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NOSECRET.
My Lord,
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 31st December, 1929.
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With reference to my despatch No.563 of the
31st of December, 1929, forwarding for the signification of
His Majesty's pleasure an Ordinance intituled "An Ordinance
to amend the Deportation Ordinance of 1917", I have the
honour to invite Your Lordship's attention to Mr. Ormsby-
Gore's secret despatch dated the 1st of September, 1927, on
the subject of the amendment of Section 3 (2) of the
Ordinance of 1917.
2.
The reason for the present amendment is that
it appears to be desirable in this Colony to have the clear
power to banish aliens who are suspected of using Hong Kong
as a base for plots and intrigues against the authorities
for the time being in power in Canton and the reason for the
omission of the grounds from the new form of Deportation
order Ordinance, providing for cases arising under Section 3, is
that it might be very embarrassing and indeed objectionable
to have to state in a formal document the grounds for
deportation in cases of this kind.
3.
With reference to Mr. Amery's secret despatch
dated the 18th of February, 1929, and Your Lordship's secret
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD PASSFIELD,
&C.,
&c.,
&c.
despatch