CO129-586-6 Administration of the port of Hong Kong 27-1-1940 - 24-7-1940 — Page 109

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27th January, 1940.

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Dear Parkinson,

With reference to your letter of 20th

January and my reply of the 22nd January, we have now

been able to consider who could be recommended to

undertake the task of advising the Goverment of Hong

Kong and the Secretary of State on the future

Administration of the Port of Hong Kong.

We cannot think of anyone more suitable for

the task than Sir David Owen, who was General Manager

for the Port of London Authority and is now in

retirement. He has done some work in charge of a

Committee for us within the last twelve months and we

found him in full vigor and extremely good.

It occurs to me that your letter might

perhaps more properly have been addressed to the

Ministry of Transport, which is the responsible

Department in this country, on the Government side, in

matters of Port Administration.

Sir C. Parkinson, K. C. B., K. C. M, G.,

0.B.E.

I am, therefore,

/sending