CO129-519-6 Development of railways proposed by Chinese Government 7-9-1929 - 17-1-1930 — Page 53

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in the immediate future.

N.P.

The scheme for the

loop-line

construction of a connecting the

Canton-Hankow and Kowloon-Canton

interest

railways is of the greatest importanee to

Hong Kong and I am to suggest that an

opportunity might be taken to suggest to the

Chinese Government that this work,

being clearly to the mutual advantage

a suitable

of both Governments, is one which might for assistance

very properly be financed from the

returned Boxer Indemnity Funds. AA

copy of Sir C. Clementi's despatch of

the 20th May 1926 was enclosed in the

letter from this Office No. C12714/26 of

the 20th July 1926.

54.

As regards the rehabilitation

of the Chinese section of the Kowloon-

Canton Railway, it is observed from

your letter No. F3563/57/10 of the 24th

July, that His Majesty's Minister at

Peking

(14 on 62834)

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