CO129-611-4 Development Committee- reports on various aspects 11-12-1945 - 14-7-1947 — Page 23

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When comprehensive plans have been prepared by Colonial Govern- ment and forwarded to His Majesty's Government, they must, under the pro- visions of the Act, receive the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies and of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury before the expenditure can be approved and the plans put into effect. The Secretary

of State has recently appointed a committee of experts to examine such plans. This committee is known as the Colonial Economic and Development Council and is under the chairmanship of Lord Portal, formerly Minister of Works and now Chairman of the Great Western Railway. Council that Hong Kong's ten year plan, when it has been prepared and

It is by this forwarded to the Secretary of State will first be considered.