KHOON SENG.
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1. The Khoon Seng firm (t) is a Banrkek firm emod
by a Chiu Chau merahant Lei Chux-he (4 ). It has been
in existence for ever ten years and the business consists of
the expert of rice from Bangkok to South China and Singapore
and the import from South China of generalgoods to Bangkok. The fim has agencies in Hon kong and Singapore, the Kweng Cheong
) in Shing, Hongkong, and the Ming Shun Shing ("BEA Singapore. These agoneies are in a senso separate firms, but most of the shares are owned by theen Song and they might also
be considered as branch officos.
2.
Khoon Seng have their own rice mill in Bangkok the Kwong Yang Seng, but their transactions in rice are not confined to this mill. They buy from other Chinese mills and have bought from Markwalds' as have also all the Chinese rice merchants in Bangkok. All the rice bought is sold to Chinese in Singapore or Hongkong chiefly the latter. No rice has been purchased from Karkwalds' mill during the last 3 months.
The import business to Bangkek is chiefly in Chinese food-stuffs though they also de business in gold leaf and spocie. The business between Singapore and Bangkok is in local
Chinese goods.
4.
The main business is the export of rise from Bangkok This amounts to some- to Hongkong for the South China market.
thing like $500,000 per month. Vainly on account of this busi- ness Khoon Seng chartered the following steauars:-
1
Nisho Varu.
2 Yeddo Maru.
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5.
Taivan Maru, Dagfin.
Waishing.
· chartering of the above stoamers has not been profitable, fly because of the comparative poorness of the Ban-kek rice partly because of the Japanese boycott. As a result 3 of stearmers have been sib-chartered.
Fer the use of their steamers Kheen rêng have frem
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