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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 15, 1939,

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 1169. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, under the provisions of Statute 11 of the Statutes of the University of Hong Kong, to appoint the Honourable Mr. HENRY ROBERT BUTTERS as a Member of the Council of the said University vice Mr. SYDNEY CAINE, for a period of three years, with effect from the 6th December, 1939.

9th December, 1939.

No. 1170.-His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the Colonial Police Medal for conspicuous gallantry to the following members of the Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kong Fire Brigade :

Chief Inspector FREDERICK EDWARD EVELYN BOOKER. Superintendent JACK COOPER FITZ-HENRY.

12th December, 1939.

No. 1171.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following to be members of a Committee to consider further the question of daylight saving:-

The Honourable Mr. HENRY ROBERT BUTTERS, Chairman,

DAVID KELVIN-STARK, Esq.,

The Director of Royal Observatory,

CHAU TSUN-NIN, Esq., C.B.E.,

MAURICE FREDERICK KEY, Esq., O.B.E.,

JOHN FINNIE, Esq.,

TSO HOK-YU, Esq.,

REGINALD ALBERT CAMIDGE, Esq.

Having regard to the facts that--

Terms of reference.

(1) the conservation of sterling exchange is very necessary to the successful

prosecution of the war with Germany;

(2) the 'coal used in the generation of the Colony's electric light supply is

largely purchased from countries outside the sterling group;

(3) the majority of the shops and many of the factories in Hong Kong are open

to a late hour of night;

to examine and report on the advisability of--

(a) adopting an official time for the Colony one hour, or part of one hour, in advance of the time of the 120th meridian East of Greenwich for the whole or for part of the year, and

(b) limiting by statute the number of hours per diem during which workers in

shops and factories may be employed.

12th December, 1939.