Enclosure 1 in Shanghai despatch to Peking Number 402 of December 17th
1936.
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Singapore companies with branches in China.
Bata Shoe Company Limited is a private company incorporated
in Singapore 26/8/31 and registered here 25/1/35.
There are 4 directors: 2 British solicitors, 1 Czech
merchant and 1 limited company, probably Swiss.
500 shares have been issued which are held as follows:
298 by the above company, 200 by the Czech merchant and 1 each
by the two solicitors.
The local manager is a Czech.
Protection in China has been withdrawn
Office despatch to Shanghai No.21 of 11/3/35.
see Foreign
Eastern Realty Company Limited is a private company
incorporated in Singapore 30/12/32 and registered hers
10/9/340
There are 7 directors: 6 Chinese of whom 3 are sta ted
be British subjects and ↑ limited company, the Oversea-
Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (see below).
20,000 shares have been issued which are held as
follows: 19,994 by the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
Limited and 1 each by the individual directors.
The local manager is Chinese.
Protection in China has been withdrawn – see Foreign
office despatch to Shanghai No.117 of 31/10/340
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited is a
public company incorporated in Singapore 31/10/32 and
registered here 1/3/33.
There are 18 directors all Chinese, of whom 6 are stated
to be British subjects and ↑ a Dutch subject.
250,000 shares have been issued which are held as
follows: 61,212 by the Chinese Commercial Bank Limited
(not known here), 107,122 by the Oversea-Chinese Bank Limited
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