The following programme of development is outlined by Mayor Wu for the New. Year:
Tnerease in the number of vocation.
Jai schools for agriculture, industry Jand commerce.
Establishment of two new well-equipped middle schools at the Civic Centre, one for boys and one for For the improvement of agriculture experimental farms will be opened in the districts of Kaoliang, Chenju, (Luhang and Tsaoking.
The Municipal Library and Museum to be opened at an early date, with adequate financial provisions for their The new. Municipal Hospital and Health Laboratory to be completed fand equipped for service during 1936.
Additional Health centres.
Improvement of public health con; \ditions in Greater Shanghai, Enforcement of Labour Health Re-
Igulations.
Improvement of the livelihood of rickshaw pullers.
Building of Civie Ceremonial Halls itor Nantao and Chapel.
Construction of Public Cremator~
Speedy establishment of Waterworks for Pootung.
If finance will permit, the building lof a "Round the City Tramway'
It finance will permit, the comple-
"For the. purpose of promoting' the deve:
Toping the' prosperity of Greater tthe Rue clu Consular around 11 o'clock. The visiters were received by M. Bauder, French Consul-General, and was accompanied by M. Brignval, assistant Consul-General, and Bie: members of the consular staff.
'After the guests had exchanged New Year greetings, M. Baudez made the following speech: Your presence in' the rooms of the Consulate enables you to bear witness of your atlack~ ment to our country. It Is to that France, our beautiful and great coun try, which we ever love more tha when we are distant fromeit, it, then to that France that we are xoing address" the good wishes of her children here present. In the name of the French colony in Shanghai T ask the representatives of tke army and navy to be good enough to accept our good wishes, 'Their presence in Shanghai is for us a pledge of peace' and security which we do net know. Fow to prize too much. To you all. gentlemen, T express the gocd wishes for the coming year, which my col laboratory and. myself wish for and your families. Tt is the cristo on the first of the year to throw a Backward glance over the 12 months which have just Anished, and to judge the work which has been accomplished, That ask is easy if one thinks can be done by indulging im pre sumptuous prophesies which events may hurry. to belle. "Twill Teave however, to voles more authorises than mine the task of recording the national work accomplished in 1935, We can nevertheless congratulate! ourselves. that France has been able to see For pacific prestige still in creased. In the midst of the greates: diffeulties, not to say_many unbe-levable promnestications, and thank. to his very French sense of proportion. M. Laval has succeeded in saving the frane, and in averting the treats of civil and foreign war.
you will permit me, I will dear briefly with the results obtained by the sustained efforts of the services the Concession during the year. whick circumstances have nat been specially favourable,
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