CO129-520-7 Public Utility companies- acquisition by foreign groups 4-12-1929 - 26-1-1930 — Page 165

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As regards existing companies,

it seems undesirable to attempt to

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bring them under the proposed

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Ordinance without any consideration

thout

in returns

but as regards the China Light and

Fower Co., while I appreciate

the view expressed in para. 3 of

your despatch under acknowledgment

I should have considered that the

fairly important concession which

has been made to this Company, at

the expense of the public funds of

the Colony, was sufficient to

justify a demand that in return,

the Company should pledge itself to

remain under British control.

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