Sessional Paper No.51 of 1955 on the Development Programme (1954-1957)

Abstract

The Government’s broad policy aims have been summarized in the Eighteen- Point Statement of Policy issued on 5th July, 1954, which has been since elaborated by Ministers on various occasions in Legislative Council. The Government now sets out in detail its proposals for a capital works programme over the period 1st January, 1954, to 30th June, 1957. The proposals are self-contained in that they are not merely an extension of the ten-year development programme, 1946-1955. The Government considers that in the light of experience a ten-year plan becomes in time unrealistic and that, in present circumstances, three or four years is the most suitable period for which a development programme should be drawn up...