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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1941.
NOTICES
No. 1385.
Order under section 75 (8) of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, Ordinance No. 15 of 1935, made by the Colonial Secretary on the 19th day of November,
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 execu- tion of a public purpose to remove all graves in Shek O Cemetery in which bodies were buried during the years from 1892 to 1930, 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 Chairman, 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 19th day of November, 1941.
COLONIAL SECRETARIAT, HONG KONG.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 1386.
ORDINANCE No. 32 of 1939. (COMPULSORY SERVICE).
The following persons, of ages from 18 to 45 years inclusive, shall, as from the date of publication of this list, be deemed to have been enrolled in, and to belong to, the Hong Kong Defence Reserve:-
Fortescue, Trevor Victor Norman .... B.
Dated the 21st day of November, 1941.
By Order,
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
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