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No: 176.
Orawal gidered as 22 a hawouve folo 19245-190/1
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
260 26
14th November, 1946.
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to your circular
telegram saving of 20th May, 1946, and to report to you
on the subject of the Development Committee which has isen
set up in this Colony in accordance with the terms of para-
graph 1 of your circular despatch of 12th November, 1945.
This Committee was set up in July, 1946, under
2.
the acting chairmanship of Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg. C.B.E., M.C.,
Special Adviser, and the original membership was as follows:
The Financial Secretary
The Secretary for Chinese Affairs,)
The Director of Medical Services,
The Director of Public Works,
Official
Members.
The Director of Education.
Mr. A. Morse, C.B.E.
RECEIVED
22 NOV 1946 C: O REQY
3.
Dr. S. N. Chau
Mr. M. W. Lo
Mr. Ng Chak-wa
Unofficial member of the Executive Council and the Chief Manager of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corpora- tion.
Unofficial member of the Legislative Council and
a prominent member of the Chinese community.
Unofficial member of the Urban Council and a partner in a local firm of solicitors.
Prominent member of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce with considerable experience of voluntary public service.
It had from the outset been intended that Dr.
G.A.C. Herklots, Secretary for Development, should be the
| Chairman of this Committes, and Mr. Hazlerigg's appointment
as Acting Chairman was for the period during which Dr. Herklots
was temporarily absent from the Colony. Dr. Herklots returned
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
A. CREECH JOMS, P.C., M.P.