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bots. Atorgatan

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suffera in general ?

the Ram Song Ta

and

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A.

Certainly.

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Now, are you a property ower yourself?

A.

I have a lot of property.

In addition to which, I think, you are assistant

Compradore to Jardines, who also have a lot of

Property?

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

GO. 537

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A.

no

A.

A.

982.

A.

r Fung Wa Chun:-

I receive rent for them besides. I am a landlord my-

self, and receive fent for a number of shops.

Now, do you think property has decreased in value 19486 during the last three years, since this Ordinance was

Passed?

It has.

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And do you think that one of the principal causes for

that decrease is on account of the harsh laws of the

Ordinance ?

Well, not some of the reason for it, but the whole

reason for it.

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Now, can you tell us, taking a fair average, with all your experience, about what percentage rents have gone down in Chinese houses during the last three years,

on that account?

Thirty per cent on the average.

19489

Do you know that people ae using curtains instead of

cubicles now,

because the law does not allow them to

have cubicles"

A.

Yes.

Q.

A.

To you think curtains more preferable and sanitary than properly built cubicles ? Cubicles are much more sanitary.

more

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Why ?

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A.

The Chairman : =

The curtains are very easily made dirty with amoks and so on, and the wood is more durable than curtaire: Do the curtains give the same amount of privacy,

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