CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947 — Page 162

The Delegation may however care to know for

their om background information that the island f

Hong Kong when coded by the Chinese Government was a

barron i land inhabited by a few thousand fishermon

and piretos, The development of the presunt city

is ao entirely to British enterprise and the

pax Britannica, by the advantages of which the present

A pl

large Chinese population has beun attracted to Hong

Kong.

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