CO129-546-11 Kowloon city- expropriation of Chinese owned land 9-1-1934 - 28-12-1934 — Page 94

C. O.

Mattel 17.2.34

Mr.

Mr.

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Reshma Duncan 21/2/34. Please see my ministe

Mr. Parkinson.

Mr. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

22/2/34

on the file. 11.D.

f.s.

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26 FE3 1934

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itu ref. to the letter from tais

Dept. of the 5th Sept. 1922, I um etc.

to transmit to you, to be laid before

Sec. Sir Mimon, a copy of a desp. from

overnor of ongong on the subject

of the proposal to expropriate certain

Chinese tenants of properties in owloon

City.

999*

9th Jan.

Dapt. plung

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while it is doubtful if the Construction of a public pact. Cand propsely in said to come

within the words "the like official,

in that

FURTHER ACTION.

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this. It.

Berposes

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I am to point out that, in view of

the terms of the rder in Council of the

27th Dec. 1899 and of the correspondence

with the Chinese OV** in connection [ Considered that it rig

therewith, it is not posible at this

date for the Chinese ort. to base any

bauprost

claim on the third Gin

vention of une 9tu 1995.

of the

on-

paragraphs

As regards the sixth of that

Mis

Convention, it would ap ear that the

ovt. of ong ong is justif

in

good gornment of the Colony, med, in

the untrusts of ther

acquiring compulsorily, with fair com-

pensation, property required for the

removal of insanitary conditions.

fri P.Coatiffs toster wow in glad to have, in the matter.)

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ir Simon's obsons

i ne proposed to take is

(igned) H. R. COWELL