CO129-609-6 Future policy- Reuters reports on situation regarding Kowloon evictions 1-1-1948 - 31-12-1948 — Page 57

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CHINA OFFICES 5 CCANTON)

REUTER ADDS THAT HONG KONG, BRITAIN'S COMMERCI AL "SHOP WINDOW" IN SOUTH CHINA, WHICH HAS MADE A REMARKABLE RECOVERY SINCE ITS LIBERATION FROM THE JAPANESE BY ADMIRAL SIR CECIL HARCOURT'S NAVAL FORCE IN SEPTEMBER 1945, WAS CEDED BY CHINA TO GREAT BRITAIN IN 1841; THE CESSION WAS

CONFIRMED BY THE TREATY OF NANKING IN 1842.

THE PENINSULA OF KOWLOON, ON THE MAINLAND

OF CHINA OPPOSITE HONG KONG ISLAND, WAS CEDED TO GREAT BRITAIN BY TREATY IN OCTOBER 1860.

BY A CONVENTION AT PEKING IN 1898, THERE WAS LEASED

TO GREAT BRITAIN FOR 99 YEARS AN AREA OF NEIGHBOURING CHINESE MAINLAND TERRITORY STILL KNOWN AS "THE NEW TERRITORIES. REUTER END 0944