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Divisional Superintendent of Police, Kowloon,
Sir,
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I submit further statements from members of the
crews of Steam Launch KWONG HING and Steam Launch SAI KUNG.
As will be seen, they all still insist that the
incident took place in Territorial Waters.
The positions pointed out separately by all
five witnesses were fixed by Mr. Cairns of the Harbour
Department on 2nd instant in No. 1 Launch, all positions
are within one mile of the Coast of New Territories.(Mr.
Cairns statement is attached).
I accompanied Mr. Cairns and the positions given
now by the KWONG HING people differ slightly from the
original statements in which they stated they were
approximately mile East of the mouth of Fung Bay.
In actual fact the new positions pointed out by
the KWONG HING Witnesses are about 1 miles south of the
positions originally given by them, the mistake was due
to their agitated condition when the incident took place
which caused them to confuse CHIL CHAU Island in Fung Bay
with Conic Island.
It will be seen that the SAI KUNG crew have
stated the incident took place off Conic Island from the
first.
On 1.3.40 I inspected Steam Launch KWONG HING
at Cheung Sha Wan.
The launch has been freshly painted, the wooden
sides of the bridge are of permanent construction, and on
these sides the Union Jack is painted.
I have seen the launch in the harbour many times
in the past 12 months.
She has always had the Union Jack painted on
both sides of the bridge and the red ensign flying aft.