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7100
724
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And how uol is.ve foreign foremen borrowAAL
$1 or a few ten cest piesss.
5588 Q2-
Just now you said several dollars ?
51-88
A:-
I mean altogether.
5789
Q:-
I am speaking at any one time what is the greatest 389
amount at any one time !
A:-
$1, but I must see the papers.
The Chairman;- 55-60
A:-
Do they always repay the amount ?
Sometimes,
5590
13-91
Q:-
they repay, and then I give the papers back.
Sometimes they dont ?
5591
A:-
Yes, and I keep the papers if they dont.
Fr92 9:-
Do you get many bad debts like that?
5592
A:-
1593 Q:-
Well, there are a number that are not paid, and when they pay me in the future, I give the papers to them.
Might they keep you waiting a year or two before they 5993
pay?
At-
NO,
no.
Mr Fung Wa Chur:-
194
A:-
4196920
A:-
Dont you balance your book once every month ?
5894
No, only once a year. Only when the contract with the
Government is up.
That is a funny way of keeping books !
You dont know whether you have been making money, or 5395′′
losir.g money' ?
Well, it is only when the year is finished, that I know.
I suppose you dont want to shew that you aremaking 5796 money, or losing money?
No. We carry on the work the same way, whether it is
profit or loss.
T
Mr Lau Chu Pak:-
Mr Pung Wa Chun:- 5-3-950-
A:-
1397
Q:-
What is this bill ? (Bill produced).
Az-
5597
The Inspector got a ton of coal. Lau Sing Loong carried the coal. I bough it for him, and hẹ signs the
paper for me.
57798
At-
9:-
Whose signature is it ?
No 13, Chief Inspector.
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