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TELEGRAM from the Officer Adultering the Government
the Colonies
of Hong Kong to the Secretary Rees & Fr22 th
Dated 5th September.
(Received Colonial Office 3.40 p.m., 5th Sept. 1922.)
Your telegran 25th August Bill has been prepared but meets with strong opposition from representatives of Chinese community. I propose inform them that B111
must be passed to come into force on 1st January 1923.
The alternative course is to read Bill first and second time to give members of Council opportunity of giving expression to their views and then to defer passing Bill pending reference to you with any
I prefer former
petition they may wish to send.
course.
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