The Central Government hae stepped in to speed up reconstruction. projects in various provinces and municipalities. In a special order to the Minisities of the Interior, Communications, and Industries, the Executive Yuan has instructed them draft concrete programmes for reconstruction, and they are asked to lpay special attention to highway building, forestry, electricity works, telephone communication, land re~ clamation, water conservancy, and Hood and' drought prevention, These programmes, the onder states, [should be practical, and so designed as to. meet the peculiar requirements Jand financial position of the different provinces and munlelpallties. Form= ferly, such work was left to the local Sullorities, but now it Is Intended
out on a ational basis and eifoeiver esirucion schemes may be a crarinate he work, go tate:
ly" executed Reuter.
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