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Who conveyed decision reduction or no reduction to proprietor?
Sometimes by me and sometimes by Tai Kau Lau.
Usually who?
Usually Tai Kau Lau.
And what would he say when he conveyed the decision?
He would say the boss or Ma Hak Shing had refused a reduction.
So he knew quite well what the situation was in relation to
these stalls?
Yes. He visited these stalls regularly.
If Tai Kau Lau has told us that he never visited these stalls
for any other purpose other than to collect money or give
some information, Tai Kau Lau was lying?
He would only go there when he was instructed to make
inquiries.
If Tai Kau Lau told us he never visited these establishments for any
other reason than to collect money or give information he
was lying?
Not so.
boss.
He would not go unless he was instructed by the
You told us he went there to make inquiries about business
and also to convey whether reduction would be allowed or not?
Yes.
Therefore if Tai Kau Lau told us he never visited these
establishments other than to collect money or pass on
information he would be lying?
But no one in Causeway Bay has ever made a request for
reduction.
(Question repeated.)
He was not lying. Sometimes when a stall had closed for
onlyday proprietor would request for reduction and when
he went to collect payment he would not allow any reduction.
He would insist on full amount.
He would insist on it then and there?
Correct.
What you are saying this nonsense about reporting to Ha
making reconnaissance and reporting these and getting Ma's
decision and taking that to the proprietor is untrue Tai
Kau Lau had complete authority?