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Reports, memoranda, draft articles, and related correspondence, 1941-1958

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  1. (fols. 1-3) Ministry of Information News Bulletin No. 264 concerning Hong Kong's centenary, and Colonial Office release of the text of a broadcast by G.H. Hall, Parliamentary U-S/S Col., to Hong Kong on this subject, 25-26 Jan 1941
  2. (item 1) Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions: Memoranda Nos. 252, 252A, 252B, on Hong Kong by David Freeman and J.F.N. Green, Apr 1943
  3. (item 2) 'Shanghai and Hong Kong': reprint of an article (by H.G.W. Woodhead, British journalist, from the American Quarterly Review, issued by the China Association, London, pp. 15, n.d.
  4. (item 3) FCB Memorandum on Hong Kong past and future, pp. 5, n.d.
  5. (fols. 4-25) handwritten draft of a memorandum 'The Future of Hong Kong' by G.S. Kennedy-Skipton, Food Controller of Hong Kong at the time of its capture, with a letter from him to Creech Jones about racial discrimination; and correspondence with the FCB concerning his treatment by the Colonial Service (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/16, folder 1, fols. 225-226: correspondence between the FCB and James Callaghan, MP), 1 Jun-20 Aug 1945
  6. (fol. 26) unsigned copy of a letter from the FCB to the Editor, Manchester Guardian, concerning the future of Hong Kong, 24 Aug 1945
  7. (fols. 27-32) letter from R.T. Barrett, former Editor, Hong Kong Daily Press, to Marjorie Nicholson, covering notes by him on the colonial situation in the far East, 8 Sep 1945
  8. (fols. 33-35) Colonial Office Press releases about the resumption of trade with Hong Kong and the restoration of civil government, 18 Dec 1945-May 1946
  9. (fols. 36-37) cuttings from Central Office of Information memoranda concerning the resumption of civil government in Hong Kong and constitutional changes, 11 May, 19 Aug 1946
  10. (fols. 38-49) notes on Hong Kong by a Chinese friend of Dr P.S. Selwyn-Clarke, inscribed by Selwyn-Clarke, commenting on proposals for self-government; with further notes and a letter from Hilda Selwyn-Clarke on this subject, particularly about the Chinese case, Nov 1946-1947
  11. (fols. 50-58) draft letter to the Secretary of State for the Colonies [Creech Jones] about the future of Hong Kong, and a memorandum on the same subject by Major Duncan Smith (FCB 4 and 6); also a copy of the final version of the letter, and correspondence with Creech Jones on this subject, 13 Nov 1946-24 Jan 1947
  12. (fols. 59-60) cutting from the China Mail giving the Chinese view of self-government in Hong Kong, 20 Nov 1946
  13. (fols. 61-62) two pages from a cyclostyled document reproducing press statements about British policy in Hong Kong, [1947]
  14. (fols. 63-64) 'Letter from Hong Kong': copy of a letter from the Labour Officer [Ken Baker] about administrative conditions in Hong Kong, 19 Dec 1947
  15. (item 4) Memorandum by the Labour Adviser on his visit to Hong Kong, 24 Dec 1947-4 Jan 1948, pp. 16, n.d.
  16. (fol. 65) copy from Hansard, 26 Apr 1948, of a statement by Christopher Mayhew, Parliamentary U-S/S Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question by Thomas Reid, MP, concerning war damage compensation in Malaya (Malaysia) and Hong Kong, n.d.
  17. (fol. 66) statistics concerning United Kingdom trade with Hong Kong, issued by the Board of Trade, n.d.
  18. (fols. 67-93) Colonial Office Information Department press releases about Hong Kong on the following topics: agriculture and forestry, aircraft and airport, education, finance, fishing, health, industry, trade, and university, 15 Nov 1948-21 Jul 1953
