CO129-510-7 Allegations of discrimination against United States companies in Hong Kong 22-3-1928 - 8-1-1929 — Page 54

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that buying the vehicles from

Britain exclusively amounted to

an import prohibition. The same

principle applies if, instead of

establishing a Govt. service, the

H.K.Govt. chooses to achieve the

same end by licence. To take an

analogy in this country; if the

Municipality in Birmingham in

issuing licences stipulated for

British mo tor omnibuses only, they

formated from doing so

would surely not be den on the

miniden/

courted to prohibition of

ground that it prevented the import

of foreign made omnibuses.

3. I am also to point out that

H.K. has not adhered to the Convention

against Import and Export Restrictions

to which the Board refer and it

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is not proposed that she should do so.

And the suggestion that a preferential

tariff should be substituted for the

doubt what is the

suggested analogy

mund Burning. have exfaction is not aboral wiring

Lan

licencing