"And even this saving is protect ed against the criticisms annually fovelled at, the Public Works Department for the items which are entered on the estimates at the beginning of the year and remain undone at the end of the close, for in 1927 less than ever docs the list the works left over represent a conservation of the time and energy of the Public Works Department Staff, Urgont_ matters connected with housing of the Shaforce more than took the place of the items postponed, and credit is due to the Department for the efficient manner in which it assisted in tacking this yush of extra work without too rear an inference with its own more regular duties. Moreover the work on the Shing Mun Valley Scheme did not stand still, but the expenditure is charged again the Loan Account and no longer appears asa charge against the ordinary revenue.
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