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You have had a good deal of experienos, Mr Turner, 20944 hamt you, in regard to the working of section 175 of

the Ordinance ?

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Yes.

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How many thousands of dollars do you imagine that that

has cost your clients ?

I have not been able to go into it and pick out all the figures, but there are a number of isolated cases in which no accounts have been kept. You cannot look into every little contract of that sort, but it has run into

a big figure.

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Roughly say ?

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Well, roughly $50,000.

Just your clients

Yes, our clients only. In some cases, thay are big

SUMB - $9,000.

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Could you give us two or three big items ?

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Yes. For instance, your own houses at Hung Hom. That WAS an item of over $9,000.

The Chairman:-

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What was that particular property, Mr Turner ?

Market Street and Bulkley Street.

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28 houses. It cost

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over $9,000. Another case. Siemssens, 15 houses. That

cost about $3,000.

Any more big ones ?

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I dont remember any more big ones. I remember a case

in which we were retained by Sassoons,

but it must have

oost them certainly $8,000, if not more,

Macgregor Street Wanchai,

that was in

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Have you got any cases now, pending under this section?

A.

Yes, a number.

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And it runs into a lot of money

A.

Yes, a lot of money.

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