CO129-491 - Public Offices - 1925 — Page 488

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immediate construction of the indicated craft by the Navy it is

urged that the Hongkong Government might fittingly apply to this

purpose the surplus shipping control funds as yet unappropriated to

any particular purpose, or if these are unavailable for the time

being, in the interests of the general trade of the Colony the Hongkong Government should accept responsibility.

It is not within the competence of the signatories to this report to elaborate a comprehensive scheme of naval patrols.

It is however most strongly urged that an adequate patrol system on the lines suggested by the Senior Naval Officer West River Patrols and a coastal patrol are the only solutions of the existing state of affairs and that the Hongkong Government should therefore at the earliest possible moment seek the advice and assistance of H.M. Naval Authorities at Hongkong in formulating a scheme, in which event the signatories hereto will if invited be willing to render any assistance in their power.

Summarized briefly, if the guarda are withdraw, grilles removed, (except those around the Engine Room and Stokehold entrance, and Bridge) an adequate fleet of patrol craft provided, and police supervision, both ashore and in the Harbour materially re-inforced, there should be little to fear from the possibility of piratical attacks in the future.

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CO-OPERATION BETWEEN HONG KONG AUTHORITIES & THE ROYAL NAVY, While the Navy is primarily responsible for the supression of Piracy in these and other waters if the best results are to be obtained it is of vital importance that they should obtain the maximum co- operation and support not only from the shipowners and those who man the ships but also from the Harbour Department and the Police. The activities of the latter, however, should be confined entirely to protective measures aahore and to the examination of passengers prior to embarkation. That the Local Government have not kept the Naval Authorities fully posted of information in their possession is exemplified in an incident which took place on the 2nd January of this year.

It appears from information received by the Police that 20 Pirates were apposed to have left Hongkong by an unknown ship for Shanghai their object being to attack an unknown vessel on the return