CO129-520-7 Public Utility companies- acquisition by foreign groups 4-12-1929 - 26-1-1930 — Page 43

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SECRET.

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My Lord,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

17th June, 1930.

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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of Your Lordship's secret despatch of the 11th March, 1930,

regarding the possibility of the control of certain

public utility companies in this Colony passing into

non-British hands and to transmit the accompanying copies

of the Memoranda and Articles of Association of the Hong

Kong Electric Company, Limited, and the China Light and

Power Company,Limited, respectively. The former company

supplies current to the island of Hong Kong and the latter

to the main-land. Both are registered in Hong Kong and

are at present under British management.

2.

The generation and supply of electric current

in the Colony is regulated generally by the Electricity

Supply Ordinance No.18 of 1911 and the regulations made

thereunder. Modifications of these regulations directed

to the greater protection of the public are under

consideration but the companies in question hold no

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE,

LORD PASS FIELD,

&C., &C., &C

monopolies