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His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies
Colonial Office,
LONDON, S.W.1.
Sir,
116 AUG 1942
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Petition by Chuang Chu Feng.
We have the honour to refer to a letter dated the 4th
August 1948 received by us from the Colonial Secretariat,
Hongkong, a copy of which is attached.
As will be seen from it, no action is apparently to
be taken on the Petition we had the honour to send you on
the 3rd June: no answer is given as to whether the Petition
is to be granted or refused.
Although the prerogative of mercy has been delegated
to the Governor of Hongkong, our client has the right of
every British Subject to appeal to the King from a refusal
by the Governor to exercise the prerogative.
As appears
from page 4 of the Petition, the Governor has already
refused.
On behalf of our client we, therefore, ask for a
reply to the Petition from the Minister to whom it was
addressed.
If we may, we would like to refer to our client's
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