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Mr. Suen Tung-shing of the Industrial Bank of China.
Chairman: we have received a letter from you, Mr. Suen, and with
your permission I will summarise it. You say that you arrived
in Hong Kong on January 16th, and having no entry permit you had
to give a deposit of $50 before being allowed to land. You
understood that you were to get back the deposit in two days.
When the two days elapsed, however, you learned to your surprise that you could not get your money back until you had obtained an
entry permit. Accordingly you went to the Immigration Office for
You saw
a permit but found a large crowd waiting to get in.
members of the staff distributing numbers entitling people to
enter the office in a certain order. You were not lucky enough
to get one, and after trying for several days you sent your office
boy on your behalf. After waiting on three occasions, the office
boy eventually succeeded in gaining admittance but was then told
that you yourself must apply in person. You then went to the
Immigration Office again and finally got back your deposit after
a delay of 20 days..
Your only complaint is delayi
Yes.
But you say that you observed certain members of the staff being
rude and uncivil, particularly to the lower classes of Chinese
whose dress was of an inferior style?
Yes.
You mention that a Shantung constable was pushing people about.
Yes.
I also saw & man ejected from the office.
Can you mention the names of any people against whom you specific-
ally complain either on the ground of incivility or unhelpfulness?
I know now that Mr. 7. H. Chen was one of them. I only learned his name today.
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What was it that Mr. Chen did?
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Lix. Chen was speaking to a Cantonese. I couldn't understand what he was saying, but I saw Mr. Chan push the man, and he was then ejected from the office by another Chinese officer and a constable. You don't know whether the ejectment was justified?
I don't think there was any justification. The man appeared to be making an enquiry and his manner was quite polite.
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