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Chinese appear in both the present and the former petition.
I have taken considerable pains to ascertain the true state of Chinese Hong Kong feeling regarding the question of gambling, and find that the majority of respectable Chinese are in favour of suppression. Many of the Chinese "chopped" and sent the petition which I am forwarding and which was circulated among them in English without fully understanding its purport. It is also worthy of remark that, with one exception, the Committees of the Tung Wah Hospital and Po Leung Kuk refused to sign, though a meeting was held in the Hospital to discuss the subject of the petition.
Two or three Chinese have also been to this office to explain that the chop of their firm was attached to the petition during their absence or without their having comprehended its meaning.
I have given to understand that Mr. Li Shing and Mr. Lum Pong, large owners of house property in Hongkong, are the prime movers in this matter. Their apprehensions have been aroused by the clause in the new Ordinance making the Landlord responsible, and they have, I am informed, exerted themselves to procure as many signatures to the petition as possible, with a view to induce the Government not to proceed with the new ordinance, and as they are both rich men with a large following, as their wealth commands, they have been able
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Chinese appear in both the present
and the former petition.
I have taken considerable
· pairs to ascertain the true state:
of Chinese
HongKong
feeling regarding the question of gambling, and find that the majority of respectable Chinese are un favour of suppression. Many of the Chinese "chopped" "and se
petitor which I am
signed the
new
forwarding and which was circulated among them in English without fulliz understanding
its purport. It is also worthy of remark that, with one exception, the Committees of the Jung
tha Aospital and Po Leung Kuk refused to sign,
though a meeting
was held in
the Sospital to discuss the subject
of the petition . Two
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three Chinese
have also been to this office to
explaci
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explain that the chop of their firm was attached to the petition during their absence or without their
having comprehended its
meaning.
given to
owners
understand that Mr. Li Shing and M. Ium Pong, large of house property in Hongkong are the prime movers in this matter. Their apprehensions have been aroused by the clause in the new Ordinance n making
the Landlord responsible, and
they
have, I am informed, exerted. thenwelves to procure as mo
many signatures to the petition as possible,
with
t
viar to induce the
Government not to proceed with the new ordinance, and as Hey are both rich men with
a
large
following suit, as wealth of them commands, they have been able
to
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