Enclosure 1.
Ansel
No. 418.
Sir,
1.12
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
10th July, 1935.
I have the honour to forward in accordance
with Colonial Regulation 187 a petition from The Hong
Kong Tramways Limited praying that you may be pleased: - (1) To refer to the Ministry of Transport matters
of transportation principle arising out of
this Memorial for report regarding the treatment of which your Petitioner (as providers
of efficient public passenger transport
services within the Colony for the past thirty-one years) complains since the year 1928; and, in particular, with regard to the
recent injury which your Petitioner complains of having suffered vis-a-vis the present Motor- Bus licensee by the Hong Kong Government's action in permitting reduction of bus fares on
routes competing with your Petitioner to a
level equal to the lowest tram fare.
(2) To direct that the Hong Kong Government revert
to its former policy by taking action - by
legislation if necessary requiring motor
bus fares on competitive routes to be not
lower than the present first class tram fare
of your Petitioner.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,
&C.,
&C.,
&C.
(3)