Copy.
No. 323.
gir,
40
Government House,
Hong Kong.
5th May, 1939.
I have the honour to refer to my telegram
No. 94 of 10th March, 1939, informing you of the refusal
by the relatives of a Chinese seaman named Cheung Kwai Wan,
who lost his life following the sinking of the
8. s. "Thorpeness" on 21st June, 1938, to accept the sum of
£25. 0. 0. offered them as compensation.
2.
The relatives have put forward a statement of
claim based on:
(1) the capitalized maintenance costs over many
years of the mother, wife and daughter of
deceased.
(ii) the cost of bringing up a son to be adopted as
the deceased's lineal descendant and
(111) compensation for loss of deceased's
effects.
The absurdity of such a claim has been pointed out to
the relatives but they decline to reduce their claim
to a lesser capital sum than £250 and add, with what
authority I am not aware, that had deceased survived with
permanent disabilities he would have received more than
the sum of £25 offered.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,
&C.,
&0.
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