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BRITISH UNDERTAKINGS

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SPECIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ASKED BY, GOVERNMENT HOUSE

FOR CLARIFICATION ON ITS DECISION TO RECOMMEND THE SALVATION ARMY AND

HONG KONG RED CROSS APPROVED AS BRITISH UNDERTAKINGS.

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HONG KONG RED CROSS APPROVED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR ASSERTION THAT ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS PRINCIPLE OF UNITY, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE RED CROSS ORGANISATION IN EACH COUNTRY AND THEREFORE THE HONG KONG BRANCH MUST BE CONSIDERED A PART OF THE .

BRITISH SOCIETY.

3. THE COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL OF THE SALVATION ARMY BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT THE HEAD OF THE ARMY'S OPERATIONS IN HONG KONG HOLDS A POWER OF ATTORNEY ISSUED BY THE GENERAL OF THE SALVATION ARMY.

4. THE COMMITTEE HAS ASKED IF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS IS LEGALLY A SUBSIDIARY OF THE U.K. SOCIETY AND IN RESPECT OF THE SALVATION ARMY, FOR LEGAL ADVICE AS TO WHAT A U.K.-ISSUED POWER OF ATTORNEY AMOUNTS TO IN TERMS OF THE HONG KONG OPERATION. GRATEFUL YOU CONSULT LEGAL ADVISERS ON THESE POINTS (COPIES OF THE RED CROSS AND SALVATION ARMY LETTERS FOLLOW BY BAG).

5. THE INCLUSION OF TAI KOO SING PRIMARY SCHOOL WAS ALSO QUESTIONED AND THE COMMITTEE ON FURTHER REFLECTION DECIDED IT SHOULD NOT BE CLASSIFIED AS A BRITISH UNDERTAKING.

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