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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941:
KOWLOON TUNNEL CONTRACT
(Continued from "Page 6)
Wife's Part
Are there any sub-sub-contrac- tors? I don't know.
Have you a whie?—Yes.
Is she one of the sub-contrac tors? No.
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Are you quite sure of the an- swer? Isn't she one of the sub- contractors? Yes, for removing earth.
Who gave her the sub-contract? the -The tender by her was lowest, so the tender was submit- ted to Mr. Campbell who sant- tioned this work to be done.
Did Mr. Campbell know she was your wife?-No.
forgotten the figures submitted by the other firms,
Chairman: Was any of them less than $4.507-No-
What did the Oriental Trans- portation Company quote?At first they quoted per cubic yard..
What did they tender, do you know?-I think $1 per cubic yard.
How does that compare with your wife's tender.. of $47—To work it out, the price per cubic yard would be something like $5 or $8 per lineal foot.
Did you tell your wife how much the other Arms quoted?~~ No.
Does she live with you?--Yes, sir.
What is her position in the sole proprie, firm? She is the
tress.
trom Marsman's they did charge, 10 per cent..
not
Did Marsman ever purchase these sleepers from you? - Yes. You are not timber merchants
No. are you?
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And these sleepers were pur- chased by you for tunnelling work? Yes.
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At what price?. $5.20. And you sold to Marsman's at
- Yes. the same price?
How many months later' was it that you sold to Marsinan's? - They took delivery at the time we bought the sleepers,
Did Marsman's pay, you imme- diately or sometime after? Sometime after.
"Happy: Position"
Then we get this very happy ed the firm?-Yes, sir.
It was her money which form-position. You provide the capital
You talk about tenders. · Did you call tenders for the cartage of the earth? We called tenders. How did you call tenders?--We asked the various transportation companies to submit tenders,
How many did
you ask? - About four or five.
Name them. The Oriental Transportation Co., Shun Hing, Sam Hing, Chung Lee, Yat Cheong, Kwong Wing. That's all. Disbursements On Job
And you sent letters to all these people? No sir.
Then how did you invite the tenders, verbally-1 went round myself to the various companies. Including your wife's?-At first she did not come into the picture.
Wife's Quotation
Do you know, up-to-date, how much you paid that firm to trans-) the muck?-1 cannot re- port member.
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The chairman then informed Mr. Black that the Commission wished witness to produce, the next sitting, a comple'c state-" ment showing disbursements on the job from the time started work till September 10, 1941.
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witness
Mr. Black: I understand, sir, they have the statements up to July 31, in Court.
I am asking you whether you Informed your wife like the other people, I want yes or no. Yes.
Chairman: Who brought them? What was her quotation?-it-Kin Lee, in anticipation.
was a figure per foot.
How much was it?-$4 lineal foot.
per
What was the name of your wife's firm?--The Wan Tung.
What do they call themselves, Wan Tung Transportation Com- pany? Yes sir.
formed?-In
that
When were they February, 1941.
Long after you had started work on tunnelling?-Yes sir.
Would it be correct to say they were formed expressly for removing this earth from
the tunnels? No sir.
What other work were they do- 'ing? I don't know, sir.
She never discusses her busi- ness with you?-No, sir.
So far as you know, the only work they are doing is transport- ing earth for you - Yes.
Other Offers
Chairman (to witness): Do you have daily disbursements?—Yes.
Have you any records of these? We keep the records but these are taken away once a week by a man from Government and have no copy or duplicates.
Are you quite sure about that? -Yes sir.
we
Then how do you know you are getting the correct amount from Government?----Because we trust
Government.
Who is this extraordinary "en- tleman who comes to take the documents away, Mr. Campbell?- No. Mr. Buchanan from the P.W.D. Witness added, however, that these
documents were always returned to his firm and were kept in the safe,
Chairman: Those are the docu-
ments we want.
to buy sleepers, lose interest on time, and that capital for some let Marsman's charge 10 per We have cent.? What could done, sir, since Mr. Campbell re- fused to pay the 10 per cent.?
I don't know what you could have done, but is this the usual thing for you to do, is it your usual way of doing business?—No.
Did you protest to the Director of Public Works? lodged a protest with Mr. Campbell.
What did he say? He said that when we bought material for Marsman they never charged
us.
Did you tell Mr. Campbell that under the terms of your agree- ment with Mr. Pearce you were entitled to 10 per cent,?--What could we do, sir?
No Protest
You did not protest to Mr. Pearce? No, I did nothing fur- ther in the matter,
Was this the only time you sold material to Marsman's?—I cannot say, sir.
We'll verify that and let you know. Did you hire any machin- ery to Marsman's?—Yes, one set of air compressors.
Mr. Campbell.
Who made the arrangements?---
Did he deal direct with Mars-
man's?I believe so.
There is no correspondence be- tween you and Marsman's as re- gards the hire? No, sir.
At this stage.of the hearing, an Mr. Blake: We can supply them adjournment was made until up to July, sir, but those for Aug-3.30 p.m. to-day. ust onwards ment now.
are with Govern- Can you tell me what other Arms quoted for the work?-Yat
Chairman (to witness): And Cheong. Witness added that this in these documents you are going Arm's price was $4.50 but he had to produce receipts and vouchers
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for his wife's firm up to July 31? -Yes.
Witness then 'produced a set of books but said he did not know anything about them as they were kept by an employee named Man.
Plant For Job.
Chairman: Well, we'll get himi to come along and tell us about them. In the meantime you pro- duce four books in connection with the tunnelling in Kowloon? -Yes.
Who supplies the plant for the War Com-job?-We do..
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You know the total value. of your sales to Government?-- About $5,000.
And you charged 10 per cent. on that? Yes.
What is the total hirð "per month? About $1,300.
What is the value of the plant?
About $45,000.
Have you purchased any time ber for lining the tunnels? - Yes.
Who did you purchase from? At first. from Wong Tong Kee, then from. Shun: Man, Shing Chow, Lee Yuen Leung, Lee Yuen, Tai Lee and Kin Wah.
Did you buy any Járrar sleep- ers at all? Yes...
How many, 5,000? No, 10,000; Who from? Kim Wah. ** Did you charge Government 10 per cent, on that? We charged 10 per cent., only on 5,000,
Are you sure? Yes, sir, bet aides these 5,000 there were 2,000 demanded for but I do not know whether 10 per cent was charg↑.
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