CO129-608-5 Future policy- port administration 20-3-1948 - 19-10-1948 — Page 3

Mr Wallace.

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The

points

still

at-

issue

regarding the

Port- Committee

(i) the chairmanship

(::) the representation of

Chuise interests

(iii) the representation of Labour interests

In the

the fore going minutes it

agreed that the

Recommendations

has been

Govern

there points

should

be

accepted

bust

in meis

1

the

M...T.

letter

at-

(1)

file

we

should

perhaps give

147

them the opportunity of commenting

further? The Admiralty

147 file

had

M

the

Points

and

need

only

be

we

at

() on

observations

outstanding informed of

Propose

the recommendations

accept.

As

drafted?

Bladford

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Mr. Sidebotham.

After

In his Report dated the 24th February 1941 on the Future Control and Development of the Port of Hong Kong Sir David Owen recommended the establishment of a "Hong Kong Harbour Trust" (paragraph 83 of Owen Report copy below). the war a Port Administration Enquiry Committee was set up by the Governor ɗ Hong Kong to consider inter alia this recommendation of Sir David Owen in the light of post-war conditions.

This