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F 6074/2338/10

1933.

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to H.B.

Minister Peking.

27th July, 1933. (Received 31/7/33)

sir,

I have the honour to inform Your Excellency of the

receipt of the following report from Mr. Kan Chich-hou,

this Einistry's Special Inspector for Foreign Affairs:-

I am in receipt of a verbal report by represen-

tatives of persons resident within the city of Kow-

loon to the effect that the persons in question had

for many years been living peacefully in Kowloon

city as their ancestral home; that the lease of Kow-

loon by China to Great Britain in the time of

Xuang Hat of the late Banchu Dynasty was from the

first confined to the districts outside the city,

while those within the city remained under Chinese

Administration; that the people had continued to live

undisturbed and content with their lot as before; that

recently however, the New Territories District office

(Southern District) of the Hongkong Government had

suddenly decided to construct a pblic park and issued

an order whereby residents of Kowloon city were to

register with the District Office before September and

receive ́new land on the Kau Sut Ling with a view to

removal. I have been requested to enter upon nego-

tiations in accordance with justice and have the honour

to request the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to give the

matter their consideration and take appropriate action."

X3.11

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