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DRAFT.DESPATCH.
HONG KONG
NO.
SECRET.
15.
Governor.
FURTHER ACTION.
(9)
Sir,
I have etc., to refer to your despatch
No. 32 of 10th September, 1947, in which you
review the operation of the Protected Places
(Safety) Ordinance, Ordinance No. 16 of 1946,
and recommend that this measure should be
retained for at least another six months.
2. I note that the Ordinance has in
large measure achieved the object for which it
was enacted in that, with the sole exception
of the Engineer Stores Depot at Shamshuipo,
there has been a marked decrease in looting.
I also note, with satisfaction, the prudence
with which the exceptional powers conferred by
the Ordinance have been used by all concerned,
and that no criticism of the Ordinance or of
the way in which it has been employed has so
far been voiced.
3.
I agree that, from these points of view,
there is no reason to anticipate serious
trouble if the Ordinance should remain on the
Statute Book for a further period of six
months.
At the same time, the measure still
carries