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House of

HONG KONG

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Commons Representations for

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REGE ! MFC 16

arder local

Last pro75. Sir Edwin Cornwall,

-To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he has received from the leading British residents of Hong Kong complaints that local views do not receive adequate consideration from the government of the Colony; and whether, in view of the patriotism of this and other Crown Colonies so markedly shown during the war, he will favourably consider representations asking for wider local powers.

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