Lieut.-Colonel J. WARDasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the despatch received from the governor of Hong Kong in November or October last relating to the representation of the British community in the legislative council has been considered; and, in view of the pressing necessity of the purely British attitude upon the question of slavery and the employment of young children being represented upon the governing body, he can make an early statement upon the subject?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLIt has been decided to make no change in the numbers or mode of selection of the Legislative Council. The present European members are fully able to represent the British attitude on all social questions.
Lieut.-Colonel WARDasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of possible military and commercial developments in the Eastern Pacific, he has considered the advisability of acting upon the suggestion contained in a despatch from the office administering the government of Hong Kong, on 25th April, 1919, to construct a high-power wireless telegraph station at Hong Kong; and whether, seeing that the present political situation in the Far East make[...] this request of those responsible for the government of the Colony an urgent necessity, apart from the larger scheme of the Imperial Wireless Telegraph Committee, he will take immediate steps in this direction?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe Governor has not expressed any desire to proceed with this scheme separately from that of the Imperial Wireless Telegraph Committee, and it is intended to await his views before considering further steps in the matter.