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Mr. Komen 2
Arthur Albert Fenton Raven, sworn:-
Have you ever had any trouble in getting your houses 4980
Mr Humphreys :-
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passed by Inspectors ?
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No, I cannot say that I have.
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Have you ever had any trouble about your plans ↑
Lately, we have had very long delays in some cases, in
getting permission to do the work,
Has it ever been suggested to you that if you made
money payments, that no plahs would be required ?
No, I have never had that suggestion nade, as to our
plans. I have heard of cases, but we have not had any
offer made to ourselves.
Has your contractor had- under your orders ?
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We have never experiended anything. We have never had
any money offered to us for getting plans passed, if
that is what you mean.
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No, no, not offered to yourd
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Have we paid them, do you mean ?
Mr Lau chu Pak:-
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Jo. Has the contractors ever complained to you that
they have to pay money in order to get the work they did
for you passed ?
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We had a case. It was not exactly that.
The Chairman:-
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Have you got my cases at all, Mr Raven You understad
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we are sitting here for a certain purpose, declared in
the public press. What we want to do is; we want to ask
you, along with other men, who can give us useful evidence, whether you can help us at all in the Enquiry
on which we are engaged. I understand you have told Mr
Humphreys that you have had considerable delay in getting your plans passed. We have been informed that
casts have arisen, in which it has been suggested to the
contrasters working under Architects, that they might
get their plans passed more quickly if they made money
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