THE HỤNG KONG AND FAR EAST BUILDER
VEHICLES REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT
La The Vehicle Registration Dpartment the total ambiz of voicles regumrullops (excluding lucycles) Amounted tu 39,287 në aguinal 83,279 to 1947 and 39.468 in 1941. Of these comparative regisuading Üpure motor vehicles unYVINIS ed för 22,984 200 1998, 15,682 li 1947 and 17,532 tu 1941.
Indicative of the patynsing financigi imparts:ev ugchoil: or the department le the Thet that the gross each ervenne for the year amourted to Jist uzur 24.690:000. &e compared with $1,611,300 u 19).
MUNICIPAL ARCHITECT'S DEPARTMENT.
The Muncipal Archwer. Department on the archited: tatrul sile handled work to the value of over Bá millium.
The end of refiskillinder work to bulimings & In aight: apal evnstruction of housing of all types for Municipal email ployees la proceeding. It in buen possible during the you to prepare preliminary plan for a mimber of the large and varied schemes which the Commissionare have in hand for fature Jurstraerlout—the new $1 million Fire Statloji ni Alexandra Road. The first stage of thu new: Almattoir Schem and a acheine (ai & Promenade Development along the Pading may be mentioned.
Our Parks are almost back to their pre-war saw with a mumber of pitches und tenon courts in commischun sad thi Clabrooms completed ruudy, for occupation
At Katong Park rohulbilitation work is about two-thirds womplete with the Swimming Pagur: Changing Rooms and Refreslintent Stalls realy for use.
Work on Kong Gedig V Park momines and this with Mount Emily Park whore pavement work and tree planting have also been rämieð nút in 1938 make two very attractive “lungs" anar the heart of the Ciry.
All our Parks and Open Spnées are now agam in Que control
In all our Parks and Opini Spaces WE Dow bava available to the publie 7 aneker, rugby and hockey pitches, 3 tennis courts (with 8 maứn svallable sooni and also 10 fally. muppet children playgrounds as well as the Swimming Pagar al Katung.
On the Building Surveyor'a sule. 14x has shown marked increase in genera! hullding development over 1947, the reim of fmittings completed during the year showing an iperpan of approximately 70'3 1747 Bigures DI particular interest in the increza in the number of dómuste prapezties completed (turing the your—196 in 1946 again4 It would appear that there is a definite end of spaculaove kulding u the smaller type of huvuse
WELFARE DEPARTMENT,
The Welfare Departinem which was started in 1837 hus estuhllebed itself us a ureful medium for dealing with all matters concerning the welfare of nur staff, and its many- zined sutivities appear to be appreciated by the stuff::
VICTORIA THEATRE & MEMORIAL HALL
In the Victoria Theatre und Memorial Hall over 108 pet- formances were hold during the year. The free public com- curt given by the Singapore Juvenile Symphony Orchestra Bac f. Very great sutomer and altructed over 1,000 pemple.
A wùnd nim apparatus was installed in the Theatre dur- Ing the year. A film on 10wi pluźning shown in onsn=cţion with the wish of Sir Patrick Aberezamble unpacted about 4,000 people. It i hoped that greater use will be mukule of the supports in the coming year.
ASSESSOR'S DEPARTMENT.
During the year the Angual Value of the Town has been ituneasel Prym $22.205.213 tự $26,018,581, an increase of over $11 million
The greater part of Unis fureuse is attributable bu - crcased refits midar the Control of Bout Ordinance 14T acletion 007: properties, Including 198 huts, were gauzevil for the first time.
Properties reported vacant increased from $4 at the begliging of the year to 1 at the end. This increase is unfirdy siue to the evacuauma by the Servidas af Üres anl Fladi, which owing to disrepair were not capable of redagupă- ttou.
A tumenlons amount of work has bien put in hy this itawartmant, upon which the Commisionus rely for kueping up-to-date the amaments of properties in the town, and frum which are drawn our malt revemntes.
MUNICIPAL TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT,
The outstanding Item of the Work of the Tisuurer': Dapartment during the year was the Dotation of 1m $80 million Municipal Dy
Town of the 21 million 85% Loam 1828. The whole of the work Involved was purpled mint by the permanent stall ụỡ thẻ department, with entsiderable overtime but without extermál maintai
The whole operating was a zymackable suCCESS The Unt of each applications for the now loan was dnsul in the 10th May 1048 by which ilme over #125 milliqus had lyen adwribed. The lin of application for the copyansion of the 1028 Loan was dosed on 31st May T18 when the hollers of ovẹn đâß millions (nearly 80% of the stock held by the public) kad applied for conversion. The unliner of the Jay mulher Gleluş umler, $1.6 millioțel was reserved for absorption by the fuumissionen internul funds and was taken up before the plow, of thr yeni.
