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membership is on an international basis, there being over sixty
non-British members in a total membership of one hundred and
seventy. flone of the non-British sectims are sufficiently
mumerous to conduct a national Charbor of Comncros, and even
the British section would rimi itself financially asippled if
organised sa a purely British Gmber of Comeres, ilɔvever, the
Committee (which by a special rule based on the hot thus the
Chamber operates in a British Colony is composed entirely of
British mozbers) stretched a point ani intimated wat they would
approve the Scoretary widertaking the secretarial work of the Fair,
although it was realise? that for scko weeks it would amount to
a whole-time job.
meeting was held at Government Ibuse on October 27,1538,
There was some discksafon me to
to put the next Fair in train.
whether Pairs should be held at longer intervals than one year,
and whether repetition of an effort on the lines of the first Fair
would not become monotonous and kill interest, Bae thought that
a longer interval should elapse, culminating in a large Industrial
exhibition continuing for a month mé designed to attract buyers
from the interior or china, As time had beez luat la preliminary
discussions, it was realise that a large Industriel xhibition
could not be staged by the next succeeding Empire Lay, It was also
noted that weather conditions in May are not suited to the holding
of an affair of the kind the winter season would be better.
Finally it was decided that, as the financial comitmeKT 2. É
involved by a Fair sich as that held in 1932, or one ameshat
larger, would not be great (the Hotel Company having again
generously proffered the free use of a large part of the Panino bla Hotel and the Hong Long Government having promised a grant),
and as the sentimental associations of Empire Dey wore of great
value, it would be advisable to repeat the experiment.
Practically