CO129-555-1 Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.- petition 10-7-1935 - 4-10-1935 — Page 12

Enclosure 1.

Ansel

No. 418.

Sir,

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

10th July, 1935.

I have the honour to forward in accordance

with Colonial Regulation 187 a petition from The Hong

Kong Tramways Limited praying that you may be pleased: - (1) To refer to the Ministry of Transport matters

of transportation principle arising out of

this Memorial for report regarding the treatment of which your Petitioner (as providers

of efficient public passenger transport

services within the Colony for the past thirty-one years) complains since the year 1928; and, in particular, with regard to the

recent injury which your Petitioner complains of having suffered vis-a-vis the present Motor- Bus licensee by the Hong Kong Government's action in permitting reduction of bus fares on

routes competing with your Petitioner to a

level equal to the lowest tram fare.

(2) To direct that the Hong Kong Government revert

to its former policy by taking action - by

legislation if necessary requiring motor

bus fares on competitive routes to be not

lower than the present first class tram fare

of your Petitioner.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,

&C.,

&C.,

&C.

(3)