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THE

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GARDEN SUBURB

SCHEME.

TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1932.

CEREMONY OF TURNING......

SOD PERFORMED.

SCHEME

OUTLINED.

would tell us that in landed pro- perty and in bricks and mortar no better foundation of assured

perly can be laid. This in

true of Hongkong. Little then that the idea was

rond of securing for this

Company a large area of Crown land which we hoped we might be able to acquire from Government and which offered ponsibilities of profitable development.

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Before embarking on such a Marking the first step in the project. involving as it does, building of the male garden farge capital expenditure to be suburb at Kowloon, the Coloniniserend over a period of years, the Secretory, Hon. Mr. W. T. Directora took a counsel of their Southern. yesterday

of afternoon they are the trusted guardians.

shareholders,

whose interest turned a sad of earth on a large An extraordinary meeting was tract of vacant land at the corner of Waterloo Road, and Argyle Street,cordingly held last August. at

was present a

Kowloon. There Jarge gathering of the Colony's prominent business men.

Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, Chairman of Directors of the Hongkong Engineering and Construction Company, which is undertaking

Mr. Braga said:

the

shareholders Un- ed to grant a mandate to the animously and unreservedly decid-

Directora to proceed with the scheme then broadly outlined to them.

Site Secured.

the project, outlined the present The selection of the site was vast area of uneven ground Into the next step to be taken. After A well laid-out auburb with atrue-interviews, conferences, and dis- tive cottages.

cussions with Government, up plication for the extensive area of Crown land on which we

stand was mude to the Public Works Department. I am glad of this first

Mr. Southorn, My Lord Bishop, Ladies and Gentlemen--My first pleasure this afternoon, as it is Bo less an agreeable duty, is to extend to you, on behalf of the Hongkong

truction Company, a hearty wek.

Engineering and Cons on behalf of:

my

to make suitable to the Hon. Mr. II. T. Creasy, C.B.E.. the Director come to this site and also to hunk of Public Works, and his chief Mr. Southern for so kindly con- Heutenant for Kowloan, Mr. E. W. O.D.E., for the courte-

senting to come here to larn the Caronsideration and prompt at j

tention which the personal visits and communication from our Com- any received at the hands of the responsible Public Works Om.

first sod in connexion with the Company's Garden City Scheme. Mr. Southorn's presence confers, as it were, an officin! blessing on the enterprise which we are about to initiate this afternoon-an envials terprise

that

marks another modest step forward in the sure. unarrested and wonderful de- .velopment of the peninsula with its illimitable possibilities for the future. With that blessing and the encouragement and inspira tion which we derive from the large assemblage <IF these grounds, we feel hopeful that the scheme contains all the elements of assured success.

It may not be out of place if I stale very briefly the genesis of the scheme.

As you all know the land was put up to public auction. on No- vember 16. It has an aren of 1,330,000 sq. ft. While the Com- i pany had hoped that it might have been acquired at the upset price. the extensive publication which the notice of sale obtained, invited keen

competition. This from the usual direction, and from people, who, like ourselves, believe in, and are fully confident of, the future prospects of Kow- toon.

coma

Ladles and Gentlemen, a photo- The Hongkong Engineering and graph of the whole site has been Construction Company came into framed and is now exhibited. On existence just 10 yeara ngo. If the casel beforò you is displayed was formed at a time when cir- the general lay-out plan for the cumstances were not altogether development of this

magnificent propitious; when Hongkong was site. You are invited to Inspect suffering from the dive effects of it. Besides the obligations We the Seamen's Strike in 1922. It have entered into with the Gov- survived that unsettling experl-ernment there will be

a large ence as it survived also the later initial expenditure in leveiling troubles which the Colony passed and forming the site according to plans. We have also has gone through a period of trial

to widen Argyle Street and stress, having had its share which, when completed will have of vicissitudes such as sometimes a width of 100 feet, similar to form the disheartening experience of the Lot, and Waterloo Road. Prince Edward Road on the north of young undertakings in earlier existence.

through in 1925. Since then it pertaken

their

which is of a like width. The benefits accruing to the residents by the provision of this section of an important roadway are obvious and need not be enlarged upon.

Plans Under Consideration.

off-

Company Carries On. Dogged misfortune continued relentlessly to pursue the Com- pany until a little less than three years ago when the shareholders wavered in doubt whether to carry

Our General Lay-out Plan has ол ог to proceed to voluntary been in the hands of Government liquidation. The Directors in- now for sume days and we have vited the shareholders to a free no doubt that it is receiving the and frank discussion and, in the careful consideration of the end, it was decided to carry on as

ascais concerned with a view to its heat the Company could. That being passed with such suggestions decision, as it proved, determined for its improvement as may com- the turning of the corner in the end themselves to the technical Company's fortunes. The resulta staff of the Public Works office,

I of our combined efforts, sustained can state with confidence that the as they have been by the

Directors will welcome any advice con- fidence reposed in the Directors in their layout plan in the belief hy the entire body of shareholders, that the spirit of co-operation be- led to a survival from the dificul- tween the Bourst and the Govern- tics that no persistently beset the ment is one that has for its abject Company. With more favourable the compiction of this large project conditions

prevailing, the Com- in the best interests of all con- cerned. I owe it to the members pany was fortunate in securing contracts that kept our staff and of the technical staff of the Build- plant remuneratively employed ing Office to state that they have until there was a gradual if not

been most helpful to the Company too large an accumulation of pro- in the criticismns of our provisional als that caused the Board of lay-out plan. Directors to look around for a wider field of remunerative ac

tivity.

No one who has bad experience of the Colony and the security which it enjoys can. for a moment doubt that, in land and buildings, the safest and surest form of In-

vestment can be found. If Sir Robert Ho Tung had been address- ing you instead of me and speak ing from personal experience, he

SALESMAN SAM

WELL, HEEzy ('VĖ Usco PART OF THE THOUSAND I BORROWED FROM GU22-RENTED A SWELL ARENA TO STAGE OUR RASSLIN'

MATCH IN-

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There is one very important point on which I desire to lay stress. It Is this. That nasociated with the Construction Company in whose this scheme is the French Mission representative I have pluture in welcoming this after- noon. The Procurator General, the fit to participate in the development Very Rev. Fr. Blottenu, has seen of the site to the extent of having acquired with the Company a por-

GOOT! LET'S GO UNT GEsve EET TH LOOK

OVER!

tion of the lot adjoining the Mis- slon's own property on Prince Edward and, Waterloo, Ronds. It

goos

without saying that any achome which may be put forward by the French Mission for the development of their section of the site la

Bure to commend Itself to public acceptance.

From the plan which I invite you, Ladies and Gentlemen, to ins pect, you will ace that it is pro. posed to carve out the whole of this immense ares into no less than 65 lola, the smallest of which has an area of 8,650 sq. ft., and the largest 45,000 sq. ft. This plan suggests itself to our technical staff as the beat method for carrying out the Garden City idea connected with the scheme.

Garden in Every House.

The Garden City plan will not be in name only, since, except as re- gards the large lot fronting on Argyle Street, the special condi- tions of sale provide that no houses of a greater height than 35 feet will be permitted to be built on any one of the lots and that the houses are to be of a detached or enough ground on each lot for semi-detached type. There will be

amall garden, a tennis court and garage. In these days of quick transportation

an indispensable garage is almost accessory to every house in the suburban area of Kow- loon. The circular road shown on the plan will be 40 feet in width; It will give easy access to every lot, and is designed to such

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