56455-1918-Legislative-Council-Minutes-No-9 — Page 3

436 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 18, 1918.

QUESTIONS.-Mr. BIRD, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions:-

1. Will the Government take immediate steps to disconnect the Pokfulum reservoir from the drink- ing supply of the Colony so that the catchment area of this reservoir may be opened up for building purposes ?

2. Will the Government take in hand the construction of a road connecting the Pokfulum Road with the Craigmin Road round the South face of Mt. Kellett somewhere about the 1000 foot contour?

3. Will the Government take in hand the construction of a motor road to the Peak on the South face of Mt. Kellett on the lines suggested by the Hongkong Automobile Association?

4. For what purpose does the Government intend to use the area abore Wongneicheong Valley

previously reserved for Mr. Ede's Portuguese Housing Scheme?

5. Will the Government take in hand the construction of a 20-foot road between the 100 and 200 foot contour from the back of Tai Hang Village round North Point joining the road leading to Quarry Gap thereby opening up a considerable area of easily developed land?

6. In connection with the construction of new roads opening up building sites, will the Govern- ment undertake to lay water mains therein so that intending purchasers of land may not have to pay for their water supply out of all proportion to the cost of the building?

7. Will the Government consider a project to move the Government Civil Hospital and Lunatic Asylum from their present situation to a more suitable site at Kennedy Town where the present Tung Wah Plague and Infectious Diseases Hospitals are located which would be easily accessible for stretcher cases by motor ambulance, for out-patients by tram, and harbour cases by launch, so that the existing Civil Hospital site together with the Berlin Mission property might be available at a reasonable price for the erection of a large number of cheap flats at low rentals.

The Colonial Secretary replied.

OPIUM BILL. The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved that the Bill intituled An Ordinance to amend the Opium Ordinance, 1914, and the Opium Ordinance, 1917, be withdrawn.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Attorney General then moved the First reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to amend the Opium Ordinance. 1914, and the Opium Ordinance, 1917.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1919.--The Colonial Secretary moved the First reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Ten million six hundred and five thousand three hundred and forty-five Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1919.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

1918.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government addressed the Council. Question put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

ADJOURNMENT. The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 17th day of October,

Confirmed this 17th day of October, 1918.

A. D. BALL,

Clerk of Councils.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Officer Administering the Government.

No. 407. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordi- nances passed by the Legislative Council :-

Ordinance No. 13 of 1918.-An Ordinance to amend the Opium Ordinance,

1914, and the Opium Ordinance, 1917.

Ordinance No. 14 of 1918.-An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Ten

million six hundred and five thousand three hundred and forty-five Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1919.

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