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22 JAN 1930
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6/12/29
I have been requested by the Governor of Hong Kong
to invite Your xeellency's attention to the interest of
his Government in the rehabilitation of the Chinese section
of the Canton-Fowloon Railway.
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As Your Excelleney is aware the Chinese and British
sections of this railway are operated in close conjunction
under the Joint Working Agreement of 1911 which provides for
through-traffic over the lines of the two sections, the pro-
seeds of whien are pooled and divided according to a fixed
ratio. It is thus apparent that the prosperity of the two
sections is largely inter-dependent and that anything which
affects the efficient operation of either section is a mat-
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ter of considerable concern to the other.
The affairs of the Canton-Fowloon Railway were dis-
cussed in September last between Sir Cecil Clementi and Mr.
J.E. Choy of the Chinese Ministry of Railways and the latter
then alluded to the need for rehabilitation of the Chiress
seotion.
Sir Cecil Clementi strongly endorses the view that
such rehabilitation is urgently required in order to render
the whole line capable of producing adequate returns and he
/ wishes
His Xxcellency,
Daster C.7.
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Minister for Foreign Affairs,
MANK ING.
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