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Mr. Sidebotham
DRAFT DESPATCH.
GOVERNOR
HONG KONG
NO.
72
Permt. U.S. of S.Sin C.
Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
16/3
XSecretary of State
16/3/51.
February, 1951.
Your Reference 4/50/49.
19 MAR 195%
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to your
(13) despatch No. 125 of the 14th November, 1950,
on the subject of Social Welfare in
Hong Kong, and to inform you that this
despatch,together with its enclosures and
with Mr. Creech Jones' despatch No. 56 of
4th March, 1949, and my despatch No. 216 of
the 19th August, 1950, has recently been
placed before the Reporte sub-Committee of
my Colonial Social Welfare Advisory Committee.
I am in full agreement with the Sub-
Committee's comments, which are as follows:
(App. A-C to (14))
FURTHER ACTION
copy for 12500/17
The Sub-Committee felt that the amount
of social welfare work which was at present
being undertaken, as shown in enclosures
1 and 2, to your despatch under reference,
was highly commendable. In particular
the Committee welcomed the introduction of
the Kaifong Welfare Development Associations
which, it was hoped, would continue to
flourish.
With regard to Enclosure 3 to your
mome
despatch, giving comments on the report by
Mr. Chinn which had been forwarded under
under cover of Mr. Creech Jones' despatch No. 56
Ireference/
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