§ 67. Sir A. Wilsonasked the Under secretary of State for Burma, whether he is aware that the Chinese Government are building a railway to the Sino-Burmese frontier; and whether he can give an assurance that no railway construction in Burma is contemplated to connect with 1878 it, and that no such project will be entertained without the fullest previous public inquiry and the assent of the Burmese Parliament?
§ The Under-Secretary of State for Burma (Lieut.-Colonel Muirhead)I have seen reports that the Chinese Government have already commenced preliminary work for a railway from Kunming towards the Burma frontier. The project of a Chinese railway connecting with the railway system of Burma has been contemplated from time to time on many occasions during the past 40 years. I can assure my hon. Friend that nothing would be done in Burma without due consultation with all the interests in Burma concerned.