  19. (fols. 94-95) 'Information from Hong Kong': unsigned typed notes about development of Chinese communism, Feb 1949
  20. (fols. 96-110) letter from J.J. Paskin, Assistant U-S/S Col., Eastern, Hong Kong and Pacific Section, to Hilda Selwyn-Clarke returning copies of correspondence between the Clerk of Councils, Colonial Secretariat, Hong Kong, the Director of Education and the Managers, Ta Teh Institute, Hong Kong, concerning the closure of the Institute, 26 Apr 1949
  21. (item 5) supplement No. 1 to the Hong Kong Government Gazette No. 25, pp. 140-163, 27 May 1949
  22. (item 6) 'Why Hong Kong? : A Message from the Government of Hong Kong to the British Reinforcements': memorandum, pp. 9, n.d.
  23. (item 7) unsigned typed memorandum concerning the reinforcements, pp. 5, n.d.
  24. (fols. 111-115) compliments slip from Woodrow Wyatt, MP, returning to Hilda Selwyn-Clarke a letter from a Chinese friend in Hong Kong, with cuttings about conditions in Hong Kong, 2 Aug 1949
  25. (item 8) Central Office of Information Memorandum R1800 'The Growth and Rehabilitation of Hong Kong', pp. 20, 11 Aug 1949
  26. (items 9-15) copies of confidential reports from Baker to the Commissioner of Labour about Trade Unions and Industrial Relations in Hong Kong, and his difficulties as Labour Officer; with Trade Union Report No. 4 by Baker, and an unsigned cyclostyled memorandum 'The Trade Unions of Hong Kong', pp. 9. There is also a note from Baker to Hilda Selwyn-Clarke about Union membership, 15 Sep 1949-18 Jan 1950
  27. (fols. 116-120) statistics of wages and hours worked by Hong Kong workers; with a typed list of resolutions passed by the Hong Kong and Kowloon Trade Union Council, and a list of suggestions submitted by the Council to Fung Hoi, trade union delegate, Inland Seaman's Union, for use in his address to an unidentified British Conference. There are notes in Hilda Selwyn-Clarke's hand about Fung and his Union, Dec 1949
  28. (fols. 121-123) cuttings from the South China Morning Post about a Tram Workers' demonstration, 26-29 Jan 1950
  29. (fols. 124-125) 'The Story of Hong Kong's Trade' by R.M. McKinnon: article from Eastern World, pp. 30-32, Feb 1950
  30. (fol. 126) civil Liberty, p. 15, with a note about the Hong Kong Registration Ordinance, Apr 1950
  31. (fols. 127-133) typed notes concerning an unspecified Annual Report, 1949, on Hong Kong, pp. 3, two copies, n.d.
  32. (fols. 134-135) correspondence between the FCB and Kenneth Lo about a pamphlet in Chinese, 'Declaration of Human Welfare', by a society named Chu Lieu (see below, item 17), 29 Jan-1 Feb 1951
  33. (fols. 136-138) notes in Hilda Selwyn-Clarke's hand on the political development of Hong Kong, n.d.
  34. (item 16) revised text of a talk by J.C. Macdonall to the Rotary Club of Hong Kong on 22 May 1951, concerning welfare associations in Kaifong, pp. 5, n.d.
  35. (fols. 139-140) cuttings from an unidentified journal concerning the report of the Director of Education, Hong Kong, and from News of Population and Birth Control, No. 29, concerning the population of Hong Kong, 1952; 1954
  36. (item 17) The Chulieu (Main Current) No. 57-58: journal with articles in Chinese, 20 Apr 1955
  37. (item 18) 'A problem of people: Hong Kong': reprint of Chapter 1 of the Hong Kong Annual Report, 1956, issued by the government, pp. 30, 1957
  38. (items 19-20) Hong Kong Government Gazette, Supplement No. 4 to Gazette No. 31, and Supplement No. 4 to Gazette No. 58, 27 Jun, 24 Dec 1958.

Dates

  • Creation: 1941-1958

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

  • English
  • Chinese

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/152, folder 1

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