CO129-544-14 Proposed public park in Kowloon- question of Chinese jurisdiction in city area 9-8-1933 - 9-8-1933 — Page 27

FROM

WAI-CHIAO PU

TO

H.M. MINISTER.

27

TRANSLATION.

Ga.. 31/7/35 .

NANKING.

1995

27th July (heceived 31/7/33).

ir,

I have the honour to inform Your Excellency of the

receipt of the following report from 7. A clich-hou,

thi.inistry'. special inspecta fæ fœrein ffairs 1–

en

lu:

i sa in receipt of a verbal report by represen-

tatives of persas resident within the city of Low-

loon to the effect that the persons in question had

for may years been living peacefully in owloon

city as thoir ancestral home; timt the lease of low-

loon by China to Great Britain in the time of

Huang listi of the late Manchu Dynasty was from the

first confined to the distrio te outside tip olty

while those within the city remained unter chinese

Admiră strutiou; that the people had continued to live undisturbed and content with their lot as before; that

recently ha ever, the Dev Torri tories Di triet office

(outhern District) of the longkong Government had

suddenly decided to construct a public park and iscued

an order whereby residents of novico.. city were to

register with the wistrict file before eptember um

receive new lane on the ou ut with a view to

removal. ▲ have bee a requestou te anter upon nego- titions in cocordance with justice i have the hon~

our to request the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to

give the matter tie ir consideratidi and take appro-

priate action."

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