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and that as he refused to give you a share, you then

fell in with Sham Iu's idea, and got the contract for

Au Sui Shang ?

A.

And if he agreed, I would not have asked anybody else

to put in a tender.

11096 Q.

Do you mean to say that you could have stopped other 11096

people from putting in tenders?

A.

No, Sir.

11097

97

Q.

A.

r Lau Chu Pak:-

.

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If you found somebody talking about putting in a tender,

would you have succeeded in choking them off, do you

think?

No.

You had put in a cheaper tender, in order to get the 1098

contract ?

A.

Yes, because I know the existing tender.

Q.

You know the price?

11099

A.

YOR.

The Chairman 3-

And you are able to put in a tender lower than anybody!!!00

100

A.

Er shelton Hooper:

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Yes, nobody else would know the prics of the tender

except the contractor. I of course know the price, and

if I asked the man to lower his price a bit, he would

certainly get it.

Do you have a copy, or do you see every contractor's 11.607

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

C.O. 537

tender, which they send in to the Government ?

A.

No, they are sent in to the C. 8. 0. direct.

Were you aware of how much they were ?

11.002

A

No, Sir, and When they applied for the tender forms,

they applied to the C. 8. 0.

The Chairman:-

103

You and Au Sui Sang were in proper partnership ↑

(1.803

A.

No, 8ir, because I, being a Government servant, could

not really carry on other business.

104

Although there was no proper partnership, you shared 11-104

the profits?

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