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Ngai Tony Par.

banyakni 5x0

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Ngai Yung Kei (alias Ngai Yung On), subcontractor, 19

Yuen Sing Lane.

The Chairman:- 932/ Do you understand English ?

A.

Only little.

Witness declared and cautioned:-

8321

Mr Shelton Hooper:-

8382

Are you in business as a contractor in Hongkong, now 78322

A.

Yes, for drains.

8523 0.

Do you do drainage work now ↑

8323

A.

No, because my name has been taken off the list.

8*24 Q.

When was your name taken off the list?

8324

A.

Some two years ago.

5325-

Q..

Why was it taken off the list ?

8321

A.

Bec use I had some dispute with Inspector Duncan.

(Cheng Keng)

૧૨૮ ૨.

Who is Cheng Keng ?

8326

A.

The man that helps Bryan

the man that looks at the

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

C.O. 537

8927

A.

! *64.

drains.

What was the dispute you had with Cheng Keng ↑

He said my work was not good, so he took my name off.

8327

What was the job that you were engaged on that you had $318

the dispute with Mr Duncan ?

A.

8311

Q.

Work at the end of Third Street, at San To lane.

What work - was it house drainage ↑

83291

A.

Yes.

8330

8:0

Q.

What did he complain about to you ?

A.

8317

Q.

A.

Well, those drains had been looked at by Bryan, and

passed. Then when Bryan went away, that row of shops

was taken down, and Duncan said I had made the drains, and it was wrong, and we had a quarrel about it.

How long after you had made the drains, and they were $331 passed by Mr Bryan, that Mr Duncan said they were bad ↑ They had been finished several months. The Director of

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