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Date
OCT 1554
I have ate to ack.
receipt of your
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(6) No
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of your Savingram
the 25th September
of
of
1954, concerning Emergency Legislation, the contents which have been
noted
I have etc.
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TIS CHURCH HORIS,
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LADU, SW Te
2. October, 1954.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of
your Savin Twi No. 1502 of the 25th September 1954, armooraing
khmergency Legislation, the contents of silich have basi rotoŭ,
I have the hamur to bo,
(H1,
Your mat obellant, Inzole Corvat,
THE OXICAL AMENISERING,
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SAVINGRAM
To the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Officer Administering the
Government
From the Governor, Hong Kong.
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Date ...8...... September,..1954
28
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No.....15.14....
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CHICE
REGISTRAR'S
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COLONIAL OFFICE
4
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Your telegram No. 353 of 18th May, 1954.
Emergency Remulation 11GA
The figures given in my savingem le. 836 of 10th June,
HP 488/89/05 1955, as amended by my savingram No. 777 of 14th May, 1954,
should be
brought up-to-late by the deletion of the last column headed "Jan -
March 1954" and the substitution of the following :-
A Crimes involving arms
Jan - June 1954
|
Murder and attempts (involving firearms)
Armed robberies and attempts
Armed highway robberies and attempts Armed robberies in British waters
Possession of arms (or explosives)
9
5
1
39
18
Other crimes involving arms (or explosives)
B Ratio of Armed to Unarmed Robberies
Armed Unarmed
2.
15
38
It will be seen that the decline in the number of crimes
involving arms since the introduction of Regulation 116A in October 1950
continues, but I do not consider that the repeal of this Regulation
could safely be effected at present. I should emphasize that the
provisions of the regulation are applied with great discretion. The
regulation has evoked no criticism locally and there has been no demand
for its rescission in fact, articulate opinion would support its
retention.
5.
+
months of 1954:-
Revolvers
Automatics
Rifles
Machine Guns
Shot Guns
Carbines
Air rifles
The following arms were seized during the first six
14
17
9
14
2
2
Total
61
X
:
This compares with a total of 120 for 1955 and suggests that the
potential danger from possession of illicit arms remains undimished.
Their cxistence, constitutes a continuing threat to the security of the
Colony.
4.
In view of your concern that Emergency Regulation 116A should not come
to be regarded as a continuing part of the law of the Colony the
question of rescinding or retaining this Regulation received very
careful consideration in Executive Council on this occasion. Tho
unanimous advice of Council was that the regulation should continue in
force for a further period of six months for the reasons given above.
Members also expressed the view that, although it was appreciated that
the regulation could not be retained beyond six months without your
authority, it was nevertheless their opinion that the time when it could
safely be rescinded could not yet be foreseen.
5.
I recommend, therefore, that the regulation should remain in
force for a further period of six months from 19th October 1954.
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Your savingram No. 1514 of
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irergonoy_aegulation 116A.
I approve continuance in furce of Emergency Regulation 116A for a
further perică of six months from 19th October, 1954.
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My savingram No. 1514.
Emergency Regulation No. 116A.
Grateful for early consideration as current
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expired.
Mt.
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From the Governor, Hong Kong,
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Date March,..1955.......
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2 3 MAR 1955
73.
84
434
No.
18th July, 1946.
Mr. Creech Jones' Circular savingrem of
Emergency Legislation
In accordance with the request in the last paragraph of the savingram
under reference, I report below the general position for the six months'
period from 1st September, 1954, to 28th February, 1955.
2.
The Emergency (Squatter Clearance) Regulations, 1955, (G.N.A. 184/53)
were amended by the Emergency (Squatter Clearance) (Amendment)
Regulations, 1954, The amendments provide
(a)
a definition of "land",
(b) that the materials of unlawful structures shall on removal vest in
the Crown,
(c)
for the protection of persons lawfully exercising powers under the
regulations.
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From the Governor, Hong Kong.
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* CHFICE
1954.
Your savingram No. 1605 of 16th October,
Emergency Regulation 116A
I attach for your information a schedule showing the
incidence of armed crime in recent years. This schedule brings
up-to-date the figures given in my savingram No. 836 of 10th June, 1953.
2.
The following ams were seized during
the six months July to December 1954.
Revolvers
6
Automatics
2
Rifles
1
Shotguns
Harpoon guns
NN
2
Total
12
3.
This showed a satisfactory reduction from the 61 arms
seized in the previous six months. However any complacency must be
offset by the discovery, on a small island within the Colony's waters,
of a cache containing the following items:
1 Browning .30 machine gun and spare barrel
4 .45 Sub-Machine guns and 9 magazines
2 .30 Automatic carbines and 2 magazines
4 Pistol magazines
7 Fragmentation grenades
A total of 3,768 rounds of ammunition.
It is known that there are other caches in the outlying islands from
which arms could be brought into the Colony.
There have been a total of 21 offences involving arms so far this year
and 20 firearms have been seized including those mentioned in paragraph
3 above.
5.
No prosecution under this regulation han been undertaken since my
savingram No. 1514 of 28th September, 1954.
6.
On the recommendation of the Attorney General and the Commissioner of
Police, Executive Council has advised unanimously that Emergency
Regulation 116A should remain in force for a further period of six
months from 19th April, 1955.
I
agree with this advice and recommend that approval be 021109 |
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A Crimes involving arms
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83
1940
1950 1951 1952 1953
1954
Murder (involving firearms
5
10
7
2
5
1
Armed Robberies and attempts
129
191
55
42
23
14
Armed Highway robberies
52
32
15
56
12
19
Armed robberies in British
waters
20
24
2
2
3
Possession of arms (or
136
170
93
69
95
62
explosives)
Other crimes involving arms
(or explosives)
4
13
2
4
59
B
-
1949
1950 1951
1952
1955
1954
Ratio of Armed and Unarmed Robberies
Armed
Unarmed
181
254
72
82
42
36
41
39
55
55
62
72
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