Provincial Chairman Accomplishes a Difficult Task in Good Time In the latter part of the year 1990, the' province of Honan was indeed inva parlous state, For a number of years it had been the centre uccession of civil wars, culminating in a desperately fought one between the armies of the Central Government and the combined forces of Yan. Hsi-san, Feng Vu-hsiang and their allies.
When the Central Government suc~ ceeded in driving out the enemy have been dispersed, and now blockhouses have been erected in these Aistalets, as well as in the south of the province, and should there be any threatened recurrence of bandit trouble it will be dealt with at once.
The finances have also been reorg ganized. The land surtax has been abolished and 30 per cent of the land rents will be remitted each year still the amounts collected in advance have been repaid. Some 310 mis eellenous taxes have been abolished, while the tax on the transfer of prop: erty, which is the earmarked for the purposes of education, has also been: reorganized.
The status of the districts magistrate has been changed in ac-Cordance with the Tegulations of the Central Government and they are now all specially trained for the posts they occupy.
Attention has been given to reconstruction and many of the cities have been largely rebuilt and now possesses modern streets. With the help. from the National Economic Commission, motor roads now. run sil"over the province, in addition to which 2,768 kilometres of highways and. about 000 kilometres of local roads have been built.
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