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Sir,
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG, 18th. November, 1915.
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I have the honour to inform you that some years
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ago the late Sir Kai Ho Kai submitted proposals to the Government for developing the head of Kowloon Bay near Kowloon City, but the matter could not be proceeded with at the time as His Majesty's Government had under consideration the erection of a Wireless
Telegraphic Station and one of the suggested sites included the
area, which it was intended to utilize for the scheme.
In paragraph 5 of my Confidential Despatch of
the 13th. February, 1914, I referred to this question, and on receipt of Mr. Harcourt's telegram of the 15th. May, 1914, I Elubed
Sir Kai Ho Kai to be informed that the Government would be prepar-
-ed to consider my proposals he might wish to put forward, His
death shortly afterwards caused some delay, but on the 20th.
November, 1914, a letter was received from Mr. S. W. Tso, સ Solicitor in Hongkong, (copy enclosed), in which on behalf of the promoters he submitted definite proposals.
3.
These proposals have received careful considera -tion, but I do not propose to trouble you with a detailed account of the negotiations, which have proceeded ever since. I enclose a copy of the terms finally settled, with a plan showing how it is proposed to lay out the area, and a copy of a letter from Mr. Tso in which he states that the promoters agree to them. I regard the
conditions
E RIGHT HONOURABLE
ANDREW BONAR LAW, M.P.,
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