§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the fact that a site for a new post office at Hong Kong has been purchased, will he state when it is proposed to proceed with the construction of the building.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) Designs for the new buildings were to have been invited locally, but the calling for designs was postponed pending the Secretary of State's decision as to the proposals for providing quarters for the Chinese Post Office staff on the existing post office site, which involved an alteration in the conditions on which 803 the purchase of the site for the new post office was sanctioned. The Secretary of State's decision was given in a despatch of 4th September, so the Governor has got it by now, and will no doubt call for designs.