CO129-608-7 Future policy- Report on Port Administration by Sir David Owen 24-2-1941 - 24-2-1941 — Page 132

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I submit nat a Port Development Board be set up, and the services of : first class consulting firm be obtained to comment on the lan. The Board should th 1 decide o priorities taking into consider ion the requirements of shipping in the future, the availability of materials and plant and the financiɛl position of the Colony as a whole.

In conclusion I am of the fixed opinion that some very definite statement is requi the position o Hong Kong i

from the Home Government as regards our foreign policy."

Colonial Secretariat, October 4, 1946.

(Signed) J. JOLLY,

Harbour Mter, 4.10.46.