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DIRECTOR OF PUBLIO WORKS The Dinserir or PURIC WORKS: Sir. a reply to the speech of the Hon. the Senior Unofficial Member, it is much to be regretted that the work of strengthen main roads has had to be postponed sad in some cases the maintenance yotes It will be have had to be reduced. readily understood that such postpond ment and reductions in regard to the upkeep of Main Roads cannot he per-

FILTER BEDS.

OCTOBER 23RD, 1925

HIPO ROAD,

With the dangerous bridges on the bad referred to, an item was tent proposed to be included in the e for 1928 for this work, but, ewig trenchment, it had to be postpone necessity of improving these be considered most essca- tial togeth the widening and im proving approaches to them. The widening of the bridges between Castle Fl Taipo Market has been taken and should be completed by the cart of next year.

THEONIAL SECRETARY,

I am afraid, Sir, that none of my Under the heading of Licences, I sug- remarks suggest retrenchment, my ex- gest that the Government should bring ruse being that I cannot see that the to bear, so that the ferry fumucial situation is, such as to neces to Kowloon Yaumiati, and sitate applying the axe to works which Sham Sai Po, is run considerably later at are urgently required. In your Budget night. The Chinese are notorious for speech last year, Sir, you stated that keeping late hours, and one of their you saw no necessity to maintain our reasons for not residing in the suburbs balance at a higher figure than five is the difficulty of transport. These re-million dollars. Our estimated balance mitted for any length of time withour marks apply equally to the low level at the end of this year is five million serious deterioration and the ultimate tramway; if the trams and ferries were three hundred and fifty-five thousand. heavy expenditure that will be required arranged to run up 'till 9 o'clock in the The maxim of cutting ones coat accord. to bring them back to the present stan curning I feel sure the strain on the ing to the cloth in hand is sound pro- dard.

Provision has been made for the con- housing accommodation in the centre of vided there is Ho more cloth available: |

The SECRETARY: Before I the City would be found to be consider.

This, however, does not appear to metinuance of work on all items of the Shing ably relieved. One cannot expect people to be the case. It is my opinion that Mun Valley Schere (part 1) estimated proceed in any way to the con to live in the outlying districts unless the new assessment of the Colony,, it to cost $3,500,000 and everything will be meats estimates made by the transportation is made easy, for them. efficiently carried out will produce a done to expedite this scheme, until the Unofficiers of Corneil, 1 would bigger increase than has been allowed completion of which it will not be pos like to them, and especially the sible to do without the "restriction of the Senior member, for the personal Land sales" is admittedly a Regarding the Building Cormants with cult item to estimate, but with trade water supply both at Hongkong and Kow-reference myself in connection with respect to Land Sales which may be falling resumed I believe there will be fresh loot during periods in which there, is as Budget and estimates. I think this is fth debate on the Budget slu for fuiflaent, I would suggest that application for land coming in almost unequally distributed rain-fall.

of this with which I have been in view of the tightness of money at immediately. This Colony has been

associate I have had the honour the moment, owners should be dealt with foally struck below the belt. but we The Contract for the Bowen Road Fast of intro the estimates for the years leniently, and extruded tire given for have not been Enocked out as even Gravity Filtration Fiant has been let to 1914. 19 1995- The progress and completion. It seems to me a wiser nearly so, and, therefore, it would seem Messrs. Patterson Engineering Co., develop the revenue of the Colony, policy to have the Building Covenant there is no reason to display ourselves contract price including shipment and end thelony's general prosperity carried out even ut a somewhat later in garments too small for us.

erection is £5,700. Reinforced concrete date than to renters the land.

turing barly fourteen years since werk and foundations will be extra 1 entse has, of course, heen extra- EDUCATION. IN THE COLOXY.

