Copy to BIT. 12
No323.
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Ispare
Sir,
19 MAY 1939
53712/5/39
27
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
5th May, 1939.
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I have the honour to refer to my telegram
No.94 of 10th March, 1939, informing you of the
refusal by the relatives of a Chinese seaman named
Cheung Kwai Wan, who lost his life following the
sinking of the s.s "Thorpeness" on 21st June, 1938,
to accept the sum of £25. 0. 0. offered them as
compensation.
2.
The relatives have put forward a statement
of claim based on:
(i) the capitalized maintenance costs over
many years of the mother, wife and daughter
of deceased,
(ii) the cost of bringing up a son to be
adopted as the deceased's lineal descendant
and
(iii) compensation for loss of deceased's
effects.
The absurdity of such a claim has been pointed out
to the relatives but they decline to reduce their
claim to a lesser capital sum than £250 and add, with
what authority I am not aware, that had deceased
survived with permanent disabilities he would have
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,
&C.
&C.,
&C.,