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Mr. Sun Fo, the Minister of Railways in the Manking
Government, put before me the following matters.
3. He began by telling me that his government
is very anxious to see the completion of the Canton-
Hankow railway, and that Mr. Sun Fo fully realizes
the necessity of connecting that railway by a loopline
round Canton with the Canton-Kowloon railway.
Kr. Sun Fo is according to r. Choy of opinion that
the construction of this loopline would be of
advantage, and indeed would be necessary, to the
construction of the missing section in the Canton-
Hankow railway, and further that this connection would
be profitable to both the railways.
He know that
But
a deep-sea outlet for the Canton-Hankow line is
essential and can be found only at Hong Kong.
there are certain objections, which Mr. Choy
characterized as "psychological", in the minds of
the Canton populace. Merchants and people in Canton,
said 'r. Choy, who professed in this matter also to be expressing the views of Ir. Sun To, are much afraid
that the construction of the loopline would divert
trade from Canton to Hong Kong, and that Canton would
"be left in the cold". In order, therefore, to
obviate any local opposition in Canton, Ir. Sun Fo is anxious that the Hong Kong Government should assist in the proposed development of the port of Whampoa.
It is pertinent to note at this point that both
Mr. Sun To and Ir. Choy are Cantonese.
4. I asked Ir. Choy whether there were any
approved