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Majesty's Government in order to ensure this preliminary agreement being replaced by a more definite undertaking on the part of the Chinese Government. They will, therefore, no doubt be prepared as far as possible to meet the views of His Majesty's Government and these views I am now to recapitulate.
4. (a) It will be an essential condition of any agreement that may be entered into between the Hong Kong Government and the Corporation that any Company entrusted with the construction or working of the line or of any part of it, shall have a British domicile and British Directors.
(b) In view of the long time that has elapsed since the Corporation made their original agreement with the Chinese Government and of the desirability of avoiding any further delay in carrying out this important work, it will be necessary for the agreement with the Hong Kong Government to contain a clause
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Majesty's Government in order to ensure this
preliminary agreement being replaced by a more
definite undertaking on the part of the Chinese
They will, therefore, no doubt
Government.
be prepared as far as possible to meet the
views of His Majety's Government and these
views I am now to recapitulate.
4. (a) It will be an essential condi-
tion of any agreement that may be entered into
between the Hong Kong Government and the Cor- in the Insul of
being
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poration that any Company entrusted with the
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construction or working of the line or of any
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part of it, shall have a British domicile and
British Directora.
(b) In view of the long time that has
elapsed since the Corporation made their
original agreement with the Chinese Government
and of the desirability of avoiding any fur-
ther delay in currying cut this important
work it will be necessary for the agreement
with the Hong Kong Government to contain a
clause
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