CO129-626-12 Fisheries 1-2-1950 - 31-3-1951 — Page 5

སུན ཙ

Mr. Fairclough, through Dr. Hickling.

I quote below one paragraph from a letter received to-day from Father Ryan.

"This is a postscript to my letter of a week ago, and it is about fish. It is galling to read about the conference on the development of South-East Asia going on in London with not a single mention of the one great British colonial development scheme possible east of Malaya."

facts:-

All I need add to this comment are these

(i) There are 60,000 men, women and children

engaged in, or dependent on the fishing industry in Hong Kong, and over 10,000 fishing vessels.

(ii) The sales for the best month that I know

of approached £230,000 sterling.

exceeded

These figures speak for themselves.

Nour 1948

Galdak

3rd October, 1950.

The crying needs ar

policy,

volet

an

for a

for staff. The fundo

for mechanisation seem to b

sufficient of the men

an

there t

lor are

a man

spere these funds wisely. ackery H.K. what sort of. they want for Fuchry offer. Their

over

5