85%
months have passed without any outcome, Zand ver
British official newspapers such as the Forth
China Daily News" have carried on violent propag-
anda in favour of the Hongkong ŋovernment refusing
to permit China to establish Customs Stations at
Hongkong. This unfriendly attitude is sufficient
to drive Chinese public opinion into antagonism to
Hongkong.
Recently Inspector General ze in a report to
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the Government has stated that ali countries permit
other countries to set up Custom houses in their
territory and that this is not a precedent
The strong
has further stated that the British Government
have not expressed their opposition.
opposition only comes from the local Hongkong
Government.
oreover for many years the Chinese
Maritime Customs have had a sub-station at the
Kowloon station of the Canton-Kowloon Railway
where they carry out their inspections and collect
dues. As this has been of benefit te Hongkong
merchants the Hongkong Government have silently
aequiesced. Why should they therefore object to
the extension of this precedent and not allow the
Chinese kritime Customs to extablish aditional
sub-stations in liongkong territory to stop sungg-
ling and protect the revenue?
It is now reported that the songkong Govern-
ment propose that the Chinese Maritime Cust:
should organize a prevention service in
and that the preventive expenses should be
Fongkong
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