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Extract from Minutes of Imperial Communications Committee
meeting held 19th July, 1933.
8. WIRELESS SERVICES IN HONG KONG AND MALAYA.
(1.C.C. 1501 and 1511.)
THE COMMITTEE had under consideration copy of a
letter from the Colonial Office to Imperial and International
Communications, Limited, indicating the decision reached
by the Committee that, subject to certain reservations,
Hong Kong and Malaya should be allowed to develop their own
services .C.J.1501); also telegrams from the Governors
of the Straits Settlements and Hong Kong asking permission
to institute certain developments (I.C.C.1511).
MR. VERNON said it would be remembered that this
question had formed the subject of important and protracted
discussions at which the Secretary of State had presided,
when it was finally agreed to allow Hong Kong and Malaya to
drop the idea of transferring their services to the
Communications Company owing to the fact that the proposed
high power station at Hong Kong and Singapore had been
temporarily abandoned. The Colonies were, therefore, given
permission to develop their own services within certain
limitations. The Company had been informed but had raised
no objections. The Governors of both Hong Kong and Malaya
had now telegraphed asking permission to make certain
developments, and in view of the interest of other Departments
the Colonial Office had referred the matter once more to the
Committee. The Colonial Office would like to see these
applications approved. The Governor of the Straits
Settlements asked to develop a wireless telephone service
between Java and Malaya, while the Governor of Hong Kong
desired to institute a wireless telephone service with
Shanghai and Manila.
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