Britain Sees Changes
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[?]ikely in Far East
{There were interesting deductions be drawn from statements made i a private lecture in London itely by Sir Alexander Grantham, |CMG, a very able Governor who as retired from Hongkong and fho at one time was Governor of Iji. The ex-Governor did not irectly make the statements which flow —but these things are in icated by what he did say.
Hongkong, like Formosa, will resently become part of the huge tommunist State of China. Britain freconciled now to that probability -and accepts it as an eventual ifcrtainty. The old British naval : ase at Hongkong is being dis lantled—although the dockyards re still being maintained.
It is significant that while Hong kong is theoretically being prepared )r return to China, the British kayal base at Singapore is being laintained and strengthened, ;espite the fact that the Admini [Jative control of Singapore is ‘sing handed over to the Singapore an Chinese.
It is significant, however, that mile Singapore is still regarded as ipart of the British naval or janisation, the excellent harbour of : enang (on the coast of Malaya, W miles northwest of Singapore) tfepears to be undergoing changes ■ hich could make it more suitable )r navy purposes.