CO129-489 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12] — Page 496

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find men to fill the places of strikers. It undoubtedly suc- ceeded in instilling courage into waverers at the time, and also in supplying labour to people requiring it. It has regis- tered and passed into employment about 2,000 men, and these men. I understand, have proved to be quite satisfactory. 48. As the object of the Bureau is, in effect, to enable the workmen to secure a sort of re-insurance against the tyranny of their guild-leaders without abandoning their own guild organ- isation, the man on being registered for employment sign a form in which are given the name, age, place of birth, occupation, address of the person registered, and objects of the Bureau, which are (1) to assist members in earning an honest livelihood; and (2) to protect them in the pursuit of their living. 49. In another and indirect way the Bureau has proved its usefulness. The work of the Bureau, as that of the Police Re- serve, has certainly stimulated the Chinese regular Police and the District Watchmen to greater activity than they showed at first. In other words, the regular Police and Watchman were shamed into greater efforts by the example of these "ex-pirates"$

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Kai-Ching" or Street Committees and Stärast tuards.

One very efficacious device which was adopted among the Chinese was the formation of Street Committees and Street Guards to assist the Police, particularly by giving them information of the arrival of strange or undesirable people. The inhabitanta of each street, or sach suitable section formed of several short streets, aleat their Committee, called the "Kai-Ching", which appoints guards from the inhabitants of the streets to patrol their area, and watch against the danger of arson. During the worst days of the Strike each member of the Guard did from two to three hours duty according to the numbers enrolled; and a very valuable public spirit was shown by the "Kai-Chings" and

Guards.

As an example of this, I instance Mr. Li Yau-tsun, the Widex Chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, who,