COPY FOR REGISTRATION
RECEIVED
19 AUG 1932,
COL OFFE
TELEGRAM from the Officer Administering the Govern
of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the
Colonies.
Dateĉ 9th August.
(Received Colonial Office 7.12 a.m. 19th August, 1932.)
No.175 Confidential.
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Your telegram of 12th August No.105 Confidential.
Progress has been made with 9 draft bills necessary to
give effeat to Wellington s proposal but drafting 19 zot
yet complete. Wellington s recommendation and some of
newly drafted bille bare een sent to Canitary Board for
its consideration. Cons derable opposition has been
that
evinged on the Bow rounds effect of proposal
will be to reduce status nd influence of Board which le
jeasously regarded locall' as one alemant of sel?
Government allowed in Hon; Kong.
My present view s that best method of dealing
with this question will b to appoint a gommission,
as soon as all draft lega isation required by
Wellington's proposal is 'eady, to consider whole
subject and to recommend. o Government such changes
as appear to be desirable and feasible. In this way
I think moh unreasonable opposition could be allayed
any objectionable or impr oticable features in
proposal could be detecte and eliminated and a
workable schema evolved.
The matter was a soussed in Executive
Council on 18th August an Executive Council was in
farour of appointing comm.ssion on the lines
indicated above.