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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1934
THE GOVERNOR
GOVERNOR RETURNING TOMORROW
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SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL RETURN FROM PEKING TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AFTER ATTENDING THE LATEST ROUND OF SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
SIR EDWARD WILL BE TRAVELLING ON FLIGHT CA 101, ETA 11.15 AM.
A FACILITY HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR COVERAGE OF SIR EDWARD'S ARRIVAL. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ASSEMBLE IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING BY 10.15 AM TOMORROW.
GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
GROUP TO TAKE A BREAK *****
IN ANSWER TO PRESS QUESTIONS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED TODAY THAT IT HAD BEEN AGREED BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDES THAT THE WORKING GROUP WOULD TAKE A SHORT RECESS FROM JULY 31, RESUMING ITS MEETINGS IN THE WEEK BEGINNING AUGUST 13.
NEW CONVEYANCING LAW 'DESIRABLE'
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GLEESON
COMMENTING ON THE CONVEYANCING AND PROPERTY ORDINANCE 1984 WHICH WAS PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, MR NOEL GLEESON, SAID THAT IT WAS DESIRABLE THAT HONG KONG AT THIS STAGE OF ITS COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN FREE STANDING BODY OF LAW RELATING TO PROPERTY AND THE MANNER IN WHICH PROPERTY CAN BE CONVEYED FROM ONE TO ANOTHER.
MR GLEESON ALSO SAID: UNTIL THE ENACTMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE THE LAW RELATING TO PROPERTY AND CONVEYANCING IN HONG KONG FOLLOWED THE LAW AND PRACTICE AS IT WAS IN ENGLAND IN 1844.
+NONE OF THE MAJOR REFORMING MEASURES THAT WERE ADOPTED IN ENGLAND DURING THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES, PARTICULARLY THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925, HAD BEEN INTRODUCED INTO HONG KONG. THIS WAS NOTWITHSTANDING THAT VARIOUS ATTEMPTS HAD BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS TO DO SO.
/+IN 1855,