TYPHOON SHELTER Sample Clauses

TYPHOON SHELTER. In 1900, a severe storm caused a great deal of damage in Hong Kong. Following the storm, and in the years 1901 to 1902 many demands were made that the government should act to protect the boat people in Hong Kong during the typhoon season. At that time, there were none of the sophisticated techniques for plotting the course of a typhoon prior to it making landfall. The nature of the storms was not understood and in the early days of the twentieth century, typhoons would effectively strike without warning, causing extensive damage and loss of life. In Hong Kong there was only one small artificial typhoon shelter, which was constructed in 1883 at Causeway Bay. Therefore, on the 14th December 1903, the Xxx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council, rose to move the following motion: “That in the opinion of the Council it is advisable to increase if possible the means of shelter for cargo boats and sampans during the typhoon season. The harbour is after all the reason for our existence here, from the harbour we, either directly or indirectly, all of us depend on our subsistence. We are now in the happy position of having an abundant revenue, and I have not put in a plea for a humble and hard-working section of the sea-faring population who have no means of advocating their own cause.” Xx Xxxxxxx’x resolution was seconded by the Xxx. X. X. Xxxxxxx, Deputy Chairman of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and a partner at Jardine Xxxxxxxx & Co. The Acting Colonial Secretary’s response was that the government was fully aware of the problem and it was only the lack of funds that had delayed construction of a typhoon shelter. However, the subject was not mentioned again in the Legislative Council until the following September when the Finance Committee was advised that the Government regretted that it had not been possible to allocate monies for the construction of a typhoon for the coming year. Thus, all of 1904 and most of 1905 passed without any action on the proposed shelter until Governor Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx delivered a long speech to the Legislative Council which gave an estimate of the Colony’s financial position as at 31st December 1905. In his statement he listed a large number of proposed projects including the provision of a typhoon shelter for the increasing number of junks, which had to leave their work early to ensure not being shut out of the limited accommodation in Causeway Bay. Members welcomed the reference to the ...
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