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as suffered the erne pier
now owly a individuals mul ale
Shipping Bommal tee of the Hong Kong disaber of fa
to fre- Tensulves, as far as possible, from such
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criticism that they conceived the idea and succesdedi a getting
the Government to aeree to the formation of a so-called "arbour
Boar in Hong Kong. The Board bas u executive powers
whatsoever and is constituted in senti; the some way as the
Senilary Board.
If the Hong Kong Goverment would only realize that
the harbour and all matters pertaining thereto could safely be
left to the shipping and business people to control, there
might be some real advantage in constituting a Forbour Board,
but so long as the wharves in Hong Kong are owned by private-
enterprise - and they are likely to be for many years to come
and so long as the Tong Kong lover went do not intend to spend any money in their harbour canadapuent whemes, then & Board made up of a Government majority wch as that now in being is a
sheer waste of time to people like ourselves to serve ona.