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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 32, 1949.

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Confidence in the future prospects of the Colony's trade with Chino was the key-note of Mr. P. S. Cassidy's speech at the annual mopting of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce yesterday.

The Chairman of the Chamber said that Hong Kong's trade will not collapse

as long as law and order. exist in the Colony.

He urged member of the public to join the Hong Kong Defence Force and expressed satisfaction with the efficiency of the Hồng Kông Polico Fórce.

His speech was seconded by 1538, the past year's values bo- Mrs. J. H. Warning whe stress-is, Ave and half times what they ed the urgency of a better air-wore in the latter year. imports field and the need of reason-creased. In greater, proportion

from the United States have in ably adequate housing accoin- and formed 10.6 per cent. of the modation for workers..

total inports for 1948.

Mr. Cusaldy said in part: "The remarkable expansion of the trade of the Colony during the past three years makes aji nimal review from this Chair a more complicated undertaking than in pre-war days.

"it is no longer the case of reporting on the state of the plore goods market, inakin Tow observations

about metals

and the passing on to the ex- port trade. Nor is the

main tople of Interest the truce with T|Chína, us In, the days of not so

long ago

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putting into practice what had been worked out in Landon on the assumption that the Colony Was is a state of chaos and that the foreign population would be too exhausted to participate in the work of rehabilitation.

Appreciation

"We pre

of irritation to some of our mem bra by disturbing normal dualneso procedure.

"I do not doubt that the Depart- ment acts from the best of inten- tions in encouraging amalk, com mercial Arms and in assisting local the effect is manufacturers, but

to Interally competition and to hamper thoso, firms who, by long experience, realise the necessity of trading on conzervative lines.

"Wo have just been told that the Department must remain in being so long as trade with Japan

on its

its present basis, I should that it

ja

have thought, However,

could have been absorbed by the Department of Commerce and In- dustry with what remains of the appreciative of o functions of the ST and I. admin- that Admired Harcourt, and hisIstered by a sub-department, "The most notable develop coadjutators did on the service ment of the Colony's trade has ido as well as of the distance

by been with Japan- and o

rendered

members of the Korsa Civil Affairs branch under the There, was 12- flow of merchorasipa, Puke | briliant leadership of Mr. DM.

Commerce Japan Macdougall whose impending do- much of it was, dealt with parture we all deplore.

and

In this Colony, alther, an route "But I do feel that we should to oversens destinations or for not over. look the fact that the dlicharge here, and subsequent first impetus toward recovery re-sale to other, mackets. Most came from those who were here of the foreign firma established at the liberation.

DOW

Scope Widenad "The Imports and Exports Department, which har become the Department

Industry. and

how

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As Chairman

Court Brevities

With three previous conviettorin against him... Yeung Yuen-fat, aged 20, returned to the Colony, | bringing about the fourth breach

of banishment order.

Before Mr. Blair-Kerr, Young was sentences to nine months' Imprisonment. and deportation. He was arrested on suspicion of In- bbing a returned banisher. spector J.H. Evans prosecuted,

"Watching the Bank is more important than attending a wed» ding party," said Mr. Binir-Kerr to two wntelimen charged with neglect of duty.

Inspector Evans told the count that Lau Dong and. Chau Man

· were two watchman employed at the Mongkok Branch of Hong

· Kong and Shanghai Banking Cur- poration.

A party of police was summon- ed to the bank premirer when the bank's alarm went off. Arriving. MR. P. 8. CASSIDY

the police found an unauthorised person in charge, who was al- Mr. P. S. Cassidy was re- leged to have "fiddlet with the

of elected Chairman the alarm not knowing what it war. of The man was asked by the two Hong Kong Chamber Commerce yesterday at the watchmen to hold the fort while Chamber's. annual general they were away at the wedding meeting.

served the Colony well and its scope has widened considerably aince the liberation. "The Superintendent, Mr. Him- aworth, has been most active on trade interests, and behalf of In Japan before the war have "So here we are, three years through his agency a much greater business later, congratulating ourselves on interest is being taken in what we recommenced there, and several of our mem- yet another

year's

Mr. C. Baker was elected Vice- prosperity can supply and what we purchase bara have also entered, what is The question is on it, last?

official organisations oversens, Chairman. by to the a new field of opera- "At the moment the position lok an advocate of greater pub- tiene.

is that margins of profit have come down very

for

more

1. N.

Lau and Chnu were ench Ened $150.

