CO129-539-11 Hong Kong Flying Club- proposed establishment of a Flying Training school at Kai Tak 8-4-1932 - 4-3-1933 — Page 102

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PARAPHRASE TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the

Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Dated 8th April, 1932

Received, Colonial Office, 3.45 a.m., 8th April, 1932.

No. 75.

1930

Reference my lespatch No. 20 of 8th January/and your

Secret despatch of 30th of November 1931.

Owing to damage to machines and lack of funda for

replacements Flying Club has for some months practically

suspended operations. It is kept alive only by Government

subaldy and is almost curtain to collapse at an early date. I

regard it as very imporant that there should be facilities

locally for instruction in flying but I fear that it is

impossible to keep the Club alive except at prohibited cost to

Government. A proposa. now put by Far Eastern Aviation Company, British company, for establishment of a flying training school on a commercial basis concerned with use of Kaitak Aerodrome and hanger. The whole success of scheme depends however on permissim to train aliens especially Chinese with a view to sale of British machines for which Company is agent. The Company rightly emphasias importance to British trade of training of Chinese in British machines. In this connection see my secret despatch of 17th December, 1931. I am m'self in favour of allowing aliens to be taught flying in Hong Kong and of abandonment of restricted areas and I shall be glad to be informed as early as possible by telegram of the decision of His Majesty's Government on these points in order to enable me to reply to proposal to establish a commercial flying school.

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