Drawings have not yet been received soulinariatifying to me and to the The ATTORNEY-GENERAL: Sir, I should thus the cost for this work is not known whole thity. I have watched the In infer. Sir, from your remarks in your spach that sen consider the per like to make a few remarks on the The contract is to be completed in s

progress his Colony with the very Fire Brigade to be subject of etention in this Council

months. The capacity of the plant is greatest ble interest and although sonnel of the sutficient. In view of the fact that the Perhaps in the recent Bolshevik ram-three million gallons per day as compared there is I am sure we all feel to work of the Brigne practically dividpaign, which has been engineered from with the output of the existing Bowenbe & pemporary slackening of that

two by the Harbour, and that Canton, and perhaps it would be more Road silter beds of million.

develop am satisfied that if I am The Eastern filter beds are nearing com. Arex afloat have also to be dealt with, Accurate to say from Moscow, nothing

complely short time, I shall find I regret that my views do not coincide a more annoyed old residents, why pletion. The total number of these beus able to to this Colony..even within

have a real affection for this Colony and is 11, all of which have been constructed. One Superin

All the works under contemplation. with your Excellency's.

a firm belief in British fairplay, than Five are at present in use as filter beds in full gain, and an ample revenus tendent and twis Station Oficers are estimated for, presumably one for Hong. the lying, campaign of calumny which giving approximately an output of to maksion for them. (Applanse.). king and one for Kowloon; besides has misrepresented the British officials million gallons; 2 are being used as bad- these there are 1 Sub-DBcers who, and the British business men of this anco tanks and the remaining 4 are not. All the beds cannot be anderstand, are not Europeans. Should Colony as riding rough shod over the vet in the Station Officer be sick the control rights of the Chinese and brutally, or utilised as Elter beds until the 3 million of a fir must be taken over by one imperialistically, for that. is the favou-gallon Service Reservoir now in progress

rite word "sed-riding roughshod also is completed, " of these Sub-officers,

over the rights of the Chinese here. Nothing could possibly be further from

Mention has been made of the disturbed Under this Section there appears to the truth. On the contrary the record be no item of expenditure in connection of this Colony is one of sympathetic conditions of the Praya Road at Wanchai. with the upkeep of the "essential ser- Government by three generations of Unfortunately the raising of all drains

pne the highest and sewers necessitated by the Praya vives register. May be it is overed hardworking oficials by some other charges. If this is not integrity, and of friendly intercourse of East Reclamation has caused unt the case I would urgently request that three generations of British business heaval of the roads in this District which baş been complicated by the necessary this register be kept continually up to firms with the Chinese in this Colony.

removal of water mains, gas pipes, cables, date, and 1 feel sure that in view of

etc. which had to be dealt with at the the crisis through which we have passed

The wonderful prosperity which this same time. As far as possible this un- employers of labour will gladly afford Colony has attained and the manner is avoidable inconvenience to the public will all the assistance possible by supplying which Chinese bave flocked here to do be reduced to the minimum. The large the information required. Nothing van be truer than the adage to be pre- business, is a sufficient refutation of the open sewer running parallel with the old pared for war is the best security for Kross slanders to which I have referred. Prays wall is responsible for many of the peace, and I know from personal ex- Some years ago a former Land Officer complaints' received but this matter has of this Colony estimated that the now been referred to the Port Develop perience what an asset that register was Chinese owned fifteen-sixteenths of the meat Department and it is hoped the of late and if continually kept up to date it can be even more so should cir- landed property in this Colony, and it contractor responsible will be able to keep cumstances require its use again in the well known fact that their large this drain in a more sanitary condition in

Whilst on this subject may land-owning still continues and also that future. specially endorse my handurable Col they are the owners of a large proportion league's remarks on the good work lately we have also the carious fact that the showing an excess of estimated expendi- althoughitable for the position. The

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I will turn to the remarks of the Senior Beint member which have, so fur, not replied to. With regard to the traff the amounts for the Junior Clericalice from the different depart ments end of the Estimates, this was de pointed out by Your Excel leney addressing the Council, as it cantat convenience when clerks are from department to another also gives the total cost of way which is that cl service in desirale now know how much that. serviccupsting us. Last year it was propost make this change shortly before introduction of the Estimates, hat I fed it because I did not see bow, if short period available, it could fly be done although I realised it wasove in the right direction. do not there is any great magie in knowiow much the clerks in one depart cost in any one year, because you mve clerks in lower grades one year higher grades the next. A clerk grow up in the Service and reach Bighest grade, but his succes- sor abnly he third class clerk of the ture of 841,311 for 1933 under the bead same would then be done at a lower officials in Canton, who are now working of Other Charges over that of 1925 is rate. against us, are actually receiving sanc-. tuary here in our midst in this so-called thiefly accounted for by the four items ortione department is going to costi Incidental expenses quarries $7,600 so mahousand dollars and that it is imperialistic British Colony..

Upkeep of motor lorries and

of the shares in our public companies.

