Juser from overleat xas (t)
food seemed to be plentiful and good.
Difficulty had arisen over outpatients'
clinics where queues for treatment had
formed up the previous night. Many of
in thy quene
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those ured Were there to sell their places
to genuine cases. All patients were now
being attended to each day but there was
still some queuing.
Private practitioners
they would allowed to had been asked to assist;and give their time charge
a small fee.
The military authorities had taken
over a lot of hospitals but the situation was
not too difficult.
(d) Markets. Mr Surridge was reporting
on the marketing system and he felt that some
reorganisation was desirable.
put in hand straight away.
This would be
(e) Fisheries. They were hoping to induce
the University to undertake fisheries research.
One of the main problems was mechanisation of
the fishing fleet. This was not merely a
question of putting new motors into old junks.
In order to make for economical working a new
type of craft was required to be designed.
(g)
Finance. If Hong Kong had to pay war
claims amounting to $25,000,000 and make a
greater contribution to defence expenses it was
quite clear that there would be little funds
available for expansion of social services.
Trade was inflated at present owing to the
situation in Communist China and they faced
a drop in revenue which was most probable next
year.
They had examined the possibility of
doubling the rate of income tax, a proposal
which/
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