The Archive · 1929

PLANS \FOR 'REBUILDING OF CHINKIANG

New Dignity for Provincial Capital. of Kiangsu

Chinkiang, Sept. 25.

Plans for the conversion of the city of Chinkiang,.new provincial capital. of Kiangsa, into a modern city, have been prepared by the. Provineial Reconstruction Committee, The first step in the city's reconstruction will be the building of network of paved streets branching {into different parts of the city with the Railway Station as the centre. One of the proposed main roads will Jead to the bank of the Yangtze another through the city's busiest district where various Government, administrative organs will be housed, The western and northern parts of the city wall will be demolished to facilitate communication while the embankment along the River will be rebuilt, "Plans are also under consideration for the opening of two aviation fields outside the city in preparation for a commercial air service between Chinkiang. and Shanghai.

Several amusement parks will aso be opened in the suburbs of the city. Kao Min, from the naval. bases at Yokosuka, Kasumigaura, Sasebo and Omura, The men-of-war have been assembled at the Yokosuka navy base, near Yohohama.. Tokyo hat been the objective of. "the. theoretical]

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