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He is a solicitor by profession.
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the Colony; that a separate ili for each
work would possess no advantages, and would
involve much loss of time; that the ill
provides adequate opportunity for all
affected interests to make representations, w
and to have their claims to compensation
assessed judicially, that if any trade İNK
interests in Hong Kong could not trust
their own Courts, they had better get out and
try China; and that the fear that the ill
would incite the Chinese overnment to the
adoption of similar measures was, to put it
crudely, tripe, since that overnment could
find any amount of precedents for the com-
pulsory acquisition of land or interference with rights in the legislation of this country, or indeed any other. He 100s very convincing,
and his view, as an unofficial of long ex-
perience, is entitled to at least as much
respect as that of individuals interested
in maintaining a position aproximating to
monopoly.
I sugest that, if the Secretary of State
could find time, he would be interested to
hear Sir Shenton's views, which would be
useful in defence against ir Looker. Sir
.Shenton would, I am sure, be very willing
to place himself at the Secretary of State's
disposal.
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