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I do not know if such a thing would be possible in Hong Kong, bu the Bombay Port Trust have achieved considerable success in making available to private enterprise, cattractive terms, large tracts of land, with power and water laid on, in the immediate vicinity of the docks for the development of local industries, for which both rail and sea transportation are available, more or less in the compounds of the factories. It may be, however, that the congestion of the water fronts would preclude any similar Port Trust scheme in Hong Kong, but the thought is offered for whatever it may be worth.
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Another suggestion I would like to make is that the composition of the proposed Hong Kong Harbour Trust be broadened by the addition of one person interested in the trade of the Port, who is neither a Government official, British subject, nor a nominee of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
What I have ir. mind is that there are a number of large non-British and non-Chinese firms having vital interests in Hong Kong, which, after all, is in many respects very international in character, and the business of such foreign firms passing throug the Port undoubtedly contributes to the prosperity of the Coy. If such an addition to the Harbour Trust body was appro ed, I would recommend that the appointment be made by the Govery or, perhaps after consultation with the heads of a number of rms representative of non-Chinese and non-British. interests.
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Colonial Secretariat. October 15, 1946
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