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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.

I will read it to you. Tell me if it correct, or if you 11094

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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