Extract from Kimtes of a jouting held on 30th June 1949 at 12, Carlton House
Terrace.
Terking Party for the calonisl
Inforastion Roller Committee.
Original on 96886,7/1.
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Information Work in Hong Kong.
The Chairman drew attention to the Commissioner General's telegram
No. 455 proposing the appointment of a liaison officer in Hong Kong for
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the Singapore Regional Information Office. The Colonial Office agreed
that the existing Information organisation in Hong Kong could not be
expected to carry any large increase in its present work and was not
entirely suitable for the type of work proposed. The Regional Information
Office was supposed to function through local Information Offices, but
Hong Kong should be considered as a special case in view of its importance
with regard to China. Mr. Stockley thought that it was possible that an
officer might be available to fill this appointment without an increase
in the present establishment, by a reshuffling of Information Officers at
present in China.
The Meeting invited the Foreign Office to reply to Singapore on the
following lines:-
(a) that the Foreign Office and Colonial Office agreed in principle
that there was a case for increased Information work in Hong
Kong which could not be carried out by the existing Information
machinery;
(b) that before proposals were submitted for approval, we should
wish to know more exactly the nature of the work envisaged
for the liaison officer and his proposed terms of reference,
and how much of the work could be handled in Singapore by the
Regional Information Office.
(Action: F.O. (I.R.D.))
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