305228-1941-Order-for-the-removal-of-all-graves-in-Section-A-in-Shum-Wan-Cemetery-Aberdeen — Page 1

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 29, 1941.

No. 1037.

Order under section 75 (8) of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, Ordinance No. 15 of 1935, made by the Colonial Secretary on the 25th day of August,

1941.

WHEREAS I, NORMAN LOCKHART SMITH, Esquire, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, deem it expedient for the execution of a public purpose to remove all graves in that portion of Section A in Chai Wan Cemetery in which bodies were buried during the year 1934, in those portions of Sections B and C in which bodies were buried during the year 1933, and in that portion of Tung Wah Hospital Extension in which bodies were buried during the year 1934, NOW, I, by this Order under my hand, by virtue of the power in that behalf vested in me by section 75 (8) of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, DO HEREBY ORDER AND DIRECT that the said graves be removed to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works by the Sanitary Department and that the remains removed from such graves shall be re-interred or disposed of in such manner as the Secretary for Chinese Affairs in consultation with the Chair- man, Urban Council, and the Board of Direction of the Tung Wah Hospital shall think fit and that all reasonable expenses in connexion with such removal, re-interment and disposal shall be defrayed out of the public revenue of the Colony.

Given under my hand this 25th day of August, 1941.

COLONIAL SECRETARIAT,

HONG KONG.

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 1038

Order under section 75 (8) of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, Ordinance No. 15 of 1935, made by the Colonial Secretary on the 25th day of August, 1941.

WHEREAS I, NORMAN LOCKHART SMITH, Esquire, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, deem it expedient for the execution of a public purpose to remove all graves in Section A in Shum Wan Cemetery, Aberdeen, in which bodies were buried during the years 1928 and 1929, NOW, I, by this Order under my hand, by virtue of the power

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