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CARL SMITH
After the Tung Wah meeting, Dr. Ho Kai published a letter explaining his absence. He gave three reasons: “(1) I am unaccustomed to attend any public meeting, however important, on Sunday, except in connection with religion. (2) I am not a member of Tung Wah Hospital and have never once in my life set my foot within its precincts. (3) I have had no official notice of the meeting."
The first two reasons were not likely to further endear him to the general Chinese community which had no reason to be especially sympathetic to Christian convictions and it prided itself on the Tung Wah Hospital.
For the moment Ho A-mei seems to have emerged on top as regards his position in the Chinese community vis-a-vis Dr. Ho Kai.