7
is to
obtains the consent Concerned to the abandonment
the
q
the
how occupy. This w
buldings thus
favoured to the E.e.
In paragraph 5 of (1) the Governor
川
considered that the offer of gruesous
to the "Owners
may lead
a
trew
terms
9 property within the city their voluntary unmoval to site. He thought, however, that
is the Chinese Government were primarily
with their rights under the
Conserved
Convention of 1898, it would be
a
mistake to attempt to induce the crowers" to remove voluntarily until the major question of the rights of the Chinese Government had bem disposed of.
The F.O. on
the other hand, conside
the
that it may be possible to avoid raising that major questions by effecting the voluntary removal of the owners of property by the offer of
Generous terins referred to in para 5961). They prefer that that possibility should be put to the test.
the
and
of inducing the
*
owners"
conveying ? Dispatch to the Governor ratessentiring Substance of paragraphs 2-4 of (3) asking him to consian the possibility
voluntarch to remove from Kowloon city by offering them the generous terms of compensations referred to in para 5 4(1), thuchy avoiding
with the Chinese Government
discussions
concerning the question of the right of Heli's Government to continue to Excise Jurisdiction within Kowloon Caly.
HeBader
16-3.34