CO129-518-1 Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong 28-6-1929 - 3-1-1930 — Page 67

COPY.

Enclosure No.1.

No. 521/29.

Translation.

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To.

sir.

The Honourable Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong.

I beg to inform you that in April I received

a notification from the Ministry of Communications which

reads as follows:-

"Kong Siu Lui, Commissioner of the Chinese

Telegraph Office, in Hong Kong, having fulfilled his

duties unsatisfactorily should be dismissed, and WU MIN

should be appointed to take up the vacancy.

Besides

notifying others, it is necessary to order WU MIN to take

up the post without delay and report the date of his as-

sumption of office, the particulars of his taking over

charge and the details of his «perience".

I have seen the Secretary for Chinese Affairs

personally and informed him of the above.

Later a despatch was received by press mail

instead of by wire from the Mini-stry of Communications

urging me to take over charge of the Telegraph Office

and report,

On receipt of this, it is inspedient for me

to delay any further in neglect of the order of the

Ministry, and therefore I have had an interview with

Kong Siu Lul, the former Commissioner of the Telegraph

office and having made proper arrangements with him,

I have decided to take over the Telegraph Administration

on Tuesday the 14th instant. When I have taken over

charge, further reprt will be sent to you. I find it

necessary to inform you of the date fixed for me to take

up the post, and I hope that you will communicate it to

the Government,

With regards,

WU MIN

Commissioner of the Ch. Telegrash Offin a H' Kan j

(Dated)11th May, 1929.

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