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Q. Can you mention any other instances?
A.
That was the only occasion on which I saw lir. Chen benuvs like
this. Usually he was quite polite. I have talked to Mr. Chen
on several occasions and on each occasion he gave me a proper
reply. But there were other officers of the department who paid
no attention to people's enquiries. My complaint is that they
should not treat the Chinese in this way.
Q.
In what way? By allowing the crowd to gather outside.
A.
d.
The crowd was so great because the prodedure was not good.
(Mr. Suen then spoke in English and was understood to say that
the handing out of numbers for consecutive entry into tae office
began too late in the day, and that recipients of numbers ought
to have been told what time to come back).
There is no notice telling the public up to what time they can
get numbers and after what time they cannot.
So you think the whole system is bad?
A. Yes. (In English) - There are four points I like to make about
the Immigration Office. 1, the arrangement of the office is not
so good; 2, too slow; 3, the process was unnecessary; 4, the
officers are impolite.
Chairman:
whether the process is necessary or not is hardly a matter
for Mr. Forrest or any of us to investigate. It was instituted
by an Act of the Legislature and therefore we must assume it to
have been necessary. I will therefore miss out your third point.
"Too slow" - you have to give a great number of particulars
about yourself and they have to be investigated.
T. Suen. Yes, but why I wrote this letter was because Hong Kong has
name throughout China for having a very good government. But
now is spoiled by the Immigration Office simply because of their
unsatisfactory process. It makes the Chinese believe in Hong
Kong no longer. It is disgrace to the Hong Kong Government.
Mr. W. H. Chen.
Q. You mentioned that you had seen me on a number of occasions.
A. Twice.
Q. Was 1 ever impolite to you?