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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Ooa! Merchants
Optician
Pang Sklu Ming & Co. (General The Bengkong Optical Co. Phone 1993.
Marchants, Cellery & Steamship Owners), Daa Yoeux Road Contral, Phone U. 224.
Dentist
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'Harry Tong, Denblat,
lek floor, No. 7, Queen's Road Contral, Tel, Central So. 1256.
Engineers & Shipbuilders
W. B. Bailey & Co., Ltd..
Engiztor an Shipbuilder
Kowloon Bay
Now Work and Repairs
Call Flag. "L"
Fertilizer
Master Agrientaral Perler Co., 96 Jarvols L We Can, Bulyngunix Bat Geano-ising of Ferilizem,
#lasa Merchants
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▲ Ling & Co., Glass Marchants, Furniture, 3tirror and Canton Marble Manufacturer, Electroplated, Glass and Crockery Warcs and Photo Eupplies. 19, Queen's Read Central,
Cntral No. 1918.
Importers & Exporters Iwong Bun & Co., 58, Queen's Road, Contral, Re Chi Chang (Manager), Kwong King Him (Asst. Tel Cen. 3189.
Land & Estate Agents..........
Pan Yick Cho, Land & Estate agents
Tel, Central 911-1887.
#t, Queen's Road Contra
Modistes
Madame Flint
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31, Queen's Food Cen: Tel. Cen. 689.
(latest Parisian models).
83, Queen's "Road Central
Photographers
Mee Cheung, Potographer 13, Ice House Street,
Bosconsdeld Arcade Brauch, Developing & Printing undertaken.
Printers
"The China Mall," Gonora) Prizbors,
Publishers, and Bookbinderw
.8, Wyt dham Street. Tal. C:22, **
Rubber & Wood
Tankalkes & Co., 38 Connaught Rd, W Manufacturers of Rubber Soles and Singapore: Wood. Tel Central 4473,
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Ship Chandlers H. Bing & Co..
#3 Wink Weo Streat. Tel Central 4116
Metal Morchants & Ship Chandlera, Kanaging Director Mr. H. 8. Chin.
Bun Cheong, Compradere,
General Provision Store.. Natal and Mitary Contractor) No. 66, Prays Bast, Wanchal.
Telophone No. 8781,
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(Continued from page 5.)
Question.
2. (a) What proportion do the
deficiencies of an aggregate of $310,000 bear to the total amount of the Government contracts, in respect of which this big loss has been incurred? Answer.
2. (a) The deficiencies represent nearly one-third of the total estimated value of all Govern- ment contracts. The actual
value of each contract can only be determined when the final measurements are taken.
Question,
2. (b) Since when have such deficiencies been discovered and why were they, or a portion thereof, not allocated to the debit of previous profit and loss. accounts? 'Answer.
some
Answer,
2. (c) The sum of $310,000 is only an estimate. There are contin- gent liabilities upon all con- tracts until final completion. Question..
12.
(a) What steps have the Directors taken, or contemplate taking, to protect the Company from suffering in future the heavy losses which, presum- ably, must be attributed to past inefficiency or incompetence? Answer.
2.
(d) Steps have already been taken as indicated in my pre- vious remarks, Question.
S.
(a) If it be not prejudicial to the Company's interest, will the Directors state the respec- tive total amounts of contracts secured for each of the follow- ing years:
Govt. Cont. Private Cont.
1922 1923 1924
3. (a) As the Company did not
business commence
until November, 1922 the figures given are all applicable to the years 1923 and 1924.
2. (b) This question I have Answer.
alread dealt with to extent but I will add that in the case of the first contract which was started in the Spring of 1923 there was a deficiency. at the end of that year. Refer- enes to the Directors report 1923
1924- for the half-year ended 31st December, 1923, will show that the value of the contract in question had been written down in the books.
None of the other contracta were started until the latter. part of 1928 and the fact that expenditure was in excess of income during the early stages of these works was a normal
· state of affairs which is the experience of all contractors. Question.
2. (c) Does the sum of $810,000-
Question.
Govt. Cont. Private Cont. .$1,024,000 $978,000 $7,000 $1,084,000
$1,081,000 - $2,012,000
(b What is the proportion of the overhead expenses to the value of the contracts?- Ansirer.
(b) The proportion of the over- head expenses to works ex penditure naturally depends upon the amount of work in hand. At present it is roughly 10 per cent.
represent the full amount of Question.
the deficiencies or are there 4 How do the amounts
any further contingent liabil
ties attaching to the Gaveract
ment Contract" in question ?"
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ponding periods of the three preceding years? And do the Directors anticipate a reason- able amount of profit from these contracts instead of the ..very heavy losses resulting from the tenders previously awarded the Company? Answer.
4. In the first three months of 1023 the contracts signed amounted to $220,000 for pri- vate work and $170,000 for Government Work. The corres- ponding figure for 1924 was $310,000 all private.
During the first three months. of this year the contracts sign- ed have amounted to about $40,000 only, but our works in progress, exclusive of Govern- mept contracts, exceed $1,000,000.
The answer to the second part of this question, is "Yes." There has been no appreciable loss on any contract except those made with the Govern- ment.
Question.
6. Is it not a fact that Dr. J. W. Noble was absent from the Colony for the whole, or the greater part of the period of twelve months in the year 1921? If so, what good reason exists for the inclusion of the name of Dr. J. W, Noble among the Board of Directors in the printed annual report recently circulated to shareholders? Answer.
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The G.P.O., &. Kowloon and. Shum Shui Po Branches.-8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on each day.
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5. Yes, but Dr. Noble drawe no feach day.
fees aa a Director during') absence, and still has a very large share interest in the Com- pany. Question.
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes and one delivery of ordinary correspondence each day as on SUNDAYS; and also one. delivery of registered correspondence each day at g'a.m.
There will be one delivery from the Branches each day at noon. "The Money Order Office will be entirely closed during the holi-
6. Will the Directors consider the general advisability in the interests of shareholders, of days. substituting an absentee Direc- tor by a Director more useful to the Company, preferably with a technical knowledge and experience, which might pro- tect shareholders from heavy losses such as the Company has had to suffer in the past? Answer.
6. The Directors have already had this matter under considera- tion...
In giving the above reply the Chairman emphasised that the Company were pleased to answer any questions shareholders put. The Board had nothing to hide and the only things they could not reply to were, questions which might lead to giving information which might be used against them.
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