CO129-518-1 Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong 28-6-1929 - 3-1-1930 — Page 87

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Enclosure No.1.

No.521/29.

Translation.

To.

The Honourable Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong.

:

Sir,

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 assump tion of office, the particulars

of his taking over charge and the details of his

experience."

I have seen the Secretary for Chinese

Affairs personally and informed him of the above.

Later a despatch was received by express

mail instead of by wire from the Ministry of

Communications urging me to take over charge of the

Telegraph Office and report.

On receipt of this, it is inexpedient for me

to delay any further in neglect of the order of the

Ministry, and therefore I have had an interview with

Kong Siu Lui, 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 report will be sent to you. I find it

necessary to inform you of the date fixed for me to

take