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TO HONG KOTOP COPY 5 JULY (FRS 9/12)
IMMEDIATE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NO 1261
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ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 1261 OF 5 JULY REPTD FOR INFMN TO PEKING.
YOUR TEL NO 531.
CHUNG WAH SCHOOL.
SINCE IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THIS MATTER TO GO TO MINISTERS WE SHOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS WITHIN WHICH WE MUST WORK, IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF YOUR TEL NO 765 YOU SUGGESTED 18 JULY AS DATE FOR ISSUING ORDER DEREGISTERING SCHOOL. WE ASSUME THAT SUCH AN ORDER COULD BE ISSUED UNDER SECTION 44(B) OF EDUCATION ORDINACE IN WHICH CASE TIME WOULD PRESUMABLY BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY BEFORE THAT DATE WITH SECTIONS 44(2) AND (4). HOWEVER SINCE ORIGINAL CLOSURE ORDER DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL 15 AUGUST WE ASSUME THAT THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN SELECTING DATE FOR ISSUE OF ORDER DEREGISTERING SCHOOL. GRATEFUL TO LEARN LATEST DATE BY WHICH ALL NECESSARY PROCESSES FOR DEREGISTRATION MUST BE STARTED.
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