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Roberts Wray has seen.

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DRAFT.DESPATCH.

HONG KONG

NO.

SECRET.

15.

Governor.

FURTHER ACTION.

(9)

Sir,

I have etc., to refer to your despatch

No. 32 of 10th September, 1947, in which you

review the operation of the Protected Places

(Safety) Ordinance, Ordinance No. 16 of 1946,

and recommend that this measure should be

retained for at least another six months.

2. I note that the Ordinance has in

large measure achieved the object for which it

was enacted in that, with the sole exception

of the Engineer Stores Depot at Shamshuipo,

there has been a marked decrease in looting.

I also note, with satisfaction, the prudence

with which the exceptional powers conferred by

the Ordinance have been used by all concerned,

and that no criticism of the Ordinance or of

the way in which it has been employed has so

far been voiced.

3.

I agree that, from these points of view,

there is no reason to anticipate serious

trouble if the Ordinance should remain on the

Statute Book for a further period of six

months.

At the same time, the measure still

carries