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PRESS NOTICE.

For Publication in Morning Papers

of 1st of August.

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Sir David Owen has accepted an invitation

from the Government of Hong Kong to visit the Colony

for the purpose of advising upon the future adminis-

tration of the port. He will be accompanied by

Mr. Duncan Kennedy, Member of the Institute of Civil

Engineers, as Engineering Adviser, and he expects to

sail for the Far East in September.

Sir David Owen's terms of reference will be:-

To investigate the whole question of

harbour facilities, organization and adminis-

tration at Hong Kong, having regard to the

existing aystem or pier leases which are due

to expire in ten years' time; and in the light

of physical, economic and political conditions

to make recommendations for measures by which

the port could in future be developed and

controlled to the best advantage of all persons

and interests dependent on its services.