While a crowd of people were As no further nominations were gathered at a bus stop in Kow-

"In the case of Korea, ccrtalis

They man moving among them sug- appreciably ety for Hong Kong, and 1 aug. I received, members of the General focn, a Chinese detective kaw a

Igeat that Government should be Committee were relected. Chinese firms showed commen-

and that in good many liner prepared to give lils Department a'

are Menara. A. Morse, D.F. Lan- piciously. He was Luk Chi-sing, C. Blaker aged 35. After a search, a razor unble enterprise in chartering

deruand has fallen off, with the substantial vote for advertising date, P.S. Cassidy,

blade Axed to a plece of card You may think that domestic vessels to take mainly consumer result that there have been sales the Colony in other parts of the W.HE. Contes, H.J. Coller, E. R.

But, gen and political questions outweigh goods to North Korea where under replacing cost.

O.C. Marsh, E.G. Price bourd was found on him.

Lik speaking, the trade interests of the Cinni. they were bartered for local pro- | vrully

replurement

world.

Hons of the events of the A. Ritchie, John Robinson, 1.W. later admitted that the razor was ber, but you must bear in talna durts.

costs continue to rise, and where

for pecktt hunting purposen. the Shewan and W.A. Stewart. of your was the raising "The annual that we are the channel

trade

He be

have had to be statistics seasonal stocks

Among the members present at

sentenced to three Moratorium which hoped tween Government and the com- show that the experts to Korea carried over it is to be

T.13. months' hard Inbour by Mr. mercial cammalty and we have pmounted to $58,000,000 against that there will be no cause fer than three years had prevented the meeting were Mesars.

debtor Wilson, S.K. Young, L.C. Kote- Blair-Kerr, Inspector Evan pro- of Battlement good many imports of $42,000,000,

effecting sales figures anxloty

creditor transactions which had wall, M.C. Kings, E. R. Hill, J. secuted, mait is which,

not which cannot be compared with next season. Although

been entered into before the Dunby, E. . Childe, A.J. Bird, directly concerned with trade. the previous year, because there Discretion Called For

E.M. Mehta, P.R.E. Arnold, L.B. While school-boy stopped on affect your interests.

"Nevertheless, discretion i

Richie, the way to watch some others called for. With the decline

play marbles, he had one of his

roller skates stolen market, of the wellore"

brand new petition

by three youngsters.

Inspector Evans told the court that one of the boys kicked one of the roller skutes from owner. The other boy grabbed it

Gratifying Statistics

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WLs no recorded trade, in 1947.

But, despite the enlarged scope of our entrepot trade, most of

about

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been

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Later the three boys sold the J.H. roller skate to a marine dealer R.C. for $1.00 (the value of the article Air- was $18). When arrested, the C.E. three boys brought the police to the marine dealer who was con- victed on a receiving stolen pro- perty charge. He was fined $100.

Mr. Blair-Kerr treated the boys eight as juveniles and ordered sirokes of the cane for each of them.

Reminders

war. "Although the necessary legiala-Howell, D.H. Blake, tion had been presed in June, the H. Dreyer, Ko Wing-fung. "You wilt, no doubt, have us feel that our natural role is

chants Froclamation to implement the Chinn A.M. Alves, R.P. Young, civen, more than

I. E. Coates, C.B. Laker, W. passing in relation to China.

between merchants Ordinance was withheld pending has Intensified glance to the very gratifying

and there has

Simmons, C.F. Wood, N.Ó.C. Demands Outlet

An appeal to the Home Government Marth, W. A. Stewart, M.M. Lum, statistics which showed that for

been a tendency to relax the "Whatever the outcome of the

on behalf of certain partles affect- the year 1948 our trade had far

usual contract requirements.

ed. The way

ered.F. Kwok, J.W. Shewan, J.T. to now open the Brastus present political struggle. exceeded in value any previous

"This Chamber has more than tors to seek legal remedies in re-.. Robinson, J.ft. Mothergill, and made off with It.

