reconsidered, if possible sympathetically.
On July
30th the latter replied stating that the prospective
employer was not considered sufficiently reliable.
Copies of these letters are enclosed. The position
was explained to Benares Khan through a local Parsee
resident of good standing, Mr. H.S. Kavarana, with over
40 years residence in Canton, who has been acting as his
interpreter, and I have now received a letter dated
August 7th (of which I enclose a copy, from Mr. Kavarana
protesting against the decision of the Hong Kong Police
authorities and stating that Benares Khan cannot obtain
a definite offer of employment elsewhere, but can give
security that he will not become destitute and so a
charge on Hong Kong public funds.
4. Benares Khan is a man of respectable appearance
and apparently good character. One of the principal
employers of Indian watchmen in Hong Kong has definitely
guaranteed him work there, where he has already been
employed and given satisfaction. It seems an anomaly
that he should be refused permission to return to Hong
Kong which Chinese can enter without passports or
visas or any formalities at all and take up that
employment on the ground that his prospective employer
is not considered a desirable resident, when the said
employer is allowed to continue to reside in the Colony.
Even if Benares Khan had no definite offer of employment
on arrival, the sum of one hundred dollars is sufficient
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