CO129-532-8 Proposed transfer of Government Wireless services in Hong Kong to Imperial and International Communications- Ltd.... 19-12-1930 - 19-4-1932 — Page 227

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agrood terms, and to operate as from the first day of pril, 1931, or such later dato as may be agreed, all the fixed station commercial radio-electric services of the Colony now operated by the Government of Hong Kong and for this purpose to take on agreed tcrms a sub-lease of such portion of the Government Radio Office and to purchase at an agreed valuation or rent at agreed terms all such plant and stocks of wireless stores as ar required to carry on the Hong Kong Radio Services acquired

by the Company.

ARTICLE 13.

The Company undertakes to make good to the Government

any increase in the cost of pensions or gratuities incurred by

reason of the abolition of office or by rcason of the

termination of Government employment of these officers whose services will not be required by the Government after this

Agreement comes into operation.

ARTICLE 14,

The Company shall forthwith give to the Post Master General of Hong Kong notice of any interruption for a period

exceeding twenty-four hours of any of its systems of

communication with any place. The Government will normally

receive press broadcast transmissions at its own stations

but in the event of breakdowns the Company shall, if

required by the Government receive the same and hand them

over to the Government.

ARTICLE 15.

The Company undertakes that it will replace its alien

cmployees in the Colony by British employees, as and when

found practicable to do so and undertakes also that as

regards all new appointments no person shall during the

continuance of this grcement be employed by it in the

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