Choy, P.F Kwok, A.N. Weng, year's results. Our Imports to outlet to foreign

MONTUU | produce of China must find un once asked its members to ob

their claims, gard markets, and

many Omar el Arculii, N.C. Hare, tain murgia In respect of for- talled $2,077,000,000 and our the standard of living, however ward contracts

by exports $1,582,000,000, the re- relatively low It may have sunk, credit

and to

which have been complicata keep

T.L. Marden, C. Brown, Japanese liquidation proceed Warning, 5.M.

Churn, facilities to a minimuni. *pective increases over

1947 demands consumer goods which it regret that this counsel of ber- ings during the occupation.

A Morse, H.C. being 33.93 per cent and 30.07 mainly come from outside.

fection has been more and more

industry has made con- Price, per cent,

-Ways and

garett. H.J. Collar, and The

outstanding feature of found to maintain the exchange reason why.

year. Many of the obstacles to

The meeting confirmed the the year's trade was the further of produce for goods, and al-

"But I do appeal to members economie production which existed electior, of 62 new members, ap- shrinkage of the proportion of though I may be necused of

to bear in mind what will happen during the first year or two after proved previously by the General trade with China in relation to wishful thinking. I still bellevo

If a slump does set in and the liberation have now been over- Commitee. other parts of the world, thethat Chind has greater need than

to ensure that

reasonable come, and at the close of 1948 perrentage of Imparts from that ever of the services which Hong safeguards ara taken so that the there were 1.169 registered foc- country, being 26.7 as compared Kong con supply and that she

effects of over-optimistic buy- torics in operation. The primitive Trachoma Clinic with 38 in 1938, and exports to will continue to look to us to China for 1048 being a mere 17.7

full our functions as an entre 18 are reduced to a minimum.

type of factory set up in a dwelling thuis "In per tent of our total

respect I have no house is disappearing, and is being 15 com- pot. pured with 45 per cent in 1938.

doubt that the Banks are scrutis replaced by properly-designed in- "We have now had three pros-nising more "Even taking into account

closely than ever dustrial buildings with modern perous years since private trade # substantii increase in the trade was once more permitted during the part of

requesta for credit facilities on

their more ven- with Marae, aut making allow

which

"The education of factory owners the military interregnum

turesome customers. ance for unrecorded movements followed

well as employeen has been in- "And now I feel I must ex- of merchandise, it obvious Colony. That great event is be press some views on the relation North who, with their wider teclin- fluenced industrialists from the

by that the sphere of our entrepot ginning to fall into perspective ship between Govenment and trade has widened considerably. Tamt 1 should like to place on

leal knowledge and experience, are "The trade of the Netherlands record,

community. Wo before it is forgotten,

served helping to enine the standard of East Indies and French indo that the first steps towards res are on the whole, well China has been disrupted by toring the

by officiats who rearse to the production here. Colony's economyfult the dependence of our pro

Successful Exhibit · politleni turmoil, and although were taken by men on the spot.

temporary Debiting and Discussion Group meeting, European YMCA, of trade. these countries still continue to

8.45 "I refer to those internees and Perity on freedom

"The successful Industrial Ex- and has bren voluntarily offereri

p.m. to the Club by members, until Nowadays freedom is a relative hibition organised by the Clinese such time as a site can be secured big market for our goodsprisoners-of-war who at once re term, and we have lo and important sources of supply, suumed

suffes Manufacturer' where they left off, in

Union will have there has been a considerable de- December 1943, Brd with the controls which are imposed from enlightened the public as to the Kowloon for the erection of

outside. cline from pre-war values,

permanent premises. wide scope of local industry, and whole-hearted support of Chinese South East and local staff, and in the abtrictions

go far as possible these rest is gratifying to know that Hong "Other areas of

applied Asia, however, have

with its prospered since of records drawing upon

we have Kong manufacturers are keeping and we have seen a marked ex-memory, made a start in the intelligence and

abreast of modern developments to bureaucratic pation in their two-way trade administrative servico And in Complaint

Moreover, our in high-handedness,

production. the public utifltes.

accessible and are

participation of local in- "The planners arrived shortly officials are Increase afterwards and, of course, they willing to listen to our arguments dustralists in last year's British over played a very important part in with an open mind although, Industries Fair was all to the good. Lear, they usually get the betler It brought several of those who attended in touch, with British the gave them "What we are concerned about buyers, and it

A dolly slaft of two trained

Toc is the continued existence of a

various fac-{ nurses and one male attendant is chapro o Government trading

to see for them; maintained from Club funds.

