CO537-(36-37) — Page 238

CO537 Colonial Confidential Records 理藩院機密檔案 All

GIL

It's Ampar

2093.

1116

your duty under it, to be guided by what`he says only ▼

I take my duties to be more particularly on purely structural matters, that is to say, the thickness of walls, and any matters of that kind, that the external air provisions, and the window areas and so on, are

more matters for the M. 0. H.

You gather that ?

16957

16.957 20

A.

Yes, and open spaces.

5280

And yet dont they come under Part 3 of the Ordinance,1645207

which you administer ?

A.

Yes.

53.90

A.

54

A.

Mr Lau Chu Pak:-

16953

Then why should it come more under him, than under you ↑ I dont know. It simply is that the Ordinance lays it down that it is so, and you cant get away from that. Then, if the M. O. H. took a different view from you 16954 on a question like that, you have to be guided by him ?

I presume so.

Didnt you have something to do with the drafting of 16953"

that Ordinance ?

A.

Yes. I had more to do with the first Ordinance,

was prepared.

that

16956

57 20

Has that section of the principal Ordinance ever been

modified ?

A.

No.

Mr Shelton Hooper:-

$7

Now Mr Chatham, dont you considér, as a result of the investigation of this case, that the sections of the Ordinança are anomalous, and could be easily simplified? I quite agree with you.

16958

And dont you think, speaking generally without going into the details of it, that it would be advisable to

I use the have one body, or one Board, or one person, three terMB, so as not to commit myself at all in any

way,

to decide which of the plans are in accordance

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

C.O. 537

REPRODUCED P RECORD OFFICE, LONDON OUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH - NOT TO SE ED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITH-

Comments

Approved members can add comments, bookmarks, and private notes.

No comments yet.

Private Research Note

Private notes are available after approval.