In conjunction with the dredging: operations to be recommenced short ly in connection with the Macao Port Works, it is proposed to raise the level of the present Port reclamations so as to slope gently. from the hills in the background to the sea-walls, Work has been proceeding slowly on the sea-walls and will be continued in conjunction with these proposed reclamations section by section, One of the first sections to receive attention will be the land close to the Barrier Gate where the new stone houses for Chinese refugees are to be built.
The total cost of the works will {ato a few hundred thousand,
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