CO129-590-24 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905 — Page 116

70. TOXX

(F.C.C. MONITORING)

Gulled to Edrett

TOKYO. IN JAPANESE FOR JAPAN AND THE EMPIRE 2400 4.11.42

.GKONG WOODEN SHIP-BUILDING PROGRAMME

es

X

NOV

1942 A.

THE GOVERNMENT GENERAL OF HONGKONG HAS DECIDED UPON INCREASED PRODUCTION OF VESSELS IN A PROGRAMME THAT WILL COVER A PERIOD OF 1 YEAR, BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1942 AND CONTINUING UNTIL NOVEMBER 1943, WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING AN UNDISCLOSED NUMBER OF WOODEN VESSELS AGGREGATING AN UNDISCLOSED TOTAL OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONNAGE. THE SHIPBUILDING COMPANY WHICH COMES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GOVERNMENT GENERAL OF HONGKONG HAS HELD A CEREMONY TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF ITS FIRST VESSEL. ++++0740 6.11.42

118

Kunsm

BRA

My

115