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Lo Man Kai, declared and cauticn@d:-
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To Man Han
The Chairman:-
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Witness prefers to give his evidence in English:-
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Now Mr Lo Man Kai, it is not necessary for me to say
very much to you. I am sorry to say that having got a
good career in the Government service, you have wrecked
it, and furthermore you have acted extremely foolishly,
and you have done a good many things, you should not not
have done, and the only reparation you can make for the
Government, with whom you have been working for a good
many years, is now to tell the truth, and nothing but
the truth. Your only chance now is to make a clean
breast of everything. You have, up to a certain point,
no doubt, in this statement which I have got, and which
I will read, but there is a good deal more that I want
to get out of you. We want you to tell the truth, and
assist the Government as much as possible in getting to
the bottom of this business, and bringing the enquiry
on which we are engaged to a satisfactory conclusion.
Now, do you remember two or three days ago, giving a
statement to Mr Lau Chu Pak ?
I do, Sir.
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wish to make any alteration.
Statement read as follows:-
"I joined the Sanitary Department as the first clerk
"In March 1899, when Mr Duggan was the Secretary. Before
"I joined, I was a clerk in the Police Department. I
"know Lui Chi. About 6 months after I joined, when he
"got the contract for sundry stores. He had the contract
*for about one year and a half. When the next contract
*was put up for tender, Sham Iu came and persuaded me
"to take some interest in it, saying there was money be
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