CO129-549-11 British Empire Fair- provisional date 28-5-1934 - 28-5-1934 — Page 4

No. 322.

Sir,

1934

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

28th May, 1934.

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In continuation of my despatch No. 559 of

the 8th November, 1933, on the subject of the British

Empire Fair in Hong Kong, I have the honour to inform you that the question of the repetition of the Fair has

been given most careful consideration by the British

Empire Fair Committee.

2.

Briefly the proposals put forward were such

as appeared to the promoters to be likely to secure the

largest measure of support from the mercantile community.

They included the substitution of an Anglo-Chinese for a

purely British Fair; the extension to 14 days of the

period of the Fair; and the provisional fixing of

November, 1935, as the date on which the next Fair should

be held.

realized that time would be required to

It was

allow the local business houses to communicate with

their connections in Great Britain, while owing to the

prevalence during that month of better weather conditions

than at other times of the year November was felt to

be the most suitable season.

3.

The Government was approached by the

Committee on the question of a grant towards expenses,

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,

lo opy

lo 7.0.

&C.,

&c.,

&c.,

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