CO129-592-10 Future Policy in Hong Kong- Port Administration 10-4-1946 - 15-4-1947 — Page 52

CONFIDENTIAL.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG,

11th December,1946.

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Sir,

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I have the honour to refer to your confidential

telegram No.262 of the 8th June, 1946, on the subject of the

proposal contained in the Report of the late Sir David Owen

that a Port Trust should be created to control the Port of

Hong Kong.

2.

In August I appointed a Committee, under the

Chairmanship of the Honourable Mr. T.M. Hazlerigg, C.B.E., M.C.,

on which official and unofficial interests in the Port were

widely represented, to inquire into and report on the advan-

tages likely to accrue from the establishment of a Port Trust

such as that recommended by the late Sir David Owen and

generally to consider the questions referred to in your telegram

100 under reference. This Port Administrative Inquiry Committee

invited representations from forty-eight undertakings having

particular interest in the Port and from the public in general

and also had the benefit of hearing the views of Mr.C.J.Colman,

Chairman-Designate of the Port Trust.

3.

I now forward for your information a copy of

the Report of this Committee. The Committee's conclusions and

recommendations are set out in paragraph 15 (pages 21 to 24) of

the Report.

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4.

After careful consideration of Sir David's

proposals and of the representations received the Committee

was unanimously of the opinion that, in view of the expense

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ARTHUR CREECH JONES, P.C., M.P.,

RECEIVES 20DEC 1946

C. O. REGY