the Note setting out amendments
to the Bill
referred to
in para. 7 of the
A ama
9
enclosure
not in fact attached. It will I think
be
advisable t
ask
HK
for these documents
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but
we need
ordinance
2.
The
the
petatum
may
not delay consideration
and petition meanwhile.
representations contained in
be summarized
the
a
follows
life of
(ii) that the
(i) that for
variety of reasons (set out
mainly in barn 7 of the petition) control of hotels in Hong Kong is both unfai's to the proprietors
commercial
and harmful to the
powers of control embodied
the
Colony,
in the
ordurance
a re
wide and
striet
and
have
been established
merely
because
small percentage
(which in
any
case
and
not-
of the total number of Persons accommodated
composed of residents transients, for whom the
hotel properly cater) objected to the
valis
which
were being charged
(111) that for those hotels
Hotel Advisory Committer the
maximum charges
bromitted
bem q
Bookt.
The
will
at
result in the hotels
classifed by the
"residential,"
t.
be
In
or without
comments
There
3.
representations
Governor
Follows:-
(i) power to
hotel rates
has existed
was not used because the
control
since 1946 but
of
desired result
Ulens
The
achieved usteed by
gentlemen's agreement' with
hotel propractors. Owing to failure.
the least of
m
proposition to theseave this
to be taken to
agreement of measures had
Brotect
Its residenti
paccommodation
hotel / shortage
hotels and
were
who by reason of the compelled to live in
to bay charges determined to an
increasing extent by the
wealthy visitors
to pay.
Suice
amount which
and vesidents controlled rates
Oure
were willing to apply