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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
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Legislation.-25 Ordinances (12 amendment) were passed. The Principal matters dealt with were: Treaty of Peace Emergency Regulation, Rents, and the Industrial Employment of Children. On the instruction of His Majesty the King, the term for Unofficial Members on the Executive Council was fixed at 5 years, and that on the Legislative Council altered from six years to four years..
1923.
Principal Events.-Industrial Employment of Children Ordinance came into force. C.B.E. for the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, Secretary for Chinese Affairs (1/1). Sui An Piracy Commission. Officers found negligent (8/2). Mui Tsai Abolition Bill passed by the Legislative Council. Kowloon-Canton train held up near Canton. Chinese passengers held to ransom (23/2). Public meeting at the City Hall on education of British children (8/3). Steamer Wing Ping pirated (13/3). Piracy of a Shaukiwan junk (25/3). Seamen's dispute with "Blue Funnel" line over rates of pay (4/4). Chinese steamer Kwok Man pirated near Macao (5/4). The Chinese s.s. Sai Chow pirated near Whampoa (25/4). China Merchants steamer Tai Shun pirated near Swatow (12/5). Colony's War Memorial Cenotaph unveiled (24/5). Piracy of the Chinese steamer Woo Fu on the West River (25/5). Junk pirated in Chinese waters near Hong Kong (10/6). Kowloon-Canton train held up near Canton (5/7). Typhoon struck the Colony. Heavy damage ashore and afloat. The Loong Sang and the Submarine L19 sunk in the Harbour. Three other vessels sunk, and many ashore (18/8). Sir John Oakley arrived in the Colony to report on the Military lands question (24/9). Passenger junk pirated near San Mei (4/10). The China Merchants Steam Navigation Company's steamer Hsin Chang pirated near Canton-the second time during 1923 (8/10). Hong Kong steam launch Tung On pirated in Chinese waters (12/10). Direct exchange of parcel mails with Germany resumed (1/11). Cheung Chau ferry launch pirated (8/11).