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Under Miscellaneous Services are to be found various suns allocated for a

neces to spend that amount of money number of highly useful purposes and

14,000 to get work done efficiently. If you I would suggested that the Government

I have in my hand a despatch of a.

11,600 get a who is particularly good, he renders assistance-not necessarily mode former Governor, Sir William Des Voeux,

5,000 may up from 91,200,a year to 83,000. tary-but by free grants of land in the dated October 31st, 1880, reporting to

The two increased items for Incidental Heg doing the same work because New Territory for experimental forming the then Secretary of State for the Expenses for Quarries, and upkeep of his kadge is casential to that depart that we as a Colony may be more set of Hongkong, and in that .despatch he inserted to meet expenditure at the New on repent probably by someone else: cuttle, chicken and vegetable in order Colonies, on the condition and prospects Quarry Plant amounting to $19,000 were nicott, later on, when he is re-placed contained and less dependent on others points out with pride that our revenue Quarry at Tai Kok Tsui which was re-

in the department, the whole" cost for our fresh food supply. There are for 1888 one and a half million dollars-

quired for supplying materials for the is al without necessarily any redu thousands of acres of suitable land there was larger than in any former year, I strengthening of the Kowloon Roads, but

Bciency- which could be utilized for this purpose, 1924 our revenue was about 2 million since the strengthening of these roads and I believe if the Gaverament were dollars.

THE NEW Another item which Governor has been postponed the Quarry will not It matter of regret that the statis- to show its sympathy in such enterprise Des Voeux mentions is land sale receipts now be required and there will be a tical artment of the Imports and the pioneers would "be forthcoming. which amounted to $160,000 as against saving of this amount.

Expoffice has been for the time being nearly three million dollars received in

With regard to the item for Upkeep abad. I may say and I think the Last year I drew attention to the 1923, a humper year. The population for Motor Lorries and Cars, the increase hou, or Unoticial member knows- Wits De great enthusiasm antire lack of any attempt to indicate 1586 he mentions as 160,000. Before the is provided to meet the upkeep of addi- that re clearly the names of our streets. When commencement of the recent unrest it tional Lorries, etc., which are now more show those for whom the returns were later on I was asked to inspect some was probably about 800,000.

than double the number on band at the partly drawn up. If you enquired sample labels I had hope that action

The ro- from Superintendent he will tell you 'commencement of this year.

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was about to be taken. On enquiry as In the concluding paragraph of his maiging increase of $5,000 is to meet the that were not regarded as of very in why nothing further had been done, despatch, Sir William Des Faux painted upkeep of the increased number of fans grenue, and although we obtained information is given me that this very out the wonderfal transformation since und lights principally in New Buildings nnnresults showing the trade of the necessary work has now been cancelled, we took over in 1940 of Hongkong from such as the Fire Station, Saiyingpun Colt is doubtful whether these re- They were or at any rate postponed. It is incon "a bare rock with a fisherman's hut School, Sisters' Quarters, etc., which are sultere really correct. erivable that the few thousand dollars here and there"

basen information, supplied by ship. to a wonderful and nearing completion. involved would embarrass the Govern busy and prosperous shipping port,

In Provision has been made under Item perhey looked very nice and those. meut, and I would ask that this work the last paragraph of his despatch he .WE. 14 for converting an open iron-pers who like to see everything or be proceeded with. Perhaps the twelve

shed at Wanchai Depot into tem- gap to this extent will, perhaps, think- thousand dollars to be spent on the says as follows:

*Hongkong, has indeed changed its porary workshop for carrying out repairs it neat loss that these returns are not dieological Survey could be utilized for aspect and when it is remembered that to lorries and cars, and a mechanical novailable. The work to be done tais purpose.

all this has been affected in Her Majes engineer has arrived, and will be put in necated the employment of a great It is satisfactory to note that money ty's reign and indeed during a space of charge of this workshop. It is hoped marks at comparatively low salaries. practically a mechanical process to be spent on more efficient lighting less that fifty years on ground in in that in the near future, this Department It throughout the Colony, and it is to be mediate contact with the most populous will have a large general workshop with anald not be done with lens clerks Luped this work will be carried out with Empire in the world, by a comparatively a fully qualified mechanical engineer in tha use employed. You either had to

ut delay. Whilst on the subject of infinitesimal number of an entirely alien charge, but at present only small repairs hat of them or none at all LAMOUR REGISTEL.......... lighting may I suggest that the big race separated from their Homes by can be undertaken at the Wanchai Work bunyan trees in Nathan Rond be re-

nearly the whole earth, and, unlike their shop.

