593849-1939-Order-for-the-removal-of-all-graves-in-portion-of-Section-A-in-N-K-Cemetery-No-3-Cheung-Sha-Wan-Cemtery- — Page 1

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 1, 1939.

No. 723.

Order under section 75 (8) of the Public Health (Sanitation Ordinance, 1935, Ordinance No. 15 of 1935, made by the Colonial Secretary on the 28th day of August, 1939.

WHEREAS I., ROLAND ARTHUR CHARLES NORTH, Esquire, 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 New Kowloon Cemetery No. 3 (Cheung Sha Wan Cemetery) in which bodies were buried during the year 1932, NOW, I, by this Order under my hand. by virtue of the power in that hehalf 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 28th day of August. 1939.

COLONIAL SECRETARIAT,

HONG KONG.

R. A. C. NORTH,

Colonial Secretary.

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