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Apart from the boat, the departmanı kendimi a canlı gallertion if approximately 450 mllikum during the gend, lit- clouisu of the monutu anketoit om detunt u Gavarom■m, thu Education am! Burd! Guards and the Improvement TesaL
Satisfactory progr ➡s was pude With the re-milkandballoj of the willing of Condeclutant Ancang churgau. A furthe TANG KUALAyla Wure prunaTerrell [rapy the katal-wilityn Lộ thể medkim eyken doning the year, making in total of 98,639 DÜZEĪNIJU ARGON HUMINALE DI UNO ind vt du pake. The complafm of the link of amechan|sition awaits the resurn of the aryak||| tabulutor which won song va England in regar
Steady progrVIES
mande during the yong with the Ja=!=bør vi lhe deemunts for 1bu terlind 1941 to 1947–
Then geta kale keen one of guest prevare in practically =!! deponzu wn the toumume the punta nave vrakU bone gratu) to those memnera ni The #tail why küre work- ed excessive boires under viry high primere. Some deport- mants, navė Juên Thurd affected than others, but there hry for Cuppartments which leave met n my way of other hechi 800– Ject PA VW pressalt.
In malditoon to Live Hormal gommittee work unibertakuti by the Commissioners, thus yvan hai sem tu maroductrum of En N-talpulmonis Bowled Mad of a Sittären Beroun Chm|{- ber. Both of thes involved an expenditure of a great amount z une by several of the Enjambroters atut by members of the staŭ concernol Ibe funmade of the Estardiskmegaks Board will be the subjer ni a mucon lucer au In memwg.
[@guzipated 19ge the Ura Incolm Report of ther Sabanın Reyislen. Démurliton will be tezomi in the brat half of renruary, bu u in clear tram lar POBLE TANDA (†) the Report that either (aris Commitleg er spique Vürüditor of a Nke pature will used to: coulique for mima unuenterable ame in order pro review the conditions of service and to dend with a multitude of problems which are bound to wise in the application of What-yer salaries, scheme are adopted by the ConmusKIIT) (AH,
This picture of Municipal activities during 1948 will nei bu complete without a referance To thun, starting work which has been put in by Thự Secretariát "The pressure on other mpartmenta airvan rulerrail to and the aided work consent by the knittihal (ommittises has plusd an angro-dented Brain spon the staff of this department. To the has trem Medea, the urrungentem = mutassary to provide fur pegerFLLION of vortexs aunt Müulergal Het&mfik Only the greatami deriālon, - the secretaņai pa na tank has spennted the aqınıLP&LIVE „muchonggi tu run efficiently.
We have a piau ir 8 much, wedeİ EXLER
kut us dew fare to 1949, às you wre all samme we karı no luck or puna: mon of water supply Frum Jufure estimatul ku eist 32) mál. Tron Wa hopu to begu work on our New Power Station, which by the tinie it la completed will probably cost snr: 456 alf We have plans for a large ecension of Sewerage goeting some $12 million nver 10 years. Pinus are ly hawt for a long awaited Now. Abattoir and for a Now For Bention at Alexandra Bond. We unoud like, vou, ta espant the mes vices of que infant Welture Clintes which "are" increndingly well paurzqIRAZİ, we bare pique, cao, for the widening of Houds, alraightening out of Canals and re-surfacing of Ronde, Those are projects which must be undertakan If Suppare u frot ta mlade muck to a cure and maizīteuninge bush. But ther projects capnot be undertaken unless the money is furth, yoming to Araore them, As you are sware the rating jioweri of this Muncipality are limited by tuw to 20% of Thi Aunus) (Valu= od preplety.
Täh would probably safire for par nëmle if the centi of today and a mermal reinuanship to aule living enas, and when I say relits I mean rugas which are Boetmalle le Qu Manapality, Le rent paid by the principal tenant in the
OWHINT,
As you all know increase in this rent is Baited by the Controt of Benç Ordinnuen, en thou in fact this rem. is pegged at z Tower than normal pofut lp, the male of living total do not propose her to urguy whether or not this is a good thing. Une hesitates to criticise any messure which acts m baks an increasing zuste, though it is clear that in this in stanes the limitation of zeni na betwvan owner and principal benefit dies not necessarily mean that His sctual occupant Ivenalius by a low rema),
da yau une aware om askeal for legislation to permut a surchargs of 35% for tudy me was domy in 1947 and 1948. The time lucemtuard im Lathe Cannell however provided 'uply for a B'A' marcharge, as it was organd thai Quess The landlord weru nikowell po inercase his peņi pa som degres i was unfair tu fuerçam bis iconicht. Thers It of cuuren, força in this ŋcgumon But however that may be pa Incl ramzin- that through the operation of these Tarjous agencies we are not able tohtrin from the rate what shouli Le a normal Income. As this would appear to be the liners remilt of a legistallye mazine. 6.2.. thu Control of Bant (vilnance, designed po beseft the publie in general, it is i think nasugalile to expert thus Gigvernment funds abunit te used to replies this loss of Municipal rovesne,
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Negotianas are pruneding to that -nd. Mumawidle H kum, pe pou know, Hoem forevędzy M. arrange our Spud al Survigan, in order of primary pending the uurzame of these (mygotiations. I hope that this will only by a temporary faCRE-
sity for unite clear that the work mu ga an, se
nally char That Municipal wintem, in combo with all ather servines, maxt bu cory.comly thou they wure before che war. Whether you regard it as mrrvavy, deprecistion me we Inesçasa In`evska met wares. The reamh li tħu vidia veut mawy. mum be farthesting to curry, aut tea kerting. I huve Dir doubt jyself that it will be foshcoming, and it tat la o I prodirs a year of considerable, muavity and further pregre= In ᏘᏴᏗ.
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