From:-
Governor, Hong Kong.
Cypher.
TO:-
B.E. Peking (50)
Repeated to:-
D.M. Nanking (38)
Date:-
17th November, 1936.
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Your telegram 62. Your air mail not yet
received but Waichiaopu is misinformed.
Kowloon City
Residents
residents are not being removed to Ya Chien Wei but to
prepared site at Kak Hang within town planning area about
mile from Kowloon City. I inspected both places
personally yesterday and cannot cancel or suspend orders
which are dictated on sanitary principles.
agreed to move and compensation enables them to build houses
on new site where foundations are already being laid. Nobody is holding out and $2,000 already paid in first instalments of compensation: further instalments will be
paid as building progresses.
New site admirable and
conveniently situated. Evacuated Kowloon City area will
be converted into public park.