CO129-515-13 Provision of combined naval- military and air hospital at Hong Kong- minutes of the Joint... 26-3-1929 - 17-5-1929 — Page 13

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Any further communication should be addressed to-

The Secretary of the Admiralty,

London, S.W. 1.

REOR

28 MAR 1929

62819

L.P.--No. 8.

Admiralty, S. W. 1,

quoting

“M.4763/77

26th March.

EXT 470

Sir,

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I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the

Admiralty to state, for the information of the Secretary

of State for the Colonies, that They have had under further consideration the question of the provision of a combined Naval, Military and Air Force Hospital at Hong

Kong.

2. The present site of the . N. Hospital there has already become unsui table, and the early removal of the

hospital to a better site is inevitable. The present time is therefore opportune, in the opinion of My Lords, to explore the question of amalgamation.

They

accordingly suggest that a conference, at which the three Service Departments and the Colonial Office would be

represented, should be held at an early date to consider

this matter. They propose that the conference should

take the form of a meeting of the Joint Medical Services Committee, re-inforced by specially co-opted Departmental representatives who would assist the Committee in regard to general departmental and financial policy.

The Under Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE.

3.