regard to the register, of the value moyed and replaced by small and more countrymen in Australia and Canada. REVISED EXPENDITURE FOR 1925.

oft hon. members have had practical suitable trees. The cutting down of any living in an enervating and trying The estimated revised expenditure for exence, that will, of course, be rain- trees is to be deprecated unless absolute chmate; and when it is further remem- 1823 was not inserted in the Draft Esti tri by the Police but it is not neces ly necessary, but, these banyan trees, bered that the Chiness, whose labour and mates for 1928 because of the difficulty sa show any special sub-department fine though they are in themselves, are

enterprise under British auspices have of arriving at the amount with any for is work. An adequate staff will, suitable for lining roads. They grow largely assisted in this development, degree of accuracy in consequence of: kehat register up-to-date because the 1oo quickly and their roots spread too have been under no compulsion, but (u) Labour troubles; (b) The necessity Gment and the community realise t widely. The trees in question have grown have come here as free men, attracted for economy; (e) Ascertaining what is extremely valuable one, and experi to zuch an extent that they meet in the middle and entirely hide some of the by liberal institutions, equitable treat claims would have to be faced from con- en as ahown in what way it can be

ment, and the justice of our rule; and tractors if contracts were to be interferented so as to add to its use. strect lamps. Moreover, they encroach when all this is taken into account, it ed with. An approximate estimate has to a considerable extent on the road may be doubted whether the evidence now been made of the amounts that will

has been necessary, of "course, in No item appears to be allotted to the of material and moral achievement, pre-be expended during 1995 on such works improvement of the road to Taipo, sented as it were in a focus, make any as appear in the 1928 estimates and viof the economies which we hope to where there are several bridges which where a more forcible appeal to eye and these figures will be included in the final ef to reduce to some extent the staff offlior officers, particularly in the Public imagination, and whether any other spot print' of the estimates for 1925. are positively dangerous

These figures could not be made avails Department, but great care has trafic. Let us hope no serious accident on the earth is thus more likely to ex occurs before these bridges are widened city, or more fally justifies pride in the able in time for Hon. Members refer be taken not to terminate the employ-

naj of Englishman.'

ence when considering the Draft Esti- of any officers whose services may bequired in the event of certain works and the approaches improved.

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1 careful of that. It extremely and, therefore, when we have them

THE TASK FOR THE SCHOOLS. he point that I wish to make now Ou many occasions the Unofficials of is that the Hongkong Government ought In reply to the Hon. Mr. Bird's re-dult to get sufficient officers for certain this Council have urged the adoption of to make it its business to teach in its marks I would state: With regard to rofuse destructors, and I am glad to schools and in the University, the won Street Name Plates, this work had to a long waiting it is disappointing to hear my honourable Colleagues pressing derful growth and prosperity of this be postponed. The design of these name the matter again. We have been told Colony, owing to its liberal institutions, plates was decided upon in consulta in the past that these contrivances are its equitable treatment of, and justice tion with the Hon. Mr. H. W. Bird nod not suitable for Hongkong. You will to, all races, and, starting onward from approved by Government in April last, pardon me, Sir, if any that answer Governor Des Voux's despatch to the and 80 Street Name plates (80 in Kow aises not satisfy me. I have it on good present day, to show how that same fair loon and in Hongkong) would have athority that these dostructors are treatment of the Chinese has resulted in been completed during this year. The used to very good purpose elsewhere, the immensely greater proofs of prospe preliminary work was in hand when the and we should give them i trial: rity which are now before us to-day and Strike prevented further progress. Since Mechanical contrivances of all descrip which are the result of the cordial co- then, owing to retrenchment, all works tion should be employed where possible operation which has for so long existed not considered essential, and such works zone to eliminate the human element as and still exists between the British and as could be cancelled without involving"]

nch as possible,

Chincs in this Colony. (Applause.) claims, have been stopped.

to get rid of them. I can asRUT members that great care has been ten in going through the establishment

we have not terminated the employ

of any senior offer or European sear unicas it would be absolute waste money to continue his services. Wo really strained the question to some ent and have retained some office pse services will only be required

is resumed which at present does appear in the estimates.

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