section of the P.W.D. and, as such, under the control of the D.P.W.: but as Town Planning touches so many aspects of community existence, it is tentatively suggested that a special committee under the chairmanship of the Colonial Secretary should be set up, containing representatives of all the Departments concerned. At the same time, it is strongly advised that the object of the Committee will not be to give approval at frequent intervals to sections of the scheme, but to keep in direct touch with the Planning Officer for the purpose of decisions, when required, and for general guidance, leaving the Plan to be submitted as a whole for final acceptance. Experience in England of a municipal council or committee of laymen calling for the plan in stages, or according to sectional sub-division, and passing resolutions based on temporary expediency, has not been happy. If a Municipal Council is set up for Hong Kong, it should not be charged with the preparation of the Plan, though, of course, it would be free to express its opinion before final approval was given.\n\n106. It is also worth considering whether a purely Advisory Committee might not be of great value. The eagerness to help, the value of considered suggestion, and of deep experience (possibly in a limited field) were very marked: a judicious and tactful Planning Officer could gain much from consultation either with a Committee or with individual members: at the same time, the Committee itself would be a valuable agent in supporting and explaining the Plan when prepared.\n\n107. With regard to Planning powers: these will require very careful consideration. Mr. Owen's excellent draft was based upon the 1932 Act. It is recommended that it be re-read and re-drafted in the light of the 1947 Act. The different attitude towards the rigid Statutory Scheme of the former practice has been alluded to. The most sensational change in the 1947 Act, the acquisition (or assumption) by the State of development value in land, will hardly apply to Hong Kong, where all freehold is owned by the State, any increased value of undeveloped land automatically goes to the State, and on leased developed land, the covenants of the leases presumably provide for any increased value, owing to change of use or increase in capacity, going to the Crown. But there are many other powers which should be subject to review or amendment under a comprehensive planning ordinance: for example, the basis of compensation for the...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592982, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 40, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## resumption of Crown lands, required not only for public purposes but for redevelopment by private enterprise: this might contain a “definition of obsolete or obsolescent property” which might reduce or eliminate compensation altogether. Then again the building by-laws (while possibly still remaining under separate Statute) could be made to conform to more modern ideas of estate lay-out: at present they are framed to suit the existing type of Chinese tenement rather than to encourage any new type of estate development. Then again the cost of road widening requires reviewing: there is the unfortunate principle by which a frontager is paid full frontage value per square foot for setting back, although in many cases he does not reduce his floor space index, by reason of using more back land or building higher; indeed there are many cases (e.g. London) where a greatly increased volume has been allowed which, by engendering increased traffic, has taken up the extra width provided for the road. All this type of amendment should be much easier in Hong Kong, through Crown ownership of the freehold, than in many other countries.\n\n108. It will be necessary to break through a mass of existing custom upon which much estate value has depended, owing to the unfortunate number of 999 year leases, and the absence of full building covenants. A bold system of legislation for land and development of land should be introduced, whether or no a fund for hardship claims is provided as has been done under the **1947 Act**. A period of rising prosperity is the moment in which to impose strong powers: these will not hamper private enterprise in its legitimate field but will provide it with a more efficient machine to operate for the general prosperity of the Colony.\n\n**(Sgd.) 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