.. tion, the Supplies, Trade and In-selves the many processes which Nolices, Infonning the pubile of dustry Department (to be known are being used and the conditions; facilities provided by the Club in future as the Department of of modern employment. Supplies and Distribution), which There, is no doubt that local we had hoped would have been manufacturers are building up a wound up long before this.

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A trachoma elinle, providing free examination" and treat- ment for the public, has been opened at 391, Nathan Road. first floor, Kowloon, under the Ballot for beach huts and sites, auspices of the Rotary Club of Urban Council Chamber, 3 Kowloon.

p.m. Accommodation - Is

Today

HK Rotary Club, Closed Meet- ing. Roof Garden, HK Hotel, 12.30 p..

Official Opening of Rediffusion by

the Governor, 6 p.m. Bridge Drive, European YMCA,

Essential furniture and equip men for the Clinie was doŋated by Kowloon Rotarians and others in terested in the project.

Treatment for patients is un-HK dertaken daily, Sundays das excepted, from 3's and hol am, by Rotarian medical procli. orers and eye specialist con-

sultants.

8 p.m.

Tramways Limited, annual general meeting, Jardine's Board Room, 12 noon.

Coming Events

TOMORROW

H Club meeting. Talbot House, 50, Macdonnell Road, 8.30 p.m.

Combined Debate with Toc H.

European YMCA, 8.45 p.m.

Trachoma Clinic, have been issued to various employers of Labour, Flug and posted in local road and

harbour conveyances.

The Clinic has been organised

"The origin of this Depart. good reputation in many world ment was the Planning Comarkets, and it is vital that the mities in London, and its useful-standard of these products should ness to the Colony in the early maintained with full regard to other strong competition from fully ntages of rehabilitation is acknowledged. It was, quite ex-sources of supply..

The Chamber is giving Sta klon. clisable for it to continue in being i fult support to this your's MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS to deal with the much delayed

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Strong Protest

"As a Chamber, we took ex- ception, to the haphazard, inethod

of dealing with stocks, and we

British Induairies Fair and fortunately the scramble to gel exhibits to England will not be repeated as ample notice has been given and propara. tione have been in hand for some months past,

"We are glad that Mr. Grim- wood, of the Hong Kong Govern

mado: a very strong protest atment Office, London, has been able the questionable practice of dis- to visit us.. His co-operation in

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posing of unwanted foodstuffs

welcome, and I feel sure that by linking them to much want the manufacturers of Hong ed types of piece, goods. : UI-

will greatly benefit from his timately representatkins

from

"The Chisibber is arranging for the Chamber had their effect

Fita. Hecnetary to make a quick trip. to exercis. and we were ablə

ibe. Fuit, Roma sort of influence over the to Londou in time, for

and I have no doubt that his na sales of rendining stocks.

From this point onwards, resistants will be appreciated by lations between the Chamber, and those members who are allarding. the, Supplice, Trade and Industry I should like to take this op- have been in thost respects harm-portunity of expressing the ap- onioni, and the Director, Mr. Urociation of the Chamber for the Cowperthwaite, has worked in energy displayed by Mr. Hime- with us very closely. But I should interest of merchilats as well se worth in securing the support and not be giving you the full story manufacturers, and to thank I did not refer to the general an

Messrs. Owen Caniness 85 to the policy of the

Hughes and the representaures of Jocelyné, Department. Tam satisfied. Uliai.ü.

lot of the loose criticisms one hire Chamber on the Fair Com- heard are not justined. I bellave, mitten, for the flip, they have that a wrong intofgustation has devoted to the preliminary ar

Hangemanta, been given to some of the Do- partment's activities

The Chamber has offered Ite

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