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Fermt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
FURTHER ACTION.
HONG KONG During the past year Hong Kong has
naturally been considerably affected by the establishment.
of the authority of the Central People's Government over
the whole of China and by the unsettled conditions of
the Far East generally. In view of these conditions
His Majesty's Government have maintained in the Colony
the substantial reinforcements of all arms which were
originally sent for the protection of Hong Kong in May,
1949. These forces have undertaken vigorous training
the value of which has been proved by the two battalions
sent from Hong Kong to Korea in September 1950 and have
maintained themselves in a state of preparedness.
During the summer a number of incidents occurred in which
ships using the south-western approaches to Hong Kong
were fired on from Chinese islands near the Colony;
protests were made in Peking but no reply has been
received.
Despite difficulties in the early part of the year
due to the Chinese Nationalists' blockade of ports on
the mainland of China and over the running of through
trains between Canton and Hong Kong, the Colony's trade,
both with China and the rest of the world, continued to
prosper. The outbreak of fighting in Korea in June did
not have the immediate serious effect expected and up till
the end of November 1950 trade figures were breaking all
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