Mr. Hsu cited statistics to show that, up to December last year, 21,600 kilometres of motor roads had already been opened to tram, that 9,000 kilometres. of new road: were now under construction and that roads already projected and soon to be built totalled over 15.000 Kilometres, Emphasizing the need of hydraulic engineering in China, Mr, Hsu said "there Is _no country In the world where the economic welfare of the people is so closely connected with water conservancy and hydraulic works." He mentioned as examples of the Government's attention to this matter the construction of the Tou lung-kong and the Ho-to Ho tidal gates os well as the fact that over 2,000 kilometres. of the main. dykes had been strengthened since 1031, Mr, Hsu Mo disclaimed any infention to boast of the achievements of the National Government. "We are far from being satisfied with accom= lishment of the infinitesimal amount of the extraordinary and. gigantic work of national reconstruction which is so essential to our existence and to the general progress and common prosperity of the world," he stated.
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