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TELEPHONES:
P.R.O.
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ASSISTANT P.R.O..
31636
GENERAT FFICE.
23406
To:
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE
Date: 7th August, 1947.
Orig.on 96009/15/47
OFFICES:
32
23
6E, CLOUCESTER ARCADE
Ref: 34/47.
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF HONG KONG PRESS REPORTS AND COMMENTS. July 20- 26, 1947.
1
CHINA.
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Attention continued to be focussed on the visit of General Wedemeyer and a variety of opinions as to the object of the mission was expressed. "Wah Kiu Yat Po", which favours a settlement of the Kuomintang-Communist conflict by peaceful means, seems to hope that the mission will be confined to economic aid, at the same time warning that American aid may not be altogether disinterested. The Kuomintang "National Times", which sees no hope of settling the conflict except by the forcible suppression of the Communists, hopes for American military assistance. The pro-Communist "Hwa Shiang Pao" continues to be strongly critical of the mission.
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The "Wah Kiu Yat Po" of July 21 quoted a report of an impending reshuffle of Central Government posts, which would include the appointment of Dr. Wellington Koo, present Ambassador to Washington, as Minister for Foreign Affairs, but the "Sing Tao Jih Pao" of the same day said that it had learnt that there would be no such reshuffle until after December 25, when the new constitution would have come into force.
2. HONG KONG.
The chief events of the week were the publication on July 24 of the proposals for a municipal council for Hong Kong, and the arrival the follow- ing day of the new Governor, His Excellency Sir Alexander Grantham, K.C.M.G.
The official summary of the municipal council proposals was publish- ed by the Sing Tao Jih Pao, Hwa Shiang Pao, National Times, Sing Pao and some of the smaller evening papers. The "Wah Kiu Yat Po" and "Kung Sheung Daily News" published both the official summary and the full text of the despatches on the subject between the Governor of Hong Kong and the Colonial Office. There was no comment on the day of publication except by the "New Life Evening News", which spoke of the "birth of a